POEMS WRITTEN BY 2PAC

FALLEN STAR

4 Huey P Newton

They could never understand

what u set out 2 do

instead they chose 2

ridicule u

when u got weak

they loved the sight

of your dimming

and flickering starlight

How could they understand what was so intricate

2 be loved by so many, so intimate

they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse

this way u could not alter the course

of ignorance that they have set

2 make my people forget

what they have done for much 2 long

2 just forget and carry on

I had loved u forever because of who u r

and now I mourn our fallen star

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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

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Tears Of A Clown

Start from the intro I can't though

It's gonna be painful

Equality is not true

I rush to beat the curfew

I guess nobody told us that the people gotta eat too

The system. I laugh cause I don't see truth

left

Addicted to crack, our race too high to fight for

Yuse

Can't blame them, they slumber

Come here you Casanova

Just because Mandella is free don't mean the freedom

fight is over

The beaches, Howard, Virginia and others

You let them lynch the brothers

and no one will love the mothers

Confused?

You shouldn't be

My facts are stated clearly

But my raps contain no wild thing so I guess no one

will hear me

They are killing us, well what's new cause nobody

will yell out

They are all busy living lavish lives of a sellout

The police,a big joke

The only time their gun smokes

Is when they murder brothers after every bone has been broke

Huey, a hero although he never tried to be

Died and since his death he is just a victim of society

What's next?

Unity, respect and love your sisters

We joke and call them bitches so the ???

We'll kill them

That's not the way

It's time to use intelligence

Turn theother cheek

Never again, it's time for self defense

How come you're so angry

cause I'm tired of being kept down

Now loet's unite to wipe away the tears of a clown

Why are you crying?

I told ya

I'm tired of living life low

The rich can beat the lotto

While the poor stay in the ghetto

The president elected but I don't know how it happened

Better qualify for rapping ????

A day for Martin Luther King

Now his soul is put to rest

Turning over in the grave next to him is Malcolm X Forgotten too quickly

It makes me want to hate them

Forgot about his wisdom

He's the latest fashion statement

Red or blue what set cha claim

Does it make a difference?

One day we're gonna work it out and over come the ignorance

Education, propaganda

Talk to me in class

How can we control our future if we are kept from our past

We better live a better way or we won't see another day

You can hear the words I say or don't and kiss your life away

Not trying to preach or teach it is my wish to only explain

So many died before we can not let their lives be in vain

So now we come to this point

It is time to make decisions

Do we live in self-destruction or escape the realism

They ask me why I'm angry

Because I'm tired of being kept down

My people let us unite and wipe away the tears of a clown

What of the children

The future

For them I see such sorrow

The least that we can do is let them live to see tomorrow

To many have been killed it's time to stand up for our rights

How can the people fight the power if they can't

fight for their life

Instead they fight their wife

Beat her up because she is not silent

Time to fight for principles the brothers getting violent

The government is so crooked

And liberty is a hypocrite

The Star Spangled Banner, just some patriotic

bullshit

Destruction of the Panthers another sneak attack plan



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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 can 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

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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 keeping it's dreams, it learned

to breathe fresh air

Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no

one else ever cared

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Ambition Over Adversity

Take one's adversity

Learn from their misfortune

Learn from their pain

Believe in something

Believe in yourself

Turn adversity into ambition

Now blossom into wealth

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