I never really thought that being a drug dealer could be selfish when you’re supplying for people who have a demand for the drugs, but Tupac describes crack as the ‘evil’ that ‘good’ people can suffer from, and supplying that evil around for a profit is selfish.Īn idea in the text I could apply to myself is Tupac wanting different people to see each other as siblings rather than as strangers because of their differences. I really found this interesting and it also somewhat changed how I felt about crimes involving drugs and how they impacted the different people involved. However, he understands that drug dealing earns much more money than many jobs that are available to him, and that he needs that extra money for different reasons to keep going. Tupac says, “‘I made a G today,’ but you made it in a sleazy way, Sellin’ crack to the kids, ‘I gotta get paid!’ – well hey, but that’s the way it is,” He’s trying to explain to the drug dealer that he is damaging kid’s lives by selling them drugs and profiting off of it and that he doesn’t agree with what he does. He recognises that most people don’t commit crimes because they want to, but because they need to so they can survive. Huey’s ideas and motives were actually different to Tupac’s though, as Huey wanted a completely seperate community for Black people but Tupac thought, “We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other,”.Īn interesting idea I found in the text is how Tupac doesn’t always describe crime in a negative way even though he believed it is a negative thing. Newton, who was the leader of the Black Panther Party by saying, “‘It’s time to fight back,’ that’s what Huey said, Two shots in the dark now Huey’s dead,” Tupac’s parents were actually active members of the Black Panthers so he has connections to the leader, who was shot and killed by a drug dealer when he was 47. Tupac says, “First ship ‘em dope and let ‘em deal to brothers, Give ‘em guns, step, back watch ‘em kill each other,” which is a reference to what some people believed to be government intentionally distributing drugs to the Black community. This was considerably worse is mostly Black neighbourhoods but because of many stigmas and blame put on these communities, it was ignored. ![]() The topic that is often repeated throughout the song is the ‘crack epidemic’ of the 80s and 90s. ![]() One of the writer’s messages is that racism is pointless and we should all come together and instead hate evil things rather than the colour of someone’s skin. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.The song touches on many topics including drug epidemics, the Black Panthers, discrimination and problems with money. ![]() 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 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 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 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.
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