![]() He was born on Jas Lesane Parish Crooks before his fans came to know him as Tupac or 2pac. Tupac Shakur was the son of a former Black Panther activist named Afeni Shakur. His success was greatly overshadowed by legal and personal entanglements that blurred the lines between life and death. ![]() But Tupac’s biggest battle was always with himself. ![]() He spoke and fought for his own and others’ struggle for equality. After his music received several acclaims and support, Tupac also started gaining ground as a spokesperson for equality. Tupac’s music was best known for articulating injustices endured by many African-Americans. Tupac Shakur was a dynamic and influential American rapper who had critical success with his music, and carried his notoriety even after a tragic death. Hats were best worn backwards, denim looked better on denim, and chokers were part of every girl’s outfit.īut if you’re a diehard ‘90s fan like me, you’d remember a certain self-destructive star. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.The ‘90s was a glorious decade filled with widespread fads that had endearing, yet questionable, attributes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. " I gotta get paid," Well hey, well that's the way it is I see no changes all I see is racist faces misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under I wonder what it takes to make this one better place, let's erase the wasted Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right 'cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight and only time we chill is when we kill each other it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other And although it seems heaven sent We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks But some things will never change try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game Now tell me what's a mother to do bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you You gotta operate the easy way "I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way sellin' crack to the kid. ![]() Come on come on That's just the way it is Things'll never be the same That's just the way it is aww yeah Come on come on I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself is life worth living should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor & even worse I'm black my stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to s_ Cops give a d_ about a negro pull the trigger kill a n_ he's a hero Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares one less hungry mouth on the welfare First ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothers give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other It's time to fight back that's what Huey said 2 shots in the dark now Huey's dead I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other We gotta start makin' changes learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers and that's how it's supposed to be How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? I'd love to go back to when we played as kids but things changed, and that's the way it is
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