Tupac Shakur- 2Pacalypse Now Album- Trapped You know they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion
Happiness, living on tha streets is a delusion
Even a smooth criminal one day must get caught
Shot up or shot down with tha bullet that he bought
Nine millimeter kickin' thinking about what tha streets do to me
Cause they never talk peace in tha black community
All we know is violence, do tha job in silence
Walk tha city streets like a rat pack of tyrants
Too many brothers daily heading for tha big penn
Niggas commin' out worse offthan when they went in
Over tha years I done alot of growin' up
Getten drunk thrown' up Cuffed up
Then I said I had enough
There must be another route, way out to money and fame,
I changed my name and played a different game
Tired of being trapped in this vicious cycle
If one more cop harrasses me I just might go psycho
And when I gettem I'll hittem with tha bum rush
Only a lunatic would like to see his skull crushed
Yo, if your smart you'll really let me go 'G'
But keep me cooped up in this ghetto and catch tha uzi
They got me trapped....
I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being." Oprah Winfrey
(excuse the weird post, it was inspired by a conversation with Gallivanter)
4 comments:
Glad I inspired you (of all things - Tupac - what the?). LOL! To me, he has the best voice for rapping, and none of that P Diddy gay nonsense. :-) Still, my favorite rapper/producer is Dr Dre.
Yes !! The Makaveli has the best voice for rap. Snoop a bit sissy. Dr. Dre is a living legend.
I liked what Tupac rapped. "Thugs Mansion" have a good meaningful lyric. "Changes", "I ain't mad at cha" !
There's a whole history about the war between the East and West- P Diddy and 2Pac - wars also happen between brothers, not necessarily race only. See Tupac-Resurrection, self autobiography that would probably give you an understanding of what 2Pac was. He wasn't just some cleancut wannabe guy, the man was from the ghetto and is a gifted lyricist.
The last quote from Oprah is very meaningful- it's of her getting out of the dead-end life that she had when she was a child. She's sorta like an inspiration for many people- there's a( few months back) broadway show that she co-directed called The Color Purple. A very inspirational piece. She was first casted for the Color Purple movie years ago, played a small role there. THe movie is about the struggle of black people.
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