When
I mindlessly listen to the “murderous” lyrics of Tupac I hear a man that
blatantly disrespect women and law enforcement. But when I take the time to truly
listen to his lyrics I hear a man whom wants better for our race and wants to
be remembered as a rapping activist. With Tupac’s style of rap it makes me
wonder if he is all about violence or sending a positive message to the
communities that listen to his songs. To me his lyrics are paradoxical and contradicting,
for example, in Tupac’s song “Ambitionz AZ a Ridah” he states,” Was born rough
and rugged, addressin the mad public my attitude was, "Fuck it,",
“Not bitches over money Stay on your grind nigga”. This tells me he’s embracing
part of his negative life style and promoting it.
But in Tupac’s defense mass
media can and has affected how the general public views him as a person. But in
other songs such as “Changes” and “Keep Your Head Up” he is practically putting
women on a pedestal. In the song “Keep Your Head Up” he states, “I think it's
time to kill for our women Time to heal our women, be real to our women.’’, and
in the song “changes” he gives us a direct challenge by saying, “It's time for
us as a people to start makin' some changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's
change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other.” these
quote shows that he’s a good person and wants the best for our race. When it
comes to Tupac he personifies through his music that a human is complex. Tupac made it okay for men and women to have many faces to their own identity and that's why Tupac was one of the greatest rappers of all time
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