"Is Life Woth Living, Should I Blast Myself?"-Tupac

June 7th, 2017
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Tupac is one of the biggest rappers of all time with selling over 75 million worldwide albums all at the age of 25 and even more when he died. Personally, he is my favorite rapper because not only did I grow up listening to him, but unlike a lot of rappers now of days, his songs told a story. Above I inserted a part of my favorite song of mine from him called, "Changes." Unfortunately, I was not able to upload the "Changes" video because it would not allow me to, but here is a small snippet of part of the lyrics. This song talks about racism and that the only way we can change it is if we as people come together and change everything we do. It's sad to think that racism was such a big problem that dated back hundreds of years ago and still today it is still happening. Tupac wrote songs to inform people and unlike a lot of rap today, he didn't just yell curse words in the microphone. The song that I inserted above is called, "Dear Mama." This song too just like almost all of his songs tell a story. He raps about how thankful he is for his mother and how appreciated she is. He told his story that as a teenager he was kicked out of his house because of the route he started taking and began to follow the wrong crowd. However, he later raps about how thankful he is for everything she had to sacrifice for him which he realized after, but no matter what he loved her.
Tupac was an iconic role model not just for the rap industry, but for everyone. As a rapper, he was able to tell stories about his life experiences. He wasn't like most rappers that talk about abusing women or having sex all the time. He was able to use his great voice and speak to the world through music. Rappers today should continue his legacy and stop trying to just rap where every other word is just a curse word and then the overall message of the rap means absolutely meaningless. Rappers should use their power for better like Tupac and maybe we can actually change the world.

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