Dear Mama By Tupac Analysis

I love music and cannot live a day without music. I listen to music most of time, such as when I am driving, working, doing exercises, homework, and taking a bath. As a background activity, listening to music helps to positively affect mood, productivity, and even intelligence. The average person spends several hours a day listening to music, whether they see it as a main activity or just as something to take up space in the background. Further more, music can be a driving force in society. A lot of musicians have written many songs about pursuit of social change, and some of the songs was based on the real-life experiences of real people. “Dear Mama” by Tupac Shakur is a product of the life of Tupac and the society that produced him. The song portrays Tupac’s love for hist mother and his appreciation for her work and motherhood throughout his youth. Also, “Dear Mama” relates to sociology in three theories : feminist theory, labeling theory, and social learning theory. First of all, feminist theory is one of the major contemporary sociological theories, which analyzes the status of women and men in society with the purpose of using that knowledge to better woman’s lives. Feminist theory is most …show more content…
In order to understand the nature of deviance itself, we must first understand why some people are tagged with a deviant label and others are not. The more powerful and dominant groups in society create and apply deviant labels to the subordinate groups. Tupac was raised by a divorced parent, suspended from school and lived in a ghetto community. I think his childhood wasn’t easy, and he didn’t have many friends. He only hung around with the Thugs, and joined them. Once a person is labeled as deviant, it is extremely difficult to remove that label. For example, it is usually very difficult for a convicted criminal to find employment after release from