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

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier 宝贝昂起你的头

ooooo child things are gonna get brighter

Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me 我记得Marvin Gaye（著名黑人歌手）曾经向我歌唱

He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be 他让我感觉身为黑人很好

And suddenly tha ghetto didn t seem so tough 突然之间贫民窟好象也不那么糟糕了

And though we had it rough, we always had enough 尽管我们过得很苦，我们一直（觉得）受够了

I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules 我讨厌被束缚，我打破所有的规矩

Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two 跟当地的帮派鬼混，抽着烟

And I realize momma really paid the price 然后我意识到妈妈真的在为所有这些买单

She nearly gave her life, to raise me right 她几乎付出了生命来养育我成人

And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream 我能够拿来给她的全部就是我那不着边的美梦

Of how I d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen 描述着我如何拿着麦克风发飚，将会如何走上荧屏

I m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents 我试着用五十美分来赚取一美元

It s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent 要做个守法公民还能付得起房租可真难

And in the end it seems I m headin for tha pen 到最后，我好象正在走向纸笔

I try and find my friends, but they re blowin in the wind 我试着去找朋友，可他们自身难保

Last night my buddy lost his whole family 昨天晚上，我的一个朋友失去了他的整个家庭

It s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity 要征服这疯狂，需要我内心的男子气概

It seems tha rain ll never let up 看上去那雨似乎从来不会停

I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up 我努力昂着自己的头而又不被淋透

You know it s funny when it rains it pours 你知道，一下雨就是倾盆大雨。挺滑稽的

They got money for wars, but can t feed the poor 他们有钱发动战争，却不能喂饱穷人

Say there ain t no hope for the youth and the truth is （他们）说年轻人没有希望，可事实上

it ain t no hope for tha future 那可不应该是给未来的希望

And then they wonder why we crazy 他们想知道我们为什么疯狂

I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby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

We ain t meant to survive, cause it s a setup 我们本就不该幸存，这本来就是个圈套

And even though you re fed up 尽管你已经受够了这一切

Huh, ya got to keep your head up 嘿，你必须昂起你的头

And uhh

To all the ladies havin babies on they own 给所有独自养育着孩子的女士们

I know it s kinda rough and you re feelin all alone 我知道那挺难，你们感觉自己孤立无援

Daddy s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome 孩子他爸早早地离弃你们，把你们留给寂寞

Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em 感谢主赐我以孩子，即使任何其他人都不想要他们

Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I m sure 因为我觉得我们的日子能好起来，事实上，我很肯定

And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more 而当你跌倒时，爬起来站直了，重新来过，争取更多

Cause ain t nuttin worse than when your son 没什么比你的儿子想要知道为什么他爸爸不再爱他更糟糕的了

wants to kno why his daddy don t love him no mo

You can t complain you was dealt this 你无法抱怨，你已经身在其中

hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless 没有男人来帮你，你觉得无助

Because there s too many things for you to deal with 有太多的事情需要你去应对

Dying inside, but outside you re looking fearless 内心在消亡，但你的外表看起来毫无畏惧

While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks 当泪水顺着脸颊淌下

Ya steady hopin things don t all down this week 你热切地期望着这个星期的生活不要一片狼籍

Cause if it did, you couldn t take it, and don t blame me 如果真的是那样，你将无法承受

I was given this world I didn t make it 别责怪我，这个世界被塞进我的手，我并不创造这个世界

And now my son s getten older and older and cold 现在我的儿子正在一天天长大，也越来越冷漠

From havin the world on his shoulders 不情愿把整个世界承载在肩膀上

While the rich kids is drivin Benz 当富家子弟开着奔驰车的时候

I m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends 我依然在努力和自己仅剩的朋友苟且偷生

And it s crazy, it seems it ll never let up, but 这真是疯狂，这一切仿佛永远不会结束，但是

please... you got to keep your head up 真的，请昂起你的头