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Changes” is a hip hop song by Tupac Shakur. The song was originally recorded during his tenure at Inters cope records in 1992. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, the difficulties of life in the ghetto, and the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious cycle value system in the urban American culture. “Changes” has remained one of Tupac’s most notable and popular songs in hip hop history. The late Tupac was an African American rapper who was shot dead in 1996 at a ripe age of 25 years. The lyrics of the song are directly related to his everyday struggles as an African American. The song focuses on racial profiling, poverty and how racism impacts on the daily lives …show more content…
he suggests that the police do not care about the lives of the Blacks and they even ship in drugs to the streets for people to deal. Consequently, the people kill each other because of the drugs and money. Therefore, his songs made him to be known for his conspiracy theories against the government. Furthermore, his opinions about the law enforcement system were heavily influenced by his mother. He was determined to stand up and fight for a new way to fight back against the oppressor (Trapp 1485). He says “It’s time to fight back that’s what Huey said/two shots in the dark now Huey’s dead”. Huey Newton happens to be the founder of the American Black Panther Party which Tupac himself was a member. Huey stood up for what he belied in and ended up being shot. Therefore, I think Tupac may have been killed because of his own revolutionary way of …show more content…
Tupac uses allusion when he refers to the Middle East war saying that “And I see no changes. Can’t a brother get a little peace? There’s war on the streets and the war in the Middle East.” Therefore, the artist advocates for peace not only for the black community but the world in its entirety. Tupac displays his views regarding the unending cycle of poverty, homelessness and violence in the society (Brown 566). The song portrays a range of social problems the people have to grapple with as day go by. The song speaks to the inner city streets of the American society regarding the social injustices leveled against the minority communities especially the African Americans. The white man controls most of the majority hence perpetuating racial segregation right from the media, the prisons to the social environments. This has made people to choose a life of drug dealing and easy money as well as abusing the welfare system because they have no other alternative in a society that does not provide them with a motivation to change.
Throughout the song “Changes”, the artist presents the overall objective of the song, which is to make people to meditate on how life really is. It prompts people to take another closer look at the world for what it really is and to get a clearer understanding of the way things are. It opens the eyes of the people who may not
Changes” is a hip hop song by Tupac Shakur. The song was originally recorded during his tenure at Inters cope records in 1992. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, the difficulties of life in the ghetto, and the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious cycle value system in the urban American culture. “Changes” has remained one of Tupac’s most notable and popular songs in hip hop history. The late Tupac was an African American rapper who was shot dead in 1996 at a ripe age of 25 years. The lyrics of the song are directly related to his everyday struggles as an African American. The song focuses on racial profiling, poverty and how racism impacts on the daily lives …show more content…
he suggests that the police do not care about the lives of the Blacks and they even ship in drugs to the streets for people to deal. Consequently, the people kill each other because of the drugs and money. Therefore, his songs made him to be known for his conspiracy theories against the government. Furthermore, his opinions about the law enforcement system were heavily influenced by his mother. He was determined to stand up and fight for a new way to fight back against the oppressor (Trapp 1485). He says “It’s time to fight back that’s what Huey said/two shots in the dark now Huey’s dead”. Huey Newton happens to be the founder of the American Black Panther Party which Tupac himself was a member. Huey stood up for what he belied in and ended up being shot. Therefore, I think Tupac may have been killed because of his own revolutionary way of …show more content…
Tupac uses allusion when he refers to the Middle East war saying that “And I see no changes. Can’t a brother get a little peace? There’s war on the streets and the war in the Middle East.” Therefore, the artist advocates for peace not only for the black community but the world in its entirety. Tupac displays his views regarding the unending cycle of poverty, homelessness and violence in the society (Brown 566). The song portrays a range of social problems the people have to grapple with as day go by. The song speaks to the inner city streets of the American society regarding the social injustices leveled against the minority communities especially the African Americans. The white man controls most of the majority hence perpetuating racial segregation right from the media, the prisons to the social environments. This has made people to choose a life of drug dealing and easy money as well as abusing the welfare system because they have no other alternative in a society that does not provide them with a motivation to change.
Throughout the song “Changes”, the artist presents the overall objective of the song, which is to make people to meditate on how life really is. It prompts people to take another closer look at the world for what it really is and to get a clearer understanding of the way things are. It opens the eyes of the people who may not