2Pac Shakur - Hip hop giant legacy thread

Hi all, this thread is specifically for the purpose of spreading as well as preserving the legacy of the late 2Pac Shakur, who to me was and still is the greatest poet, activist, actor, singer, rapper, etc. ever in this planet.

Please contribute in terms of; how do you know him, what do you like about him, what were the quotes that inspired you, what are his gratest songs, latest news, etc. so that we keep his music alive generation by generation.

"I am not saying that I will change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world" - 2Pac!

SNAP J said:

Habari za asubuhi wana JF wenzangu, natumaini mmeamka salama na mu wazima wa afya.

Leo hii katika pita pita zangu mitandaoni nimekutana na habari ambayo nikaona si vibaya kuwashirikisha,kwani naamini kwa namna moja au nyingine inamuhusu kila mmoja wetu,iwe ni mashabiki wa muziki wa hip hop ,au mashabiki wa msanii huyu,na hata ambao hawamjui, kwani kuna jambo kubwa la kujifunza hapa.

Imezoeleka kusikika Mara nyingi chini kwetu, na hata sehemu nyingine ulimwenguni kuwa mtu anapokuwa anakaribia kukata roho iwe ni kutokana na kuumwa kwa muda mrefu,ajali,na hata kwa kuugua ghafla hutoa kauli yake ya mwisho kwa waliomzunguka ambayo mara nyingi huwa ni maneno yenye busara yanayoambatana na ujumbe mzito kwa watu wake wa karibu ambao anajua anawaacha duniani, na hata wengine huenda mbali zaidi kwa kuomba msamaha wa dhambi kwa Mola wao,au na hata kwa wale wote waliowakosea,huku wakiamini kwa kufanya hivyo kuilingana na imani yake,basi anajiandalia mazingira mazuri ya maisha baada ya kifo,na kujiepusha na aibu ya milele(Jehanum).
Lakini mambo yanakuwa tofauti na wengi tulivyotarajia kusikia kwa msanii Tupac Omar Shakur.

Tujikumbushie
Kama mtakumbuka vizuri Mmarekani mweusi Tupac Shakur aliyekuwa gwiji wa muziki wa hip hop nchini Marekani ambaye alifariki dunia mnamo tarehe 13 Septemba,1996, siku sita baada ya kupigwa risasi Jijini Los angels, Nevada Marekani akiwa anatoka kuangalia mpambano wa masubwi wa Mike Tyson, akiwa na bodyguard wake pamoja na aliyekuwa CEO wa Death Row Records, Surge Knight.

Baada ya watu wasiojulikana kumimina risasi katika gari la Tupac na kutoweka na gari kusikojulikana kutoka eneo la tukio, polisi mmoja aliyefahamika kwa jina moja la Carroll alikuwa wa kwanza kufika eneo la tukio, ambapo aliweza kufungua malango na kumtoa Tupac ambaye alikuwa ametapakaa damu mwili mzima baada ya kupigwa risasi nyingi,huku Suge Knight naye akiwa amepata kiwewe baada ya kujeruhiwa naye kichwani, alianza kumzongazonga polisi huyo ambaye alikuwa akijaribu kumsaidia Tupac ambaye alikuwa kwenye hali mbaya zaidi.

Polisi huyo aliyekuwa akijaribu kupata ushirikiano kutoka kwa Pac alimuuliza kuwa kama anafahamu nani aliyempiga risasi, Ndipo Tupac aliyekuwa akipumua kwa shida,aliposhusha pumzi nzito,huku akimwangalia machoni Carroll,na kufungua kinywa chake ambapo alitoa maneno yanayosemekana ndio yaliyokuwa kauli yake ya mwisho kabla ya kupoteza fahamu.

Mane no yenyewe ni "F**K YOU". Hadi umauti unamkuta hospitalini,siku sita tokea tarehe 7 Septemba,1996,jamaa hakuweza kufungua kinywa chake tena kwani alikuwa kwenye deep coma.

Source: Rolling Stone.com

My comment
Linapofikia suala la kukaribia kukata roho tumkumbuke Mola watu,Tuacheni masihara, kwani hakuna ajuaye anapoelekea baada ya kifo.

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My favorite quote

"I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing.
Through every dark night, theres a bright day after that.
So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it."

R.I.P

Nguli said:

My favorite quote

“I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing.
Through every dark night, theres a bright day after that.
So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.”

R.I.P

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I hope the quote is being applied at your end!

Radical said:

I hope the quote is being applied at your end!

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yes! by applying policy processes and procedures of daily life.

He stressed about change, same as Obama.

changes

see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch

Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
One less hungry mouth on the welfare

First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead

I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
Unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin' changes
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers

And that's how it's supposed to be
How can the devil take a brother, if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
But things changed, that's the way it is

Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted

Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right
'Cause mo' black and white is smokin' crack tonight
And only time we chill is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other

And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready, to see a black President
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks

But some things will never change
Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game
Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you

You gotta operate the easy way
I made a G today, but you made it in a sleazy way
Sellin' crack to the kid, I gotta get paid
Well hey, well, that's the way it is

Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

We gotta make a change
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
And let's change the way we treat each other
You see, the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
What we gotta do, to survivem

And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?
There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs
So the police can bother me

And I ain't never did a crime, I ain't have to do
But now, I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
Crack you up and pimps smack you up

You gotta learn to hold ya own
They get jealous when they see ya, with ya mobile phone
But tell the cops, they can't touch this
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this

That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool?
My mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back

'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Comin' back after all these years
Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that's the way it is

That's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

That's just the way it is
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah

Some things will never change

Nguli, If our countries could read this song alone, between the lines; the world would have been a better place.

Radical said:

Nguli, If our countries could read this song alone, between the lines; the world would have been a better place.

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the world would never been a better place,for Tupac inspite all his flow was the opposite of a good role model,he reaped what he sown with an appointment with hell at a tender age

mwanafalsafa1 said:

i wonder what song he would have written about obama?

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me tooo...
Halafu watu wengi hawajui kuwa 2pac alikuwa
so extreme....na politics zake za black panther
nahisi angekuwepo angemtukana obama kuwa puppet
wa wazungu...
Unakumbuka alivyokataa kushikana mkono na
michael jackson???
2pac angekuwa hai,angekuwa amepitwa na wakati.
Alikuwa na ubaguzi dhidi ya wazungu.

Mods tafadhali peleka hii kwenye entertainment.

2Pac was misunderstood, just like Malcolm. When you refuse to compromise you will be hated even by your own people. Most of our own people would rather play it small so other people would feel comfortable around them, and I don't like that a bit. Remember this poem, and I think 2Pac used part of it in one of his song.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us -- it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.


I remember listening to 'Changes' everyday earlier during the Obama campaign before most people noticed similarity in their message. Even that line 'although it seems heaven sent/we aint ready to have a black president' inspired Nas' song 'Black President' and Keyshia Cole's 'Heaven Sent'. Not to get out of topic, but time will tell if 2Pac was right or wrong on that line because as far as I can see, Obama is likely going to be a one-term president.

he was my favorite one in this Planet RIP Tupak A Shakur
Sitakusau na wimbo wako wa Dear mama & Me Against the world
All Eyez On Me lyrics

The Boss said:

me tooo...
Halafu watu wengi hawajui kuwa 2pac alikuwa
so extreme....na politics zake za black panther
nahisi angekuwepo angemtukana obama kuwa puppet
wa wazungu...
Unakumbuka alivyokataa kushikana mkono na
michael jackson???
2pac angekuwa hai,angekuwa amepitwa na wakati.
Alikuwa na ubaguzi dhidi ya wazungu.

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The boss
jamaaa kama angekuwa bado hai angekuwa juu alikuwa so clever na mashairi yake yamekwenda school bwana
Hivi hawa wazungu wanavyotubagua mpaka leo wewe unaonaje ingawa wanajidau kupretend
Mie niko nayo hapa yanavyojitenga utadhani bado enzi zile za kina
Sijui Vasco Da gamma ,Carl peters ,nimeshau

firstlady1 said:

the boss
jamaaa kama angekuwa bado hai angekuwa juu alikuwa so clever na mashairi yake yamekwenda school bwana
hivi hawa wazungu wanavyotubagua mpaka leo wewe unaonaje ingawa wanajidau kupretend
mie niko nayo hapa yanavyojitenga utadhani bado enzi zile za kina
sijui vasco da gamma ,carl peters ,nimeshau

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wewe ndio first lady pekee
duniani,unaempenda 2pac

that is very impressive.

you got to find the way to survive cause they win when your soul die,baby please dont cry.........

duhh R.I.P TUPAC

na hii

THEY HAVE GOT MONEY FOR THE WAR, BUT THEY CAN'T FEED THE POOR[PACS LIFE VIDEO]

By the way, I recommend every 2Pac fan to go watch Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy Or Revenge, I guarantee you you'll love it, especially from half-way through the documentary.....not like that mainstream, safe, Tupac-Ressurection movie.

Son of Alaska said:

the world would never been a better place,for Tupac inspite all his flow was the opposite of a good role model,he reaped what he sown with an appointment with hell at a tender age

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He has a song - "only God can judge me"

The Boss said:

me tooo...
Halafu watu wengi hawajui kuwa 2pac alikuwa
so extreme....na politics zake za black panther
nahisi angekuwepo angemtukana obama kuwa puppet
wa wazungu...
Unakumbuka alivyokataa kushikana mkono na
michael jackson???
2pac angekuwa hai,angekuwa amepitwa na wakati.
Alikuwa na ubaguzi dhidi ya wazungu.

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His songs are current if you are listening rather than hearing ma man!

Keynez said:

2Pac was misunderstood, just like Malcolm. When you refuse to compromise you will be hated even by your own people. Most of our own people would rather play it small so other people would feel comfortable around them, and I don't like that a bit. Remember this poem, and I think 2Pac used part of it in one of his song.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us -- it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.


I remember listening to 'Changes' everyday earlier during the Obama campaign before most people noticed similarity in their message. Even that line 'although it seems heaven sent/we aint ready to have a black president' inspired Nas' song 'Black President' and Keyshia Cole's 'Heaven Sent'. Not to get out of topic, but time will tell if 2Pac was right or wrong on that line because as far as I can see, Obama is likely going to be a one-term president.

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Keynez, I would rate your understanding of 2Pac highly, some one said his time has passed and I told him/her that his songs are current if at all one is "listening" rather than "hearing"

Thanks for the poem, by the way I have seen it before but I do not recall it being among his songs.