Du was sentenced to 400 hours of community service and a $500 fine for killing Latasha, and many activists point to her death as one of the catalysts of the 1992 L.A. The video is dedicated to Latasha Harlins, a 15 year-old girl who was shot in the back of the head in 1991 by store owner Soon Ja Du. This song speaks to the heart of his messaging as an artist. 'Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice/I say the darker the flesh and the deeper the roots/I give a holler to my sisters on welfare/Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care' might be the line that sums up much of his artistic intent, and the hope that he sprinkles throughout the poignant, almost melancholy track.

‘Pac even wrote an alternative version specifically for Tyson to use-“Ambitionz Az A Fighta.'Keep Ya Head Up' is another signature 2Pac song, one that you could mention as one of his most determinate as an artist.

Came back to the studio, and it was done.”Ĭlose friend and professional boxer Mike Tyson has used this song for entrance on multiple occasions. So if you listen to Pee Wee Herman, I just put the gangsta twist on it. “Ambitionz Az A Ridah” is the first single from 2Pac’s fourth studio album All Eyez on Me.Īccording to Daz Dillinger who produced the beat he says “The idea came from the me sampling Pee Wee Herman. The song title originally came from the lyrics of fellow West Coast rapper Spice 1, of the 1992 song “Welcome to the Ghetto.” The original version made it to disc one and the hip-hop version made it to disc two. The song had 2 versions, the original version and a hip-hop remix by Soulshock & Karlin featuring background vocals from the late Charmayne “Maxee” Maxwell of R&B trio Brownstone. The original was also released as the B-side on the “Keep Ya Head Up” single. It appears on his album R U Still Down? (Remember Me). “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto” is the first posthumous single by 2Pac. Tupac released “Hail Mary” when he had repeated visions of himself dying in the imminent future.

The song captures 2Pac zoning out the violence and negativity surrounding him praying to God, and making biblical references. The song features some impressive verses by Pac’s homies, the Outlawz. “Hail Mary” is a single by American rapper Tupac Shakur from his final album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, under the new stage name, Makaveli. “You niggas made a mistake/ You should’ve never put my rhymes with Dre/ Them thug niggas have arrived and it’s judgement day”. He announces his triumphant arrival (“them thug niggas”) by implying that he has come to pass judgement on his enemies. Pac boasts about the potency of his lyrics, especially when combined with Dr. “Can’t See Me” is ann aggressive gangsta track, that opens up the second disk of 2Pac’s classic double album All Eyez On Me.

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