Tupac - Changes (1998) by https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws Work out the mentioned topics in the song with related lines en-us 2022-11-11 21:16:28 UTC 2022-11-11 22:11:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1485557735/90c82acfd5999bd9b8b9d79334686027/4AE6BA8A_638D_4FA8_8930_8C1375E28703.jpg "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380645896 -> links poverty, skin color and criminality]]> 2022-11-11 21:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380645896 "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380648135 -> criticism on a racist society that does not tolerate some races in their country and wants to "erase" them]]> 2022-11-11 21:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380648135 "We ain't ready to see a Black president" (l. 35) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380648950 -> relates racism to politics since many would not accept an African-American president]]> 2022-11-11 21:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380648950 "The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with Blacks" (l. 37) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380649526 -> penitentiary = prison, thus, relates criminality with Black people]]> 2022-11-11 21:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380649526 "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380650714 -> being Black automatically means the necessity of being cautious and often also being poor]]> 2022-11-11 21:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380650714 "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 kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380653414 -> still relevant today, e.g., George Floyd]]> 2022-11-11 21:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380653414 "Instead a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs; So the police bother me" (l. 59-60) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380654396 -> authorities such as the government or the police do not focus on "real" issues but rather "bother" Black people due to their racist attitudes ]]> 2022-11-11 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380654396 "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 kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380655853 -> authorities such as the government or the police do not focus on "real" issues but rather "bother" Black people due to their racist attitudes ]]> 2022-11-11 21:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380655853 American criticism kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380656552 2022-11-11 21:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380656552 "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380658839 -> this may interpreted as an accusation by the rapper in which a conspiracy shall reduce the African-American population; however, not addressing anyone ]]> 2022-11-11 21:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380658839 "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380659686 -> 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]]> 2022-11-11 21:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380659686 African-American criticism kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380660358 2022-11-11 22:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380660358 "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) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380670978 -> 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]]> 2022-11-11 22:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380670978 "But some things will never change; Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game" (l. 38-39) kimwuerth https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380671342 -> criticism on other Blacks who are offered another "way out", however, prefer to stay criminal]]> 2022-11-11 22:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kimwuerth/woi5rdnixvv4nfws/wish/2380671342