"Changes" - Tupac Shakur

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Tupac Shakur aka “Pac” is an African American rapper that usually raps about violence and crime, racism, depression, neglected children and advocating for change. In his famous song “Changes” featuring Talent. Tupac raps about his current situations about advocating for change. Tupac faced a lot of poverty growing up in a black community also known as “The Hood”, his community is filled with drug dealing and violence according to Tupac and we know this due to his various rap songs about his community and the racism critics he faced. Tupac tells us in his rap song “Changes” on how the white American police officers usually target black men and how if they eliminate black men they are seen as a hero rather than a murderer, Shakur also tells us about the depression he has when he states “Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?” this shows us that the racial problems are causing him depression and he wishes for change. Also featured in “Changes” is how Tupac would like to go back to his old days and when he used to play as a kid and he hates how times have changed but he has no other choice than to accept these negative changes. He tells us in his rap “I see no changes. All I see is racist faces. Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races we under.” , Tupac is telling us that people's hate towards race is wrong and evil. Tupac also talks about neglected children when he says  “Sellin’ crack to the kids. ‘I gotta get paid’, well hey, well that’s the way it is.” He is showing that he doesn’t like the fact that people don’t care about harming children and selling them drugs but as long as they make money they aren’t concerned with the kids health. Tupac also tells us in his rap song the crime and violence he witnesses, he sees his closest brothers getting taken away or being shot, we know this because pac states in his rap “How can the Devil take a brother if he’s close to me?” implying that the Devil are the Police officers and taking his closest brothers away from Tupac because his members of his community and his so called brothers should always have each others backs. This rap shows us Tupac's struggle growing up and with the several incidents occurring in his community, we can see why Tupac's raps are usually very deep.