They could never understand
what u set out 2 do
instead they chose 2
ridicule u
when u got weak
they loved the sight
of your dimming
and flickering starlight
How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
this way u could not alter the course
of ignorance that they have set
2 make my people forget
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From guest engamrahc (contact)
Pac is da best man... no one could ever replace him... this poem is really nice... Rest in Peace... -
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From guest katrina (contact)
This poem was written for Huey P. Newton who co-founded the black panthers (tupac's mother was in the black panthers) and he was killed by an inmate in prison. -
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From guest jose (contact)
I have interpreted this poem to refer to Malcolm X or Martin Luther king because of the line "2 make my people forget what they have done for much 2 long 2 just forget and carry on -
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Great.
This was really good. I ♥ it. -
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From guest Dale Skinner (contact)
I'am a fan of 2pac's work and love his music and poems,this poem is a good one -
i luv you tupac rest inpeace
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rest in peace Tupac i miss you
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When I read this poem, It envisions me of christ. First he was loved, then hated, killed, and then loved again. Its very strong and moving.
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This poem goes beyond the vanity of being directed towards an individual alone. This poem is about any and all who have ever been shining and moving quickly in whatever arena they may have been placed in by natural selection. The spectacular brilliance displayed inspired the hopeless, while making the opressor envious. And though we'd like to believe that any Race could use it, we'd have to agree that we know of which one he was writing about. (2 make "my" people forget)
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ya'll its talkin bout hiz buddy huey or wutever thats why its dedicated to him
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I'd have to disagree with you here Nam, I feel that he made it clear that this piece was about himself. He didn't appreciate his mother and how she didn't care for him; he hints toward this in many songs such as "Ghost" when he states that "my momma smoked so much weed when she's pregnant im surprised im not retarded." I suppose that you could be correct however when you said that this poem could be used by people from every race.
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I feel that perhaps he's talking about his mother in this piece, I could be wrong, but I feel that's who he's talking to or referring to.
And though I feel that, even with the ending, I feel this could be for many people in many situations and not just singular situations or specific ethnic groups.
A good social piece that 2pac has written here, I feel.
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