Tu Pac LIVES

In everyone there is a Tu pac  
 
Having a time clock waiting to be engaged to release all the rage threw a voice in a poetic choice of verse  
about how the dealing got good  
or how the feeling got worse  
 
from having a job to only having "15 cents"  
caught up in confusion like a convict deciding choosing  
if he should jump the fence thinking in pretense  
but to him its common sense  
survival ways ghetto, common, tribal  
stories of struggle like psalms from the bible  
 
in everyone there is a struggle  
Black, Spanish, Asian even White  
like the introduction of Eminem to hip-hop  
his joints are tight  
but for not and infinitively I'm reminding you about a brother how he was black  
so he got double time  
while the white man just got 9 days  
and he got bailed out of jail  
got us saying the system is set up for the white man Not to fail  
 
why we have people like Don king trying to bring some prosecution  
to this institution of this society  
you see theses brothers confide in me askin’ when will I rest  
coz I keep dealing with these problems that manifest  
and I keep feeling those bullets that popped into my brothers chest  
yes! My brother..  
 
many of you may look at me and try to define the image of an African woman  
but define an African soul  
you may not see it in me but my daddy was black  
and I remembered when he showed me the bullet that shot him in his back  
told me so ill ass story bout how he resurrected and came back  
to being the first black officer on his squad up to sergeant  
but how he wasn’t as light as me,  
so he couldn’t become chief  
now that excuse is cheap!  
and it can’t be taken back  
 
back in the day in Tepeka Kansas with Brown Vs. The Board  
many prayed to The Lord coz the white man already had is foundation  
Beaten into our backs! while the minority was just trying to get his education  
 
some started rappin’ to tell the many stories of their pain  
coz in the beginning it should have been the same  
for every color not choosin’ one over the other  
but its hard to get done when you are too busy tryin’ to run from the police  
this is an unjust government  
 
like the case of Amadu Diallo what path of justice were they tryna’ follow  
maybe tryin’ to make the brother hollow  
41 shots to one man  
cops got away with murder giving a 3 million dollar settlement plan  
 
quickly lets bring it back to the motherland  
when they put his ancestors on ships as slaves  
you wonder why they run?  
THEY ARE JUST AFRAID!  
 
Instead of singing the blues  
threw anger we choose... to begin rappin’  
Coz the beat is a reminder  
It imitates the gunshots that killed TuPac and our brothers  
I seen many powerful mothers but sometimes…. they can’t help  
They can’t help!  
They can’t help but cry  
And with each tear we cay goodbye and when will I rest coz  
I keep dealing with these problems that manifest  
And I keep feelin’ those bullets that popped into my son’s chest  
When will I rest…   ~Nourish Cruz