Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac (图派克) // Some say tha blacker tha berry 他们说莓子越黑 Tha sweeter tha juice 做成的果汁越甜 I say tha darker tha flesh and tha deeper tha roots 我说人的肤色越黑,其历史越久远 I give a hollar to my sisters on welfare 我向那些拿救济款的姐妹们喊一声 Tupac cares but don't nobody else care 2pac关心着你们而别人不关心你们 I know they like ta beat ya down a lot 我了解他们总是打击你们 And when ya come around tha block brothers clown a lot 当你们走在街头,他们总是耻笑你们 But please don't cry dry ya eyes 但请别哭泣 Never let up 擦干眼泪,请别气馁 Forgive but don't forget girl keep ya head up 原谅但请不要忘记,女孩们抬起你的头来 And when he tells you you ain't nothin 而当他告诉你,你什么都不是的时候 Don't believe him 不要相信他 And if he can't learn ta love ya you should leave him 当他学不会如何去爱你,你该离开他 Cuz sister you don't need him 因为女孩,你并不需要他 I ain't tryin ta gash up but I just callem how I see em 我并不是在胡吹乱造,我只是说出我对他们的想法 Ya know what makes me unhappy 你要知道他们的做法让我很不爽 When brothers make babies 男人们沉醉于造人活动 And leave a young mother ta be a pappy 却扔下年轻的母亲让她们去充当爸爸 And since we all came from a woman 但既然我们都来自娘胎 Got our name from a woman 从女人那得到名字 And out game from a woman 从女人那开始我们的人生 I wonder why we take from our women 我就想知道为什么我们还能从女人那进行掠夺 Why we R**e our women 为什么要折磨她们 Do we hate our women 是因为我们憎恨女性吗 I think it's time ta k**l for our women 我认为是时候为女人们而战了 Time ta heal our women 是该治愈她们 Be real to our women 真诚相对的时候了 And if we don't 如果我们不这么做 Well have a race of babies 就会有一代人 That hate tha ladies that make tha babies 去憎恨创造后代的女性 And since a man can't make one 既然男人们并不能创造后代 He has no right ta tell a woman when and where ta create one 他们就没资格去要求女人,要在什么时间什么地点生小孩 So will tha real men get up 那真正的男人能不能站出来呢 I know your fed up ladies 我知道你们已经厌倦了女士们但请你昂起你的头来 But keep ya head up 抬起你的头来 Chorus // Eeewww child things are gonna get easier 哦,孩子,事情会变得容易起来 Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter 哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来 Eeewww child things are gonna get easier 哦,孩子,事情会变得容易起来 Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter 哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来 I remember marvin gay usta sing ta me 我记得Marvin Gaye曾向我歌唱 He had me feelin like black was tha thing ta be 他让我觉得身为黑人是很自然的事 And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuff 突然之间在贫民窟好像也没那么艰难了 I thought we had it rough we always had enough 尽管我们过得很苦,但我们知足 I often huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke tha rules 我大力吹嘘着我的宵禁,而我将打破这些陈规旧矩 Ran with tha local crew and had a smoke or two 与当地帮派混在一起,抽烟 And realize momma really paid tha price 后来我意识到确实是母亲在为这一切付出代价 She nearly gave her life ta raise me right 她几乎付出她的生命来教导我是非 And all I had ta give her was my pipe dreams 而我所能回报给她的却只有这些不找边际的美梦 Of how I'd rock tha mic and make it to tha big screen 向她描述我是如何玩转音乐 I'm tryin ta make a dollar out of fifteen cents 如何带着自己的音乐出现在荧屏 Its hard ta be legit and still pay tha rent 我试着用50美分来赚一美元 And in tha end it seems I'm headin for tha penn 但在守法的同时按时付房租还真难做到 I try and find my friends but they're blowin in tha wind