Tupac Shakur - Gotta Keep Ya Head Up (Live Performance)

"Keep Ya Head Up" is a song by Tupac Shakur. It addresses issues concerning lack of respect toward the female gender, especially poor black women. It has a very positive message and is often used as an example of Shakur's softer side.

Many consider it to be one of the deepest rap songs ever made and is often referenced by other artists in their work, building Shakur's persona as a very conscious and influential rapper, voted #11 in About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, with "Dear Mama" voted #4.

It was first released in Shakur's 1993 album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., later appearing after his death in 1998 in his Greatest Hits compilation.

The beat is sampled from Zapp & Roger's "Be Alright" and the chorus is sampled from The Five Stairsteps' "O-o-h Child". The song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Rap chart, #7 on the Hip Hop/R&B chart and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The same beat was used the year before on southern rapper Big Mello's album Bone Hard Zaggin.

The song was also covered by Lyfe Jennings and released on his 2006 album, The Phoenix.

The song is also used in the soundtrack of the movie Freedom Writers.

The video opens up with the words "Dedicated to the memory of Latasha Harlins, it's still on", in reference to the L.A. Riots. The video has a basic format with Shakur rapping in the middle of a circle surrounded by a crowd of people and in some scenes seen holding a young child. At times the video shows scenes of what Shakur is rapping about. The music video also features Jada Pinkett Smith.

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[Public7]

excelente,,,,

[CenturionForiPhone]

what a song. what a performance.

[stereoarchitect]

REAL MUSICIANs playing with pac! i need to learn that guitar part

[wesleyog123]

Love this lyrics..

[magnum172]

Do you know why does 2pac was so sucessfull and loved by most ?? -Because he was a real SENSITIVE PERSON who could write song by the heart with love, he wasn't selfish and care a lot about others, that's the true and that's a quality that very few artist actually have.

[xGameModderx]

where can i buy a vest like 2pac is wearing??

[MrSeanhinchley]

fuck the twat that killed this guy and all the over greats

[akbar232323]

2pac is the best to ever live, the best, i love u pac, i dont like rap since u died, and im 25 years old now, rapp sucks !! u made rap, u and easy e are the worlds greatest

[tonym211989]

tupac worlds greatest

[Aboydebeat12]

Fuck The East, Fuck The West, Biggie`N Pac are the best.

[Jaouad1989]

Hammer



[rmsutherland]

BEST RAPPER EVER POINT BLANK PERIOD