This song makes me hella emotional.. especially when you see the movie and all the inmates are disappearing while the song is playing and Bernie Mac’s part comes up 😓😓
Can't make movies like this anymore someone would be offended somehow missing the total message this movie put forth. Recognize the injustice and how Ray and Claude never gave up hope. Great movie. Makes me get n my feelings...
This was such a deep song. I was just listening to it today again and I broke down. I lost my wife right before the pandemic hit. Then came quarantine, Riots, political drama. These last few months have been rough on all of us. We gotta listen to what wyclef says and keep our heads up ✌️
+Darren Michaels Take responsibility? Dumb fuck you do know they got framed for murder they had absolutely no part in BY A WHITE MAN. stupid fucks always jump to conclusions.
+Darren Michaels Considering you make comments online to rile up people because you wouldn't go up to an actual person, I would assume you're the receiver because you have no real nuts.
ChiefNation Auto dropping racial slurs doesn’t make you any better than anyone who threw them at you. Also, he ended up getting murdered by the superintendent as revenge.
@@seuqram7 Hollywood is fixed and ofcourse ran by Satanists. Rotten tomatoes giving these guys 90% rating would have forced the Academy Awards to give the movie aome recognition.
Dashawn Mitchell Shit like this (blacks being sacrificed for no reason) makes me pissed off that people would say "get over it" to blacks when they would never think of telling Jews to "get over the Holocaust".
Watching all of the characters just 'fade away' during this montage got me all emotional - we all understood what the 'fading away' meant - they died in prison. :( Saddest moment for a comedy but very brilliantly done & very well orchestrated. :)
A very good song and also very deep, but I can't help but laugh to myself at 1:23 all I can do is think of Ray (Eddie Murphy) trying to escape on the plane. "I'll see y'all in NEW YORK CITY, Ohhh shit."
The movie really got me a rollercoaster feeling. So sad thinking how years wasted just like that though they made it satire funny with many joke lines.
This song has been on my heart and my mom is in the fight of her life she's tired an had fought a long and hard battle with sickness so I'm sitting by her bed side letting her here this song.
This song reminds me of my son whom i lost to gun violence in 2017.. I miss him dearly DEVANTE C MONROE a.k.a FINLEY.. And even in 2020 this song is special to me💔💙💔💙💔
"We don't need no education, says the young man sittin' in class (Sittin' in class) School was out, 3 o'clock on the dot He had beef with some kids and he got shot Oh Lord" The movie, the fading of the convicts, and especially this part of the song makes me shed tears.
Shout out to all my peoples who went through the struggle of the twenties and thirties who were wrongly accused and convicted. This movie just goes to show that we are living in a mean and cruel world and racial diversity played the Key role. But here it is 2018 and we're still making it. Thank God!!
The older you get. When you’re trying to do right as a Black Man. Ray & Claudes story becomes apart of you. Life really does shit on you. But we have no choice but to keep going as long as we’re breathing. Y’all ever just feel tired man? I don’t mean physically worn. I mean spiritually exhausted.
Hell yeah. If a black person was guilty of or just framed for killing or raping a white person, they'd get a bogus trial and sent to the electric chair. That is if they make it to trial. A lot of the time they'd get lynched by the other whites in town but if they were accused of murdering another black person, they'd likely get sentenced to hard labor on the chain gang and in the south, especially during reconstruction, that was big bucks worth of free labor so of course a lot of blacks were framed. It was just a more modern form of slavery,.
Amazing story, in a year that gave us The Matrix, Star Wars Ep1, and The Mummy, this movie was, in my opinion, a sleeper hit. Much better than it gets credit for. I would go as far to say that it was Oscar worthy for cinematography, soundtrack, and especially script. All start cast. So much great dialogue, and funny, but poignant at times...(To know that this actually happened to people in the US is truly heartbreaking) My favorite line is still: Claude (To Ray): "He made a pass at me!" Ray (To Claude): "Yeah I see." Claude Banks (To Ray): "Why you think they call him Jangle Leg" Ray (To Claude): "You gonna find out before me."
This song reminds me of my dad. Our relationship was strained but i love him. This song hits him in the feels cus this is how he grew up and it reminds him of his brother who got locked up. I love you dad and i hope you live a long life
Mama, mama You know you raised me with no father figure I want to take this time to thank you For giving me life, oh yeah Mama, mama You know you raised me with no father figure I want to take this time to thank you Even though I'm doing Life
I love this song. I really wish they can make another movie like this. To really be honest, this movie relates to what's going on in the world today. Black and white. I just wish we can come together as brothers and sisters
What we gon' do right now is go back, way back Bring in the groove I wanna dedicate this to those who never made it From kindergarten to the 12th I never graduated Yo, but college wasn't for some of us So we joined the service I seen a kid get murdered in 'Nam listening to Elvis But on the out looking in Things stay the same But at the same vein Looking out the whole world's changed So keep your head up Don't get caught up in the fast bucks And find your mom crying while your lying in a black tux Trust me We don't need no education says a young man Sitting in class (Sitting in class) School is out 3 o'clock on the dot He had beef with some kids and he got shot, oh Lord Turn on the television I'm watching Martin Luther King who had a dream, oh So take this dream and apply it to your life Even though we know the ghetto's rough But we got to Keep your head up (Uh, keep your head up) 'Cause a new day will come (Uh huh, uh huh) And look towards the sun (Look towards the sun) Even when the darkness shall come It's real son (Ooh) To my people living life it's real son I turn the page What's the news today People getting fired, walking on a wire Looting on the streets 'cause the kid's gotta eat Oh, oh, turn around and look at the hour glass I gotta get it straight Before it's too late 'Cause I don't wanna be behind that gates Keep your head up (Uh, keep your head up) Cause a new day will come (Uh huh, uh huh) And look towards the sun Even when the darkness shall come All my people in the back Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya) I wanna take this time to thank you For giving me life, oh yeah Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya) I wanna take this time to thank you Even though I'm doing life Alright It's real son, alright (Ooh) Can't flee (Ooh) All my people doing time (Ooh) People in the back playing cards (Ooh) Don't lose your money yeah Yeah, tell them don't lose your money, c'mon, c'mon Keep your head up (Uh, keep your head up) 'Cause a new day will come (Uh huh, uh huh) And look towards the sun (Look towards the sun) Even when the darkness shall come All my people in the back Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya) I wanna take this time to thank you For giving me life, oh yeah Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya) I wanna take this time to thank you Even though I'm doing life Alright For my people doing time (Alright) (Ooh) For my people doing time (Alright)
What we gon' do right now is goin bad, way bad (Bring in the groove) I wanna dedicate this to those who never made it From kindergarden to the 12th I never graduated (Yo) but college wasn't for some of us So we joined the service I seen a kid get murdered in Nam listening to Elvis But on the out looking in Things stay the same But at the same vein Looking out the whole world's changed So keep your head up Don't get caught up in the fast bucks and find your mom crying while you're lying in a black tux.. Trust me We don't need no education says a young man Sitting in class (sitting in class) School is out 3 o'clock on the dat He had beef with some kids and he got shot, oh Lord.. Turn on the television I'm watching Martin Luther King who had a dream, oooh So take this dream and apply it to your life Even though, we know, the ghetto's rough But we got to 1) Keep your head up (Uh keep your head up) Cause a new day will come (Uh-huh, uh-huh) And look to the sun (Look towards the sun) Even when the darkness shall come (Oh oh oh) It's real son (Oh oh oh) To my people living Life it's real son I Turn the page What's the news today ? People getting fired, walking on a wire, Looting on the streets cause the kid's gotta eat Oh, oh turn around and look at the hour glass I gotta get it straight, Before it's too late, Cause I don't wanna live behind that gates so Keep your head up (Uh keep your head up) Cause a new day will come (Uh-huh, uh-huh) And look towards the sun Even when the darkness shall come (All my people in the back) 2) Mama, mama You know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya) I wanna take this time to thank you For giving me life, oh yeah Mama, mama You know you raised me with no father figure, I wanna take this time to thank you Even though I'm doing Life Alright (Oh oh oh) It's real son, alright (Oh oh oh) Can't flee (Oh oh oh oh) All my people doing time (Oh oh oh) People in the back playing cards (Oh oh oh )Don't lose your money yeah Yeah tell them don't lose your money, c'mon, c'mon 1) 2) (Oh oh oh) For my people doing time (alright) (Oh oh oh) For my people doing time (alright)
this song takes me there of thoughts of the life I lived behind bars,also reminds me of my Uncle Chen who,s doing time, my saying to him always keep your 'Head Up'
With Ray and Claude not talking the place felt a little harder, a little colder.
halby bhoy 😂😂😂
so sad😔💔
I was thumb up number 100 :)
he just smoove walked off wit my drink
If he sets one toe on the ground , Im going shoot that pie eating son of a bitch
This film deserved an oscar
Maybe a few , it,s a good film and a bit sad . Maybe an academy award or 2
It was nominated, at least; Best Make Up.
Hollywood raramente dá um Oscar aos negros. Mereciam, pois os negros ótimos atores. O enredo do filme também.
Absolutely
This song makes me hella emotional.. especially when you see the movie and all the inmates are disappearing while the song is playing and Bernie Mac’s part comes up 😓😓
you got it...this part was most emotional indeed!..well thought out movie.
That part of the movie & that song made me cry when they all start disappearing
Ray's boom boom room
kolawole okanlawon that’s what I said it was a funny movie then I got real sad
Brings tears to my eyes every time!
They don’t make comedies like this anymore 😢 classic film, great story, great actors.
Can't make movies like this anymore someone would be offended somehow missing the total message this movie put forth. Recognize the injustice and how Ray and Claude never gave up hope. Great movie. Makes me get n my feelings...
@@chadstevens6071 👍
one of the best movie ever with Eddy Murphy, for me
hamid fiero Martin also
Can’t disagree and the last one he did that was R-rated my hats off to him. My favorite comedian.
The same for me.
This movie has a special place in my heart! A real masterpiece.
"That ain't my Dad's watch" - All I have is love in my heart for Eddie Murphy.
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The part where Claude realies how old he is, damn 😔
Tuff smh
This aint that scene this song start when can't get right got that pardon thanks to claude n ray n the got into a fight
Mama mama you know you raised me with no father figure but I want to take this time to thank you for giving me life❤
This song really makes you emotional and think about our lives and the world around us. Stay strong my brothers and sisters
🙌
Still we rise...Ain't that Maya says...Geesh..
Respect to you and yours👍
Yeah 💯 💯
Preach brother Preach in this dark world we live be stay my brother 🙏
This was such a deep song. I was just listening to it today again and I broke down. I lost my wife right before the pandemic hit. Then came quarantine, Riots, political drama. These last few months have been rough on all of us. We gotta listen to what wyclef says and keep our heads up ✌️
Condolences brother..!!! Holdja head take your time and grieve
I’m so sorry for the loss of your wife ☹️
Hope you alright brother
Me to
🙏
This movie was actually a sad story... They went to jail on some racist b.s., wasted their best years, and didn't get out 'til they were like 90
True.
+Jonathan Augustin lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
+Darren Michaels Take responsibility? Dumb fuck you do know they got framed for murder they had absolutely no part in BY A WHITE MAN. stupid fucks always jump to conclusions.
And that's only because they faked their deaths.
+Darren Michaels Considering you make comments online to rile up people because you wouldn't go up to an actual person, I would assume you're the receiver because you have no real nuts.
momma momma you know you raised me with no father figure I'd like to take this time to thank you for giving me life
For giving me life**
Thanks
Man I almost cried when I saw this comment r.i.p mom
Mama did raise three on her own..Rest In Peace to my Father Rob
April 5,1970-Septemeber 20,1997
Tears every time i hear that line ! I miss you mom 😢
This song makes me emotional.
+quietstormaps me too
Me, too. I used to really find this movie funny, and I still do, but I feel the sadness of the story... :(
quietstormaps the part that got me is when everybody was disappearing to this track 🙃
yeah so true felt the same way!
ChiefNation Auto dropping racial slurs doesn’t make you any better than anyone who threw them at you.
Also, he ended up getting murdered by the superintendent as revenge.
If you learn anything from "Life", it's definitely perseverance. Never get down, get through
Dashawn Mitchell 👌
I learnt not to say "watch" and NEVER BET YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION! (Bird in the hand... 😏)
@@neequayegill3951 little clocks😅
absolutely
When they all start to disappear one by one until there was just 3 left.
Spit Fireking they gave me chills tbh
It made me cry
😢
They were dying one by one and it was so damn sad
That was sad
Man this song makes me want to be so great
daunwaun317 you are great brother be strong it's coming
You can achieve it if you believe my brother ✊🏾
10 years later, you feeling great yet ?
big up to Wyclef Jean
My fav from Wyclef. Underrated song
Rays Boom Boom Room
You would have never guess who was there last night
Rodger Green who that there Ray!?
Now I don’t wanna hear another peep about no fucking Boom Boom Room 🤣🤣
"When Can't Get Right left Camp 8, a piece of Claude went with him"
I always wondered what happened to cant get right...probably HOF
Can’t get right! This one’s for you baby 🤣🤣
"and with Ray and Claude not talking, the place felt a little harder. a little colder."
I read this in his voice kmsl
This movie was everything. And this song was even more.
Song makes me cry cause it's when all them died accept 3, and they missed all that history. Sad!
It's hard not to cry
It still baffles me how rotten tomatoes gave this great movie a 50% rating! This is a classic
Never trust the critics over your own experience.
@@seuqram7 Hollywood is fixed and ofcourse ran by Satanists. Rotten tomatoes giving these guys 90% rating would have forced the Academy Awards to give the movie aome recognition.
Dickheads rating movies like this,pure gem
F?ck Rotten Tomatoes ain't nothing good enough 4 dem.
they are racist.
This song has always made me cry, it still does, it just touches me really deep and I think its beautiful too
amen
Thinking of the part in the story Life just makes the emotions that much harder to contain.
The movie and song are just to real. A testament to the strength and will of Black people
Dashawn Mitchell Shit like this (blacks being sacrificed for no reason) makes me pissed off that people would say "get over it" to blacks when they would never think of telling Jews to "get over the Holocaust".
it does me to!
2023!!! Still rocking this beautiful song!!!
i love black people, black culture, black music. it has the most feeling with it. rip bernie mac
well he died in 2008, and it was pretty big news when he died. so yea, on these terms you have been living under a rock.
that is some information i didnt know. you might wanna add some important info like this in your first post.
Just got done watching this movie for the millionth time with my family again. Such a classic. One of the funniest ever. And this song is amazing
thickdaddychocolate i love Eddie Murphy and Martin, but Eddie is my #1 favorite. This movie is my 2nd favorite.
Watching all of the characters just 'fade away' during this montage got me all emotional - we all understood what the 'fading away' meant - they died in prison. :( Saddest moment for a comedy but very brilliantly done & very well orchestrated. :)
Is that what it is ? , I never understood that 100% . I thought some died and some were released . Yes , it is sad .
@@glengledhill9867 some died and some just were moved to the old folks home in jail to die none of them made it out
A very good song and also very deep, but I can't help but laugh to myself at 1:23 all I can do is think of Ray (Eddie Murphy) trying to escape on the plane.
"I'll see y'all in NEW YORK CITY, Ohhh shit."
Regg Harvey. i see yall in new york city oh shit 😂😂😂
Regg Harvey by 0:46 it was unexpected to me first time I heard this cause I feel bad for it
The movie really got me a rollercoaster feeling. So sad thinking how years wasted just like that though they made it satire funny with many joke lines.
LMAOO! That was a hilarious scene!
Lol
Can't wait to watch this with my kids because it's nothing but a pure gem of a movie
This song has been on my heart and my mom is in the fight of her life she's tired an had fought a long and hard battle with sickness so I'm sitting by her bed side letting her here this song.
💪🙏
❤
This song reminds me of my son whom i lost to gun violence in 2017.. I miss him dearly DEVANTE C MONROE a.k.a FINLEY.. And even in 2020 this song is special to me💔💙💔💙💔
I'm sorry for your loss, i wish the best for you, Rest In Peace Devante Monroe
@@TheJuarezG thank you💙
I’m sorry for your loss.
@@clarkent61 thank you 💙
That,s sad . Go to his grave and play this song ( loud ) for him on his birthday .
Wyclef vocals and lyrics for this movie is my favorite. Keep your head up Chosen's😇
I listen to this when It seems the world maybe against me sometimes, Thank you WyClef! An absolute Masterpiece!
"We don't need no education, says the young man sittin' in class (Sittin' in class) School was out, 3 o'clock on the dot He had beef with some kids and he got shot Oh Lord" The movie, the fading of the convicts, and especially this part of the song makes me shed tears.
Shout out to all my peoples who went through the struggle of the twenties and thirties who were wrongly accused and convicted. This movie just goes to show that we are living in a mean and cruel world and racial diversity played the Key role. But here it is 2018 and we're still making it. Thank God!!
My man just wanted the FUCKING pie...😔
To be honest brothers and sisters whenever I'm in a crying mood this song gets the job done every time
🙌 I Swear
Sometimes you have to let it out 😭
The jazz horn in this song gives chills!
I’ll have what you are having👍
@@clarkent61 you should!
That,s what makes the song have feeling .
The older you get. When you’re trying to do right as a Black Man.
Ray & Claudes story becomes apart of you.
Life really does shit on you. But we have no choice but to keep going as long as we’re breathing.
Y’all ever just feel tired man?
I don’t mean physically worn. I mean spiritually exhausted.
the sad part is that even though it's a fictional movie that actually probably happened to some black people back then
All the time, dude. If they weren't lynched or hanged, they were framed for murders.
Hell yeah. If a black person was guilty of or just framed for killing or raping a white person, they'd get a bogus trial and sent to the electric chair. That is if they make it to trial. A lot of the time they'd get lynched by the other whites in town but if they were accused of murdering another black person, they'd likely get sentenced to hard labor on the chain gang and in the south, especially during reconstruction, that was big bucks worth of free labor so of course a lot of blacks were framed. It was just a more modern form of slavery,.
Aurora Pursifull And still happens now.
Aurora Pursifull the movie was based on a true story
Aurora Pursifull it's still happening now. Killing us as well.
I danced with my Mom on Mothers Day to this song and were waiting for my brother to come home!!!
🌹
Tell ur brother I said congrats and always look forward
Amazing story, in a year that gave us The Matrix, Star Wars Ep1, and The Mummy, this movie was, in my opinion, a sleeper hit. Much better than it gets credit for. I would go as far to say that it was Oscar worthy for cinematography, soundtrack, and especially script. All start cast.
So much great dialogue, and funny, but poignant at times...(To know that this actually happened to people in the US is truly heartbreaking)
My favorite line is still:
Claude (To Ray): "He made a pass at me!"
Ray (To Claude): "Yeah I see."
Claude Banks (To Ray): "Why you think they call him Jangle Leg"
Ray (To Claude): "You gonna find out before me."
Beautiful jam
We will all make it one day. Whether in this life or in the after life.
Watched Life again today, one of my favourite films of all time, and after I came to find this song! P.S I Miss you Bernie Mac & Michael Taliferro!
This song reminds me of my dad. Our relationship was strained but i love him. This song hits him in the feels cus this is how he grew up and it reminds him of his brother who got locked up. I love you dad and i hope you live a long life
Still hits deep in 2022, the world is still the same.
Martin Luther king Jr..had a dream..HAPPY Birthday SIR.. R.I.P. GOD BLESS
Rest In Peace-Rise In Power Bernie Mac, Ned Beatty, Michael Taliferro, R. Lee Emery, Ted Demme and Rick James🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mama, mama
You know you raised me with no father figure
I want to take this time to thank you
For giving me life, oh yeah
Mama, mama
You know you raised me with no father figure
I want to take this time to thank you
Even though I'm doing Life
This film was actually the reality of so many, less than hundred years old so not long ago... Smh
One of my favorite movies of all time. Sad but beautiful storyline, stellar acting, stands the test of time.
Yup a all time classic! Hell of a soundtrack too
Good ass song keep ur head up cuz a new day will come
Dang … some memories 💔 .. thank you Eddie Murphy for making these memories in life fighting tears … ♥️💯💔
This is a deep song about life 💯 keep your head up 🆙
This is a underrated classic. Love & Blessings to all mothers raising young ones with 'no father figure,'
One of the best movies ever made
Inspirational enough to great each NEW DAY! LOVE IT!
This song hits home more than others, especially today on Father’s Day, Mama Mama
I love this song. I really wish they can make another movie like this. To really be honest, this movie relates to what's going on in the world today. Black and white. I just wish we can come together as brothers and sisters
marshall collins
There is another movie EXACTLY like this one.
Its called "Cool hand Luke".
Tony Doles Cool Hand Luke came 30 years eariler.
It’s a sad thing I wish racism didn’t exist but I feel there will always be people who hate what’s different.
Sadly these things happened quite often back during the days of the Great Depression
"back then" smh still goes on
Best comedy I've ever seen watched it countless times and still makes me smile to this day
I love all yall God bless
still love it .. good old days 😢
INSPIRATION 2 DA MAX!!! MAMA I LUV U R.I.P THINK ABOUT U EVERYDAY
I played this song for my senior finale project cause I graduate in 16 days. This shit almost made me cry.💯
Good lunck in life my friend im rooting for you never give up❤
What we gon' do right now is go back, way back
Bring in the groove
I wanna dedicate this to those who never made it
From kindergarten to the 12th I never graduated
Yo, but college wasn't for some of us
So we joined the service
I seen a kid get murdered in 'Nam listening to Elvis
But on the out looking in
Things stay the same
But at the same vein
Looking out the whole world's changed
So keep your head up
Don't get caught up in the fast bucks
And find your mom crying while your lying in a black tux
Trust me
We don't need no education says a young man
Sitting in class
(Sitting in class)
School is out 3 o'clock on the dot
He had beef with some kids and he got shot, oh Lord
Turn on the television
I'm watching Martin Luther King who had a dream, oh
So take this dream and apply it to your life
Even though we know the ghetto's rough
But we got to
Keep your head up
(Uh, keep your head up)
'Cause a new day will come
(Uh huh, uh huh)
And look towards the sun
(Look towards the sun)
Even when the darkness shall come
It's real son
(Ooh)
To my people living life it's real son
I turn the page
What's the news today
People getting fired, walking on a wire
Looting on the streets 'cause the kid's gotta eat
Oh, oh, turn around and look at the hour glass
I gotta get it straight
Before it's too late
'Cause I don't wanna be behind that gates
Keep your head up
(Uh, keep your head up)
Cause a new day will come
(Uh huh, uh huh)
And look towards the sun
Even when the darkness shall come
All my people in the back
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure
(Didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you
For giving me life, oh yeah
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure
(Didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you
Even though I'm doing life
Alright
It's real son, alright
(Ooh)
Can't flee
(Ooh)
All my people doing time
(Ooh)
People in the back playing cards
(Ooh)
Don't lose your money yeah
Yeah, tell them don't lose your money, c'mon, c'mon
Keep your head up
(Uh, keep your head up)
'Cause a new day will come
(Uh huh, uh huh)
And look towards the sun
(Look towards the sun)
Even when the darkness shall come
All my people in the back
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure
(Didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you
For giving me life, oh yeah
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure
(Didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you
Even though I'm doing life
Alright
For my people doing time
(Alright)
(Ooh)
For my people doing time
(Alright)
My fav,love the music,actors,scenes.
Life bring anyone here?
yes
Watching this movie right now on Starz.. hey this ain't my daddy's watch...
The movie or reality?
@@maxxpass Both. 💁♂️
This song touches my heart, I sing this to my son with tears in my eyes, 💗💚💙❤️💛💜
Respect to you my sister👍
Keep your head up. We are all soldiers, but not all of us recognize we are at war, and have been for centuries. Love
RIP Jangalang🙏🏽❤️
RIP Gold Mouth🙏🏽❤️
To The Upper Room🕊️
My favorite comedy! Pure gold!
It's 2020 and I still can't get tired of this song or the movie
Just watched this movie again and it’s still one of the best and saddest films
10 dislikes?? Really?? What is there not to like about this track?? Smh......
805Sosa 66 idiots out there today that must be tone deaf! Ha
805Sosa they rather litsen to new school twerking stuff😦
What we gon' do right now is goin bad, way bad
(Bring in the groove)
I wanna dedicate this to those who never made it
From kindergarden to the 12th I never graduated (Yo)
but college wasn't for some of us
So we joined the service
I seen a kid get murdered in Nam listening to Elvis
But on the out looking in
Things stay the same
But at the same vein
Looking out the whole world's changed
So keep your head up
Don't get caught up in the fast bucks and find your mom crying while you're lying in a black tux..
Trust me
We don't need no education says a young man
Sitting in class (sitting in class)
School is out 3 o'clock on the dat
He had beef
with some kids
and he got shot, oh Lord..
Turn on the television
I'm watching Martin Luther King who had a dream, oooh
So take this dream and apply it to your life
Even though, we know, the ghetto's rough
But we got to
1) Keep your head up
(Uh keep your head up)
Cause a new day
will come
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
And look to the sun
(Look towards the sun)
Even when the darkness
shall come
(Oh oh oh) It's real son
(Oh oh oh) To my people living Life
it's real son
I
Turn the page
What's the news today ?
People getting fired,
walking on a wire,
Looting on the streets cause the kid's gotta eat
Oh, oh
turn around and look at the hour glass
I gotta get it straight,
Before it's too late,
Cause I don't wanna live behind that gates so
Keep your head up
(Uh keep your head up)
Cause a new day will come
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
And look towards the sun
Even when the darkness shall come
(All my people in the back)
2) Mama, mama
You know you raised me with no father figure (Didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you
For giving me life, oh yeah
Mama, mama
You know you raised me with no father figure,
I wanna take this time to thank you
Even though I'm doing Life
Alright
(Oh oh oh) It's real son,
alright
(Oh oh oh) Can't flee
(Oh oh oh oh)
All my people doing time
(Oh oh oh) People in the back playing cards
(Oh oh oh )Don't lose your money yeah
Yeah tell them don't lose your money,
c'mon, c'mon
1)
2)
(Oh oh oh) For my people doing time (alright)
(Oh oh oh) For my people doing time (alright)
Such a emotional song
2022 and I just watched Life again, this song makes me so emotional. “Keep your head up cause ima new day will come”🔥🔥
It's been 20 years already and this song is still for all my people doing time.
this movie made my childhood, i watched it sooooo many times, and this song is so nostalgic
15 People dont Kno wat real music is, this is a Masterpiece with a great message.
freaking love this song!
1 of the greatest movie ever ,laughter and crying all in 1 this is amazing
im Mississippi born and raised this movie hold special place wit me
Goosebumps
This movie was beautiful. Back when they only made songs for movies 🍿
2023 and this song still hits hard. Truth
Omg i love this song👍 this is one of my favorite movies growing up cant believe i forgot about it.
Love the movie, i have home. When i want to feel good i watch it. The soundtrack is awesome. 🙂
Watching “Life” again as we speak
This song 🎵 is…. Cosmic 💥👍
Hermosa canción! Que buen groove, que buena letra, que grato encontrar esta canción.
This movie is my all time favorite
love the song love the movie too
one of the greatest movies ever
Been listening to this for abit . Makes u feel humble and grateful
keep you're head up!
So many memories with this song
Banger from 95 plus 4 pennies❤ from Australia😍😍😍
Still the most I've ever laughed at a movie hands down. And a truly brilliant soundtrack. This song is timeless...
I was 11 when this song came out even back then shit hit me like a ton of bricks
this song takes me there of thoughts of the life I lived behind bars,also reminds me of my Uncle Chen who,s doing time, my saying to him always keep your 'Head Up'
it makes me strong wend I'm weak we need more songs like this one