Happy Birthday Tupac Amaru Shakur























"I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world." 


I wasn't planning on posting today. I've been a little low for the past few days. A lot is just going on right now, so it might be a few days before things get back to normal: I just don't know.

This post is dedicated to another I admire: Tupac Amaru Shakur. 1971 -1996

Today he would have been 40 years old. Today is his 15 year anniversary, and today convict Dexter Isaac admitted to shooting Tupac in 1994. It may not tell us who actually killed him but from what I've read he could possibly know who killed both Biggie and Tupac. It's a little overwhelming for his family I'm sure and his fans. This could be a huge lead to find out who killed him. I want to make this a positive post and honour his life, but with this new information it's hard to do that. I'm angry, upset and frustrated. I read in an interview that Tupac gave shortly after he recovered how traumatic the whole experience was, it was horrifying hearing him describe that day because he was always so good with words, he made that moment come to life, and it was very terrifying. He was shot god knows how many times: ruthlessly, and then he was robbed. I hope justice is served now that this man has come forward with shooting him in 1994. Hopefully his killer can also come to light.

There are many assumption about Tupac and I'm not going to spend this post preaching the ludicrously of it all but instead let you know how I felt about him. I think he was misunderstood, afraid for his life as he needed to be it turned out, so he built up this persona as a shield until the persona seemed to in due to stick and be seen as Tupac Shakur himself. I know that he was intellectual. That he loved to write poetry, to dance and that he was sensitive and kind. An example would be a time that he shared. Like many people who lived in rough neighbourhoods he turned to selling drugs to support himself and his family.

A few days into it and he came across a man who was an obvious addict. He was a mess and had his wife's wedding ring. He wanted to sell the ring for some drugs. Tupac Shakur looked at this man and turned away.  He decided he would rather live on the streets than do that again. Jay z was a former drug dealer and he did it for a while like many others have. But for some reason Tupac wasn't cut out for it. I guess he was too sensitive and emotional for that life. He couldn't stand there and sell drugs knowing how it was ruining their life: how he was. I chose this example because people follow what the media tells them yet they hardly look into the individual themselves.

He was the guy who never knew his father, who loved his mum and respected her despite the fact that she was a drug addict and wasn't always there for him.  he was the guy Marlon Wayne was perplexed by meeting on set because he was far from the guy that the media portrayed: so much so that he named him HUG LIFE. I think I connect with Tupac Shakur because he was one of the first rappers and probably the only who could connect with his fans on a personal level. When he spoke you stopped and listened. I've watched countless interviews since then and his voice is just mesmerising: his words inspiring. We have rappers like Jay Z who is in his prime and the most talked about and wealthy rapper of today, but we seem to look up to the idea of Jay Z I think and not the man himself. Whereas you didn't look at his money and persona, you connected with the man himself. He wrote beautiful poetry that was incredibly touching. I bought a book which contained a collection of poetry he had written and it was just lovely, so talented. 

You know what makes him so damn special to me? He gets it. He might have had his flaws but he really seemed to get people. He talked about people struggling, about teenage pregnancies, being homeless. He talked about his love for his mother, about how much he appreciated her. No movie star, rapper, singer does that. They don't sit down, look around and take a moment of their time to say "hang in there" or that things might seem horrible but they do get better. Tupac was the guy that did. He reached out to people and he told them to hang in there, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. People saying that they turned to him and listened to his words in hard times is proof of that. Who else can do that? Read the quotes below and maybe you'll get what I'm trying to say.

So I'll end this with saying. No other rapper since your death has ever been able to connect with the nation like you did, nor inspire us.  


 
RIP  Tupac Amaru Shakur-- you are never forgotten.

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender." 

"I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either 
evolve or you disappear. "

"You know it's funny, when it rains it pours  
they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor." 

"In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that." 

"Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes." 

"Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear." 

Posted by Blueicegal ♥ at 10:15