2Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up 2) Lyrics

Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up 2)

2Pac & Outlawz

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"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up 2)." - 2Pac & Outlawz

Saturday, 24 October 2026, 06:00 pm

Album: Still I Rise

Track No: 04

I feel you
Baby, don't
But you can't, you can't give up
H.E.A.T., 2Pac with Outlawz
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Keep your head up
Now here's a story 'bout a woman with dreams
So picture perfect at 13, an ebony queen
Beneath the surface, it was more than just a crooked smile
Nobody knew about her secret, so it took a while
I could see a tear fall slow down her black cheek
Sheddin' quiet tears in the back seat
So, when she asked me, "What would you do if it was you?"
Couldn't answer such a horrible pain to live through
I tried to trade places in the tragedy
I couldn't picture three crazed **** grabbin' me
For just a moment I was trapped in the pain
Lord, come and take me
Four **** violated, they chased and they raped me
Even though it wasn't me, I could feel the grief
Thinkin' with your brains blown, that would make the pain go
No, you got to find a way to survive
'Cause they win when your soul dies
Baby, please don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Never
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Never give up
Baby, don't cry
Forget him, girl, he ain't gon' never change
I ain't no hater but that **** lost in the game
After the bright lights and big thangs
He probably could love you, but he in love with the struggle
Everyday, his mind on gettin' more
And never your feelings, he's chasin' millions for sho'
Uh-oh, now you 'bout to have his baby?
Another wild-ass ****, that's gon' drive you crazy
You got too much, more livin' to do, I'm spittin' this to you
'Cause you deserve more than what he givin' to you
That's right
Beautiful, black, precious and complicated
A new millennium dime piece, so, fine she...
Got 'em all stuck standin' still when she come through
Baby, take a little more time, love will find you
And sure as the sky's blue, somebody other than me
Gon' give you everything you need, feel me?
Don't cry
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
You'll be alright
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Keep your head up, don't cry
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Never give up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry
I'm tryin' to do all that I can
From jump, now you losin', you was choosin' the wrong man
Dealt the wrong hand, you was young and beautiful
Lost and turned out, what you let that **** do to you?
I knew her since elementary, she blew a kiss to me
Wrote me a note in crayon, wantin' to get with me
We was kids, now she got three kids
They see their father e'ryday, and they don't know who he is
Seen him last night, homie roll a E-class
Mad cheese in the stash, still a deadbeat dad
I bring her, Pampers and food, just to stop through
But those, ain't my seeds, nothin' really I could do
I feel pity for you, you ain't even his wife
17 with three kids, locked down for life
Should've chose me, she 'bout to OD from the pressure
Hell nah, I won't let her
Baby, don't cry
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, baby, baby, no
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Never give up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Never give up
Baby, don't cry
You'll be alright
Don't give up, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby, don't cry
Soulshock, Karlin
For all the ladies
Baby, don't cry, got to keep your head up
Keep your head up
Makaveli lives on

Writer(s): SoulShock, Kenneth Karlin, 2Pac & E.D.I. Noble.

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