Tupac Keep Ya Head Up Analysis

“And I realize momma really paid the price she nearly gave her life to raise me right.” In hearing those words by the late Tupac Shakur in his song “Keep Ya Head Up”, I had a startling revelation: My mother was somebody and I had been taking her for granted. Immediately after the hearing that song I processed every lyric and applied it to my life. At that very moment I realized how important my mother really was and I stopped taking her for granted. This song had changed me forever. Growing up was not that easy for me. There was always lots of turmoil in the household. As a young child I thought my mother was suppose to do any and everything I wanted her to do when I wanted her to do it. My mother was suppose to fix everything that was