Greatest of all time...

 My brother introduced me to Tupac's music, one of the greatest rappers that ever lived! Here's a lil sumtin sumtin about him.

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. He was named after Túpac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed. His mother, Afeni Shakur, and his father, Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is believed that Pac's birthname was Lesane Parish Crooks. This name was supposedly entered on the birth certificate because Afeni feared her enemies would attack her son, and disguised his true identity using a different last name. She changed it later, following her separation from Garland and marriage to Mutulu Shakur.

2pac rapped about life in the hood, life as a black man in modern society, police brutality, friends, family and the like. He was not afraid to confront issues that many shied away from. He was also a poet and a writer, listed below are my favourite poems by 2pac:


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.


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Father forgive us for living
Why are all my homies stuck in prison?
Barely breathing, believing that this world is a prison
It's like a ghetto we can never leave
A broken rose giving bloom through the cracks of the concrete
So many things for us to see
Things to be
Our history so full of tragedy and misery
To all the homies who never made it home
The dead peers I shed tattooed tears for when I'm alone
Picture us inside a ghetto heaven
A place to rest finding peace through this land of stress
In my chest I feel pain come in sudden storms
A life full of rain in this game watch for land thorns
Our unborn never got to grow, never got to see what's next
In this world filled with countless threats
I beg God to find a way for our ghetto kids to breath
Show a sign make us all believe

Tupac Amaru Shakur

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With all this extra stressing the question I wonder is after death
After my last breath
When will I finally get to rest from this oppression?
They punish the people that's asking questions
And those that possess steal from the ones without possessions
The message I stress
To make you stop study your lessons
Don't settle for less
Even the genius asks his questions
Be grateful for blessings
Don't ever change, keep your essense
The power is in the people and politics we address
Always do your best
Don't let the pressure make you panic
And when you get stranded and things don't go the way you planned it
Dreaming of riches in the position of making a difference
Politicians is hypocrites
They don't want to listen
If I'm insane it's the fame
I ain't about to change
It ain't nothing like the game
It's just me against the world


 Liberty Needs Glasses excuse me but lady liberty needs glasses
and so does mrs justice by her side
both the broads r blind as bats
stumbling thru the system
justice bumbed into mutulu and
trippin on geronimo pratt
but stepped right over oliver
and his crooked partner ronnie
justice stubbed her big toe on mandela
and liberty was misquoted by the indians
slavery was a learning phase
forgotten with out a verdict
while justice is on a rampage
4 endangered surviving black males
i mean really if anyone really valued life
and cared about the masses
theyd take em both 2 pen optical
and get 2 pair of glasses

Makavelli the Don

 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

Dear 16 year old me...

Sup ya'll!

I know it's been a minute!

In all the years I have existed on this planet I have learned so much and with every lesson I have become stronger and wiser. Some of the things I learned I wish I had known when I was younger so that I could avoid some mistakes I have made. Nonetheless here are some of the things I wish my 16 year old self knew:

1.Not everyone that smiles with you is your friend, not everyone that you come across will wish you well. There is always going to be that person that will always try to bring you down

2.Being a woman comes with a lot of heartache, sacrifice and hard work. We always have to prove our capabilities

3.Despite what many may say there is nothing wrong with being the odd one out, the outcast that that is not part of the popular crowd. I was one of those throughtout my high school years and it kept me out of trouble!

4. Family will always be there no matter what! 

5. Being a parent is what I call sweet mysery, lol. Despite the fact that the whole experience turns your world upside dow, it is all worth it!

6. Falling inlove is a beautiful experience. No matter what happens, believe in love!

7.Peeople will always talk whether you doing bad or good. My advice is: Let them talk!

8: Hapiness and enjoying life are personal choices!

xoxo

Umuhle

High school, can you spot me? lol