A tribure to Tupac Amura Shakur

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My poetry My life seems like a glimpse of Hell 2 me, But it's all good 'cuz my eyez R open and I can C. I know what's wrong, and what's right, And I know not 2 trust the ones with blurred eyesight, 'Cuz the same ones tryin' 2 get me high, R the same ones who'll stand by, and let me cry. U know why? It's because they don't care if I die. They'll look me right in the eye... and lie. But I can't turn my back on those who question my word, They don't understand my word is inspired by God... words we both heard. We live by the same teachings, but it's like they misinterprate, It's as if they mistake that which is different as acts of the Serpent. You've got to take your eyez beyond the path in front of you, Look around and realize... I'm on a path 2 heaven 2. I thank God from the bottom of my heart, For my talents, my intellegence, my art, My love, my experience, my hate, my pain. It's all made me wiser, and kept me in this game. It's not the fame that I wish to achieve, But to reach as many positivly as I can, and teach them 2 believe. I cry when I C others decieve. I try to touch them all, but soon I must leave, For I shall accomplish what I've been sent 2 do. That is 2 open your eyez and find a warm tear in YOU. God gave me the power to speak, that's why I've been sent, God told that if I spoke, That you would never forget
First place poem Only god can judge 2pac... black man, black boy, prince, thug, revolutionary, symbol, they only see your tatoos jewelry and body language they only hear ur vulgar words defiant messages and your unavoidable controversy they see ur life as a threat they comment "chickens cam home to roost" they blame u for the violence in america, they por disgust on you and point the finger at u for problems in our families black man, black boy, prince, thug, revolutionary, symbol, we see u as a dark truth but they scared to accent we see u as the voice we sometimes could not find we see u as a young malcolm x, alcohol drugs women and prison consumed u as it did brother malcolm yet those that knew u knew u were on the way oit u had seen the light and moved toward it we felt ur pain so similar to ours we felt ur frustation so similar to ours we felt ur frustration so similar to ours. we felt ur anger so similar to ours u are the unavoidable realness. the generation x as they describe it ur a 1996 elvis john lennon jimi hendricks sammy davis ella fitzgerald those that dont know may never know those that do know truly know that ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME
U called 4 death U Called 4 Your Death (Dedicated to Tupac Amaru Shakur) Pac, u called for it When u talked all that shit As bold as u r U didn't need to show that part Or side 2 u, u r a star In the heavens now But u misused your mouth The label got to your head And it filled u with lead And made your physical mold dead Your voice, full of strength and boldness Was quickly replaced by the coldness And your poetical arsenal of madness Was quickly replaced by our sadness Your tears from your childhood The real ones that got u outta the hood Were now dried On the inside People didn't know how u cried Because you concealed your pain That enemies had produced during your reign But you 4got what person u came from U were a child of the sun U r Afeni's son U aren't supposed to be gone Your life was precious Built to stop whoever oppressed us And u impressed us With your representation But now we mourn your cremation And will 4ever celebrate your creation But why did u have to leave, U led us 2 believe That u would stop the anger and rage But your words came out like a bloody rampage U called 4 it And simply took another hit Of weed and escaped in the smoke Taking it all as a joke And joke it was not For it was the reason why the heat was hot Leaving no trail Without a single story to tell And they will all go to hell For killing a man who was not in the right mind To speak those words that were so blind To reason, reality, and respect And full of vanity, selfishness, and neglect To your people, the game got u And it's disappointing 2 see what it led u 2 do But in all cases, I ain't mad at cha U once again used your flow As the medium to let people know What you're thinking But 2day your beautiful eyes aren’t blinking. And that’s the reason Why it’s guiltier than treason That your fate was as unpredictable as a coin toss And losing you was the greatest loss To us all Cuz now, we can’t ball Or walk the halls Without hearing your calls Or the shouts Of your lyrical bouts Filled with knockouts And rounds of blows Aimed at your foes In the world there lies A panther in every soul who has cried For it’s own kind has died.
dedication I am still consumed by your words through this changing life My hope and wonder gets me through the night Your heart and desire for happiness pushes me on through a world of bliss With everyday, I will not forget To me and the world, what u meant But for some teaching your ways makes no sense Those ignorant will soon learn of what u possess A mind so strong, a heart so bold Trying to change this world to warm from cold
U lived a thug U died a thug U was a thug Most couldn’t do in a life time What u did in your short 25 years U was an inspiration To a generation Of the poverty stricken U tasted poverty like no other I may not taste poverty But I don’t go through a day Were I don’t cry for u Whether it be silent or aloud U are and always will be My inspiration To u I devote myself I may be thought crazy to those who don’t Understand I will love u forever I will forever be in mourning For a thug 4 life
And 2morrow Today is filled with anger fueled with hidden hate scared of being outcast afraid of common fate Today is built on tragedies which no one wants 2 face nightmares 2 humanities and morally disgraced Tonight is filled with rage violence in the air children bred with ruthlessness because no one at home cares Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops knawing at my sanity content when I am dropped But 2morrow I c change a chance 2 build a new Built on spirit intent of Heart and ideals based on truth and tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride 2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my dream alive by Tupac Shakur
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. by Tupac Shakur