The analysis in a song is the main point which pushes it forward, making it the song’s most famous component. By including the problem, the song challenges the rules set by culture and works towards justice. In the song “Changes,” by Tupac Shakur, many dilemmas are clearly stated in the lyrics. The first of these issues, racism, is said when he says, “I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black…Cops give a damn about a Negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero (4-6). These show how hard life is to be an underprivileged Black man in the United States, with a kindness on issues with police cruelty. As the song develops, Tupac makes simple as people sometimes wish it could be, and that people must get used to these new environments. During a break in the song, Tupac takes a moment to stop and bring the true purpose of the song. He says;
“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. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive” (39-44). Through these lyrics, Tupac gives good reasons for the unsafe and dishonest acts that means that unfortunate people must resort to in order to survive. Drug dealing and theft are common themes in his music about thug life and tough neighborhoods that give no opportunities to improve someone’s point of living. In addition to drug related crimes, Tupac also includes the acts of violence in the hoods. “Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other. ‘It's time to fight back’, that's what Huey said. Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead” (9-11), for example, Tupac expresses how simple it is for people to buy weapons and kill other people. In which “Huey” attempted to solve his problems in the song. In doing so it leads to him being dead when the people he wishes to fight against react with gunfire and killing. Clearly Tupac is trying to send a message that this madness is not a good way to find the meanings to an end. If they plan to resolve the hatred, then there must be “changes.”
The analysis in a song is the main point which pushes it forward, making it the song’s most famous component. By including the problem, the song challenges the rules set by culture and works towards justice. In the song “Changes,” by Tupac Shakur, many dilemmas are clearly stated in the lyrics. The first of these issues, racism, is said when he says, “I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black…Cops give a damn about a Negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero (4-6). These show how hard life is to be an underprivileged Black man in the United States, with a kindness on issues with police cruelty. As the song develops, Tupac makes simple as people sometimes wish it could be, and that people must get used to these new environments. During a break in the song, Tupac takes a moment to stop and bring the true purpose of the song. He says; “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. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive” (39-44). Through these lyrics, Tupac gives good reasons for the unsafe and dishonest acts that means that unfortunate people must resort to in order to survive. Drug dealing and theft are common themes in his music about thug life and tough neighborhoods that give no opportunities to improve someone’s point of living. In addition to drug related crimes, Tupac also includes the acts of violence in the hoods. “Give 'em guns, step back, and watch 'em kill each other. ‘It's time to fight back’, that's what Huey said. Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead” (9-11), for example, Tupac expresses how simple it is for people to buy weapons and kill other people. In which “Huey” attempted to solve his problems in the song. In doing so it leads to him being dead when the people he wishes to fight against react with gunfire and killing. Clearly Tupac is trying to send a message that this madness is not a good way to find the meanings to an end. If they plan to resolve the hatred, then there must be “changes.”