2pac Keep Ya Head Up Analysis

Many people see the rap genre as a bad influence because of how it portrays gang violence, guns, and sexism by rap icons like the N.W.A. But, in fact it can positively influence people’s lives. Some rap artists and rap songs can be seen as very inspirational as their songs can have good messages that in turn can inspire people. For example, in 2Pac’s “Keep Ya Head Up,” he focuses mainly on African-American women who are left by their men, to raise their child, alone and struggling. In the first verse of the song, 2Pac raps, “I give a holla to my sisters on welfare, 2Pac cares if don’t nobody else care, and i know they like to beat you down a lot. But, please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up. Forgive, but don’t forget girl, keep ya

In the first verse he states, it isn’t easy for a mother to raise a man, but, she was always committed, and she was a poor single mother on welfare so he was wondering how she did it. He also states that there’s no way he can pay her back but he wants her to understand that she is appreciated. What this means is that even though she was a single mother on welfare she was still committed to raising him and his siblings no matter how difficult the times were and even though nothing he could do could amount to what she has done for him, the least he could do is show her that she is deeply appreciated by him and his step sister. In the third verse of the song he states that when he was sick as a little kid his mom did so much things to keep him in a good mood and that all his childhood memories are full of the sweet things that his mom did for him. What he is trying to get across to his mom is that he feels lucky to have a mother that did so much sweet things for him and tried to make him happy when he was sick even though she was going through hard times to and he wants to show that he appreciates what she did for him as a