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"Changes," by Tupac Shakur (Haziraj copy)

Author: Tupac Shakur

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[2Pac:]
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 being poor and, even worse, I'm black
My stomach hurts so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, 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 and let 'em deal to brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
"It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said
Two 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 making changes
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two 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 change... and that's the way it is

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Taylor Stolarski Taylor Stolarski (Jul 25 2019 2:28PM) : Great literary piece more

Great literary piece to discuss deeper meaning and connect writer’s work to writer’s personal life, I have used Tupac’s “Rose that Grew from Concrete”to introduce poetry for several years now and students feel an even stronger interest once they realize they know who the author is and can liken poetry to music etc.

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Susan Avery Susan Avery (May 16 2019 10:12AM) : This is so sad that he feels like he wants to die because of the hatred. Have you ever felt this way?
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ERALD HAZIRAJ ERALD HAZIRAJ (Apr 08 2019 9:03AM) : reaction more

this sentence surprises me because who gives crack to kids, who would do that

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ERALD HAZIRAJ ERALD HAZIRAJ (May 16 2019 10:15AM) : are you saying that black people and white people should be seen as brothers in this line?
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[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

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[2Pac:]
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 are smoking crack tonight
And the 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
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 staying in the dope game
Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
Being 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
Selling crack to the kids
"I gotta get paid!", well hey, but that's the way it is

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Taylor Stolarski Taylor Stolarski (Jul 25 2019 2:30PM) : Strategies for this poem. more

Another great strategy for grabbing student’s interest is to have them identify a single line that stands out for them and to unpack why. This is a powerful poem/lyrics to do so with. This is a great way to interpret the poem, reflect on themself and journal their thoughts.

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Jovana Kovac Jovana Kovac (May 16 2019 9:49AM) : Black people are often treated badly because of their race
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ERALD HAZIRAJ ERALD HAZIRAJ (May 16 2019 10:02AM) : what do you mean when you say racist faces?
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[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

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[2Pac talking:]
We gotta make a change
It's time for us as a people to start making 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
You see the old way wasn't working
So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive

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ERALD HAZIRAJ ERALD HAZIRAJ (May 16 2019 10:17AM) : is he implying to start a war with the police?

[2Pac:]
And still I see no changes
Can't a brother get a little peace?
It's war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty
They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back with the facts giving it back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
Crack you up and pimp-smack you up
You gotta learn to hold your own
They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this
That's the sound of my tool
You say it ain't cool, my mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Coming back after all these years
"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!" That's the way it is

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ERALD HAZIRAJ ERALD HAZIRAJ (Apr 08 2019 9:10AM) : perhaps more

this line is talking about how the police treat black people

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[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
(You're my brother, you're my sister)
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

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Susan Avery Susan Avery (May 16 2019 10:13AM) : Is he being hopeful or hopeless at the end of the poem?
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[2Pac:]
Some things'll never change

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FATJON MORINA FATJON MORINA (May 16 2019 9:44AM) : Did he achieve something with this poem? [Edited] more

Because the last line is saying that maybe he tried to change some things but he couldn’t

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Writers: Buce Randall Hornsby, Deon Evans, Tupac Amaru Shakur

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DMU Timestamp: March 29, 2019 18:11

Added November 11, 2022 at 2:15pm by Dr Busch
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