Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
Single by 2Pac and Outlawz featuring H.E.A.T.
from the album Still I Rise
Released	October 28, 1999
Recorded	April 29, 1996 (2Pac's vocals); 1998-99 (Production, guest vocals, and mixing);
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:22
Label	Death Row; Interscope;
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur
Producer(s)	Soulshock & Karlin
2Pac singles chronology
Music video
	“Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)” on YouTube

"Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" is a posthumous hip hop single by 2Pac and the Outlawz from the album Still I Rise. It features pop band H.E.A.T., E.D.I. Mean of Outlawz, Young Noble and others. It charted at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video[edit]

The video made for the song was shot during September 1–3, 1999, and is the only song from the album to have a music video. The song shows the Outlawz performing and features footage of Keep Ya Head Up.

Track listing[edit]

LP Version
Soulshock & Karlin Remix Dirty Version
Instrumental
Acappella

Charts[edit]

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[1]	25
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[2]	22
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[3]	22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	35
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[5]	55
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	72
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[7]	36

References[edit]

^ "2Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2Pac & Outlawz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)". Top 40 Singles.
^ "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)". Swiss Singles Chart.
^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

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[sc_Germany_2Pac_&_Outlawz-1] "2Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[sc_Dutch40_2Pac_&_Outlawz-2] "Nederlandse Top 40 – 2Pac & Outlawz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_2_Pac_&_Outlawz-3] "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_New_Zealand_2_Pac_&_Outlawz-4] "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)". Top 40 Singles.

[sc_Swiss_2_Pac_&_Outlawz-5] "2 Pac & Outlawz – Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)". Swiss Singles Chart.

[sc_Billboardhot100_2Pac-6] "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_2Pac-7] "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

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v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Remix albums	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 The Prophet: The Best of the Works Tupac: Resurrection The Prophet Returns Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Rose, Vol. 2
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Ambitionz az a Ridah" "All Eyez on Me" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination Dear Mama
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life Death Row Records East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies

v t e Outlawz
Yaki Kadafi 2Pac King Kastro Napoleon EDIDON Hussein Fatal Young Noble Big Syke Mopreme Shakur
Albums	Still I Rise Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us Novakane Neva Surrenda Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P. Against All Oddz We Want In: The Street LP Killuminati 2K11 Perfect Timing
Collaboration albums	Street Warz Can't Sell Dope Forever Thug Brothers Soldier 2 Soldier All Eyez on Us Doin' It Big Fast Life The Year of the Underdogz The Code
Related albums	In the Line of Fire Noble Justice Thug in Thug Out The Lost Songs Vol. 1 The Lost Songs Vol. 2 The Lost Songs Vol. 3 The Stash Spot Noble Justice: The Lost Songs Son of God O.G. Est. 1992 The Hope Dealer, Pt. 1 Powerful
Singles	"Hit 'Em Up" "Hail Mary" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
Related articles	Discography