If I wanna make a million gotta stay ill and kinda cool around the way I think today I make a killingĭressed down like I'm dirty but only on the block just a clever disguise to keep ya runnin' from the cops Verse 2 Still on parole and I'm the first nigga servin' postin' liquor on the curb for my homies that deserve it Tell mama don't cry cause even if they kill me they can never take the life of a real G I'm hittin' fences cops on a nigga back missin' me by inches And they say how do you survive weighing 155 in the city where the little niggas die Hey nigga can I lay low cook some ya-yo and holla five O when I say so Don't wanna go to the pen Gettin' chased by the five O fuck them hoes Gotta 45 screamin' out survival I put the nigga in his casket and now they covering the basket with plastic I smoke blunts on the regular fuck peelin' caps tryin' to make a million dollars out a quarter ounce
#2pac dear mama parole full
Verse 1 I'm up before sunrise first to hit the block li'l bad muthafucka with a pocket full of rocks Learned to throw them thangs get my skinny li'l ass kicked Niggas laughed 'til the first muthafucka got blasted Dedicate this one to all the hustlers that get up every muthafuckin' morning and put they work down.
Jada Pinkett-Smith, whose mom also battled drug addiction.Get money nigga. His mother in mind but also that of his childhood friend, Hollywood actress Tony Pizarro (who also handled the track’sįYI, Tupac Shakur wrote this narrative not only with.Tupac had assistance writing “Dear Mama” in the form of the Tupac’s death, at the price of $25,0000 per page. Originally penned “Dear Mama” went on sale in 2017, a little over 20 years after Moreover the three notebook pages upon which Tupac In fact it was the first rap song to earn this distinction from the United This basically means that they deem it worthy of preservation for all time. “Dear Mama” also charted in some EuropeanĪnd Oceanian countries, most notably peaking at number 4 in New Zealand andĪnd the track itself is considered to be a classic rap song.įor instance, the US Library of Congress added it to its National Recording Topping Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. This song performed well in Tupac’s native United States, Shakur did make an appearance, with model Tracii McGregor also being hired
Was concurrently imprisoned, serving a four and-a-half year sentence for sexualĪs such, Pac himself was not in the video. The song, album and music video were released while Tupac
Tupac’s third album ( Me Against the World). Records released “Dear Mama” on 21 February 1995. Tribute to Mothers in GeneralĪnd the method that Tupac uses to put other likewise mothers into the equation is by making general statements within the narrative such as “ it ain’t easy to raise a man”. That is his way of acknowledging that it is a particular challenge for a single mother to bring up a male child without the support of his father. Moreover Pac never mentions his mother’s name in the song. So he understood that other women and families were going through the exact same issues. And in that regard, he tries to encapsulate how all people like himself feel about their moms.Ītlantic Records, Interscope Records and Out Da Gutta This resultantly made Afeni somewhat of a celebrity in her own right.
In other words, despite knowing he can never truly recompense her, Tupac still wants to let his mother know how he feels by making a public professions of his love. And in the process of doing so he idolizes her as a symbol of commitment, courage and resilience. And the track goes on to read like a memoir from his upbringing. Notable facts include his family growing up poorer than their neighbors as well as Pac getting mixed up with the wrong crowd and not having a father in his life. He also famously mentions the fact that she was once an addict during his youth. But what all of this boils down to is him expressing an unequivocal appreciation for the sacrifices she made in raising him and his sister.