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• Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks) was born on June 16, 1971. At age 1, his name was changed to Tupac Amaru.

• At the age of 5, Tupac's father, Billy Garland, lost contact with his mother. Tupac reunited with his father when he was 23.

• Tupac only released four albums in his lifetime; the rest were released posthumously.

• On April 7, 2017, Tupac became the first solo hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was selected in his first year of eligibility.

• He was shot on September 7, 1996, and died 6 days later from gunshot wounds at the age of 25. The case of his murder still has not been solved.

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• The song was originally recorded in 1992, and then remixed and released as a single in 1998, a little over 2 years after his death.

• It was remixed by Poke from Trackmasters.

• The genre of the song is Hip-hop/Rap.

• Tupac sampled "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby in this song. The chorus was sung by Talent.

• Was nominated in 2000 for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards. It is the only posthumous song to ever be nominated for this category.

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Tupac's narrative for this song is about how he believes the world needs to change. He raps about racism, drug addiction, and poverty.

Throughout the song, Tupac clearly believes that society as a whole needs to change and lists many things that need change.

The song opens by mentioning all of the aforementioned issues, and Tupac says: "Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers." He is combatting racism here and thinks that we should have better relationships with each other.

In verse 2, Tupac raps: "I see no changes, all I see is racist faces. Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races." Again, he is talking about racism, but now, he mentions how society is unchanging.

Also, during the chorus, the lyrics state "That's just the way it is," which seems to contradict what Tupac says about needing change throughout the song. I believe that Tupac wants change and views it as necessary, but he does not know how it would be possible given the circumstances of the 90s.

Tupac states during the interlude: "We gotta make a change. It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. Let's change the way we eat. Let's change the way we live. And let's change the way we treat each other." Tupac again reinforces the need for change in society and urges that it's time for change to begin.

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My opinion on this song is that it is not only a catchy and well-written 90s hip-hop song, but also a powerful advocate for much-needed change in the world during the 90s.

I believe that Tupac understood that the solution to racism in America was not to create a separate society as the Black Panther Party wished but to get along and treat each other as brothers. Specifically, Tupac raps: "It's time to fight back, that's what Huey said. Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead. I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere. Unless we share with each other." The Huey that Tupac mentions here is Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Tupac's parents were members of the Black Panther Party. He references the party's ideology of creating a separate culture from whites by arguing that while he does respect Huey, the solution is not to make a separate society.

I do believe the message could have been pretty effective. Since Tupac was already dead when this song was released, it almost made the song seem more powerful. However, some people strongly dislike hip-hop and Tupac's use of what some people could consider profanity and racial slurs. For this reason, I believe that the song was very effective on anyone who was a part of hip-hop or enjoyed listening to it.