Keep Ya Head Up

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
有人说莓子越黑，汁水越甜
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
我说肤色越黑，根源越深厚
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
我向依靠救济生活的女性喊一声
Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac
2pac在乎你们，而别人不在乎
And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
并且，我知道他们总是殴打你们
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
当你走在街头他们拿你开玩笑
But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
但是千万别哭，擦干眼泪，别气馁
Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
原谅他们，但是不要遗忘。昂起你的头，女孩
And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him
当他说你什么都不是，别信他
And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
如果他做不到努力爱你，你应该离开他
Cause sista you don’t need him
因为女孩，你并不需要他
And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
我可不是胡乱空谈，我只是说出自己怎么看待他们而已
You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that)
你知道有件事让我很不爽
When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy
男性热衷于"造人运动”,然后扔下年轻的妈妈,让她去充当爸爸的角色
And since we all came from a woman
既然我们都从女人那里来
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
从一个女人那里得到我们的名字，从一个女人那里获得我们的人生
I wonder why we take from our women
我想知道为什么我们要从女人手里掠夺呢
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
为什么我们要强奸女人，是我们憎恨女人吗
I think it’s time to kill for our women
我看现在就是为我们的女性战斗的时候
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
是治愈我们的女性，真诚对待女性的时候了
And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
否则我们将会有一代人
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
憎恨着哺育幼儿的女性
And since a man can’t make one
既然男人生不了孩子
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
那他就没有资格去要求女人，要在什么时间什么地点生孩子
So will the real men get up
真正的男人能不能站出来
I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up
我知道女士们你们已经受够了，但是请昂起你的头

宝贝昂起你的头，孩子的事情并不容易
Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子，一切都会光明。
ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
我记得Marvin Gaye（著名黑人歌手）曾经向我歌唱，

他让我感觉身为黑人很好
Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
突然之间贫民窟好象也不那么糟糕了
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
尽管我们过得很苦，我们一直（觉得）受够了
And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
我讨厌被束缚，我打破所有的规矩
And though we had it rough, we always had enough
跟当地的帮派鬼混，抽着烟
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
然后我意识到妈妈真的在为所有这些买单
Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
她几乎付出了生命来养育我成人
And I realize momma really paid the price
我能够拿来给她的全部就是我那不着边的美梦
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
描述着我如何拿着麦克风发飚，将会如何走上荧屏
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
我试着用五十美分来赚取一美元
Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
要做个守法公民还能付得起房租可真难
I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
到最后，我好象正在走向纸笔
It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
我试着去找朋友，可他们自身难保
And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
昨天晚上，我的一个朋友失去了他的整个家庭
I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
要征服这疯狂，需要我内心的男子气概
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
看上去那雨似乎从来不会停
It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
我努力昂着自己的头而又不被淋透
It seems tha rain’ll never let up
你知道，一下雨就是倾盆大雨。挺滑稽的
I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
他们有钱发动战争，却不能喂饱穷人
You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
（他们）说年轻人没有希望，可事实上
They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
那可不应该是给未来的希望
Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is
他们想知道我们为什么疯狂
it ain’t no hope for tha future
我责怪我的妈妈，都怪她把我的兄弟变成了一个生下来就有毒瘾的孩子
And then they wonder why we crazy
我们本就不该幸存，这本来就是个圈套
I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
尽管你已经受够了这一切
We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
嘿，你必须昂起你的头
And even though you’re fed up
并且
Huh, ya got to keep your head up
给所有独自养育着孩子的女士们

我知道那挺难，你们感觉自己孤立无援
And uhh
孩子他爸早早地离弃你们，把你们留给寂寞
To all the ladies havin babies on they own
感谢主赐我以孩子，即使任何其他人都不想要他们
I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
因为我觉得我们的日子能好起来，事实上，我很肯定
Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
而当你跌倒时，爬起来站直了，重新来过，争取更多
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em
没什么比你的儿子
Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
想要知道为什么他爸爸不再爱他更糟糕的了
And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
没有男人来帮你
Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
你觉得无助
wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
有太多的事情需要你去应对
You can’t complain you was dealt this
内心在消亡，但你的外表看起来毫无畏惧
hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
当泪水顺着脸颊淌下
Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
你热切地期望着这个星期的生活不要一片狼籍
Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
如果真的是那样，你将无法承受
While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks
别责怪我，这个世界被塞进我的手，我并不创造这个世界
Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
现在我的儿子正在一天天长大，也越来越冷漠
Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
不情愿把整个世界承载在肩膀上
I was given this world I didn’t make it 别责怪我
当富家子弟开着奔驰车的时候
And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
我依然在努力和自己仅剩的朋友苟且偷生
From havin the world on his shoulders
这真是疯狂，这一切仿佛永远不会结束，但是
While the rich kids is drivin Benz
真的，请昂起你的头
I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
please... you got to keep your head up