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"I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse I'm black; My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch" (l. 3-4) 

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"I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse I'm black; My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch" (l. 3-4) 

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-> links poverty, skin color and criminality

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"I see no changes, all I see is racist faces; Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races [...] One better place, let's erase the wasted" (l. 26-29) 

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"I see no changes, all I see is racist faces; Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races [...] One better place, let's erase the wasted" (l. 26-29) 

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-> criticism on a racist society that does not tolerate some races in their country and wants to "erase" them

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"We ain't ready to see a Black president" (l. 35) 

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"We ain't ready to see a Black president" (l. 35) 

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-> relates racism to politics since many would not accept an African-American president

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"The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with Blacks" (l. 37) 

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"The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with Blacks" (l. 37) 

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-> penitentiary = prison, thus, relates criminality with Black people

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"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" (l. 71-73) 

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"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" (l. 71-73) 

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-> being Black automatically means the necessity of being cautious and often also being poor

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"Cops give a damn about a Ne***; Pull the trigger, kill a N****, he's a hero" (l. 6-7) -> shows the mentality of some police officers towards African-Americans; Moreover, Tupac states that society celebrates police officers who shoot a Black person as a hero 

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"Cops give a damn about a Ne***; Pull the trigger, kill a N****, he's a hero" (l. 6-7) -> shows the mentality of some police officers towards African-Americans; Moreover, Tupac states that society celebrates police officers who shoot a Black person as a hero 

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-> still relevant today, e.g., George Floyd

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"Instead a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs; So the police bother me" (l. 59-60) 

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"Instead a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs; So the police bother me" (l. 59-60) 

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-> authorities such as the government or the police do not focus on "real" issues but rather "bother" Black people due to their racist attitudes

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"Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that's the way it is" (l. 76) -> Tupac imitates a gun of a police officer that shoots Black person; the sentence "that's the way it is" implies that society sees it as something 'normal' and no one can stop it

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"Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that's the way it is" (l. 76) -> Tupac imitates a gun of a police officer that shoots Black person; the sentence "that's the way it is" implies that society sees it as something 'normal' and no one can stop it

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-> authorities such as the government or the police do not focus on "real" issues but rather "bother" Black people due to their racist attitudes

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"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" (l. 8-11) 

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"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" (l. 8-11) 

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-> this may interpreted as an accusation by the rapper in which a conspiracy shall reduce the African-American population; however, not addressing anyone

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"There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East; Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs" (l. 58-59) 

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"There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East; Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs" (l. 58-59) 

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-> criticism on the government since they do not fight the important issues; many sell drugs because they are poor and are not accepted in jobs due to their origin

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"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" (l. 14-17)

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"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" (l. 14-17)

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-> Tupac criticizes other African-Americans because it is not only the responsibility of the American society to change their attitude but also the responsibility of Black people to unify and work together to make changes; he criticizes that they see each other as strangers and not as brothers

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"But some things will never change; Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game" (l. 38-39)

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"But some things will never change; Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game" (l. 38-39)

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-> criticism on other Blacks who are offered another "way out", however, prefer to stay criminal