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 Now here's a story about a woman with dreams So picture perfect at thirteen, an ebony queen Beneath the surface it was more than just a creepy smile Nobody knew about her secret so it took a while I could see her tear fall slow down her black jeep Shedding quiet tears in the backseat 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 niggas grabbing me For just a moment I was trapped in the pain Little come and take me for niggas violated me Chased and they raped me even though it wasn't me I could feel the grief digging with your brains blown That would make the pain go no You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies Baby please don't cry, you gotta keep your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry, you gotta 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 Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry Forget him girl, he ain't gon' never change I ain't no hater but that nigga lost in the game After the bright lights and big things He probably can love you but he in love with the struggle Everyday his mind on getting moved And never your feelings he chasing millions for sure Uh oh, now you about to have his baby Another wild ass nigga that's gon' drive you crazy You got too much more living to do He's fitness to you cause you deserve more than what he's giving to you Beautiful black, precious and complicated A new millennium dime piece of fine sheet Got em all stuck standing still when she come through Baby take a little more time, love will find you And show us a chance, look at somebody other than me Gon' give you everything you need Baby don't cry, you gotta keep your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry, you gotta 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 Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I'm trying to do all that I can from jump Now you losing, you was choosing the wrong man Felt the wrong hand, was young and beautiful Lost and turned out, what you let that nigga do to you? I knew her since elementary, she blew a kiss to me Wrote me a note in crayon, wanted to get with me We was kids, now she got three kids They see they father every day, now know who he is Seen him last night, homie roll an E-class Mad cheese in a stash, still at that beat, dad I bring her peppers and food, just to stop dudes With those M-I-Cs, nothing really I could do I feel pity for you, you ain't even his wife Seventeen with three kids, lockdown for life She done chose me, she bought the OD from the pressor Hell, now won't let her Baby don't cry I got to keep your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I 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 Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I got to keep your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I want to gat your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry Baby don't cry I want to gat your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I want to gat your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry Yeah Yeah-yeah Don't give up Don't cry Don't cry Don't cry Baby don't cry I want to gat your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry I want to gat your head up Even when the road is hard, never give up Baby don't cry Call the ladies Baby don't cry You got to keep your head up Maccabella, don't Don't, don't, don't cry Maccabella, don't