examples of his lyrical diversity. I intend to show the contrast in Tupac’s lyrics from one album to another. One of the songs on Tupac’s album Me Against the World is called "DearMama". In this songTupactalks about how his mother managed to raise him regardless of the struggles they...
“Dear Mama:” The Story Behind Tupac Shakur’s Hit Albums Getty Images Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago in March 1994. Tupac, who only released four albums in his lifetime, has 21 albums to his name, 10 of which have earned platinum, multiplatinum, or diamond...
Tupac and snoop dogg are always on the run, but find the time during hardship to feast like kings. In this song is one of the most influental lines"we live by the gun and die by the gones kids". A resemblance to children in the hood being led into a life of drugs at a early ...
Dear Mama [US Single #1] Released: 1995 Label: Atlantic, Interscope California Love Released: 1995 Label: Death Row Papa''z Song [Single] Released: 1994 Label: Atlantic Papa''z Song [Cassette Single] Released: 1994 Label: Atlantic Keep Ya Head Up [EP] Released: 1993 Label:...
The song Tupac Shakur’s friends tell you to listen to—the one they say you have to hear to know him as he was—is the rap he wrote for Afeni, who carried him unborn in a jail cell and kissed him goodbye 25 years later in a trauma ward. “Dear Mama,” it is called, and she...
His best known song, 1995’s Grammy-nominated “Dear Mama,” was a tender expression of love for his mother--and his thanks for all the sacrifices she had made. “I wish I could take the pain away,” he wrote in the song. “If you can make it through the night, there’s a brig...
Tupac becomes unraveled,who wouldn't with all the discrimination.From the album 2pacalypse now and on san andreas radio station.This song is a big fuck you to all branches of government and other affiliations.This bassically is his best diss record besides hit 'em up. More...
Favorite Song:A lot of artists learned from his swag. It was his confidence in himself that made the man. I loved his music — my favorite song is “Dear Mama.” I was raised by a single mother and on every Mother’s Day, I send that song to her. ...
they like to write. I''m the kind of guy who is moved by a song like Don McLean's "Vincent," that one about Van Gogh. The lyric on that song is so touching. That's how I want to make my songs feel. Take "Dear Mama"--I aimed that one straight for my homies'' heartstrings...
” he wrote. "I can put 'If I Die 2Nite' in and want to fight somebody the second it comes on. That's the kind of emotion he sparked. I could put 'Dear Mama' in and damn near be in tears. He was just so good at evoking emotions through songs and I picked up so much from...