TUPAC SHAKUR

Born: June 16, 1971

                                                     N.Y., N.Y.

 

 

 Last updated: September 13 1996

 L.A. Cali

 

 ABOUT ME:

 

 Who I would like to meet: Rappers today like snoop dogg, T.I., ice cube, T-Pain, p diddy, lil jon, akon, just anyone who can rap

 

 

 Occupation: poet, lyricist, rapper, MC, actor, producer, and screenwriter

 

 Genre: Gansta Rap, west coast hip hop

 

 Some of my work:

 

 Fallen star

 

 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

what they have done for much 2 long

2 just forget and carry on

I had loved u forever because of who u r

and now I mourn our fallen star

 

 

The rose that grew from concrete:

 

 Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it

learned to walk with out having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.

 

 

In the event of my Demise

 

 In the event of my Demise

when my heart can beat no more

I Hope I Die For A Principle

or A Belief that I had Lived 4

I will die Before My Time

Because I feel the shadow's Depth

so much I wanted 2 accomplish

before I reached my Death

I have come 2 grips with the possibility

and wiped the last tear from My eyes

I Loved All who were Positive

In the event of my Demise

 

 In the event of my demise is talking about how he hopes he did'nt die in vein.

 

 

 

I Cry

 

 Sometimes when I'm alone

I Cry,

Cause I am on my own.

The tears I cry are bitter and warm.

They flow with life but take no form

I Cry because my heart is torn.

I find it difficult to carry on.

If I had an ear to confiding,

I would cry among my treasured friend,

but who do you know that stops that long,

to help another carry on.

The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.

Then to stop and see what makes one cry,

so painful and sad.

And sometimes...

I Cry

and no one cares about why.

 

 

 And Tomorrow

 

 Today is filled with anger, fueled with hidden hate.

Scared of being outkast, afraid of common fate.

Today is build on tragedies which no one want's to face.

Nightmares to humanity and morally disgraced.

Tonight is filled with Rage, violence in the air.

Children bred with ruthlessness cause no one at home cares.

Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops,

knowing that my sanity content when I'm droped.

But tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new,

build on spirit intent of heart and ideas based on truth.

Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride.

I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.

 

 

 A young heart with an old soul

 

 How can there be peace?

How can I be in the depths of solitude

When there are two inside of me?

This duo in me causes the perfect opportunity

To learn and live twice as fast

As those who accept simplicity...

 

 

Ambition over Adversity

 

Take ones adversity

Learn from their misfortune

Learn from their pain

Believe in something

Believe in yourself

Turn adversity into ambition

Now blossom into wealth

 

 

In The Depths of Solitude

 

A young heart with an old soul

How can there be peace?

How can I be in the depths of solitude

When there are two inside of me?

This duo in me causes the perfect opportunity

To learn and live twice as fast

As those who accept simplicity...

 

 

Can You See the Pride In the Panther

 

Can You See the Pride In the Panther

As he grows in splendor and grace

Topling obstacles placed in the way,

of the progression of his race.

Can You See the Pride In the Panther

as she nurtures her young all alone

The seed must grow regardless

of the fact that it is planted in stone.

Can You See the Pride In the Panthers

as they unify as one.

The flower blooms with brilliance,

and outshines the rays of the sun.

 

 To read more of my poems go to:

 

http://www.alleyezonme.com/poetry/index.phtml

 

 

 to listen to some of my music go to:

 

 http://www.alleyezonme.com/news/news415.phtml

 

 

If you wanna watch some of my movies got to

 

 

Top Peeps

Joan Aiken

Maya Angelou

Elizabeth Barret Browning

William Blake

Billy Collins

Stephen Crane

Emily Dickinson

T S Elliot

Robert Frost

Rose Fuleman

Theordor Geisel

Allen Ginsberg

John Keats

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Henry Longfellow

Jack Prelotsky

Edgar Allen Poe

Adrienne Rich

Tupac Shakur

Shel Silverstein

Gary Soto 1

Gary Soto 2

Sunday Spain

James Stevenson

May Swenson

Walt Whitman

ee cummings

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sharon Esther Lampert

 

Jarod

2nd Block

Mrs. Reed