"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way. Sellin' crack to the kid. "I gotta get paid." This line is significant as it shows the two ways readers can perceive the message as. The first being how because of the discrimination, the black people were forced them into a situation where they had to sell drugs in order to survive. The second message that this message can be perceived as is how it's also the black people's fault for being accused of what they did."I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black." This line is an example from the song that shows how the society discriminated against black people, and the hardship that they had gone through. The language that Tupac uses, such as "dope" and "nigga", shows his thug side. But at the same time, we can also see that he cares for companions, which can be seen through the line, "... let's change the way we treat each other". This shows that Tupac wants the society to start treating each other as equal and to see one an another "as a brother instead of two distant strangers".

This line is very powerful in Changes, a song written by Tupac. The song discusses about the hardships that poor African Americans had to live through at the time including some biased police, drugs, crime, and affording to live in their homes. Tupac grew up in this community and has seen everything he writes about in this song.
 Going back to the line shown above, it shows that he had to do whatever he could to get money regardless on how wrong it is. In fact they are willing to make money so fast that they sell it to kids. But then again as Tupac puts it, 

They have to many problems to worry about that. 

Tupac writes this to show his main in that they have to change their ways to continue and "survive". He later has a whole verse dedicated to saying that we have to change our way life if we are to change the poverty that causes this crime. But when he says this he says "we". Not the poor, police, nor the wealthy. He shows that we have to come together if we are to fix the dope and the gun violence in the streets. 

This quote exemplifies the society's irrational way of thinking during that period, deeming that being black, something beyond a person's control, is worse than being poor, an economic status that heavily affects an individual's welfare. 

However, on the other hand, 2Pac also weaved the theme change into this piece. This reveals some of his values and identity. In a hypothetical tone, he said:

This part of the song hints the audience 2Pac's optimism for a better future. Despite the harshness of the society then, he was still somewhat able to maintain his optimistic thoughts in changing the society.

“Cause both black and white is smokin’ / crack tonight”

Throughout the song Tupac uses common African American slang such as “nigga”, “dope”, “crack”, “brother” and more. His use of this language reveals his identity as an African-American who has struggled while growing up and what he had to do to survive. Showing us how his choice of words shapes his identity. Not only his diction but his way of showing visual imagery of his childhood and his experiences let us further understand his past and understand him better. Letting us create a better and deeper identity of him and his “brothers”.

Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs

So the police can bother me

And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do

But now I'm back with the blacks givin' it back to you” 

He talks about how instead of focusing on bigger things such as the war in the middle east, the government tackles drugs because the African-American’s have involvement in it. And because Tupac is black, he is automatically categorized as a criminal, giving the cops a reason to bother him.  However, he also blames his people for all the hatred and anger they're surrounded by because they’re more about individuality than unity, and thus he asks them to unite and take a stand against racism.