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Gabriel Girault Dec 2020
Picture this,
It’s April, the world is moving forward as you are inside a coffee shop.
You went to be at peace, your home has felt like an enclosure.
Although it is most definitely your home there seems to be something always missing.
So you head to your second home, a coffee shop a few blocks away.
They all know you by name, and the inside jokes you all have fills the store with a warm laughter that can be felt even before anyone opens the door.
You have your bag, within it is two notebooks and a laptop. One notebook for any ideas you want to write down, and the other just in case. You have your laptop, because you said you will write on it, but you end up looking up random thoughts in your head.
You seem to not be able to focus, but that’s fine because you’re having better thoughts then when you were at home.
You spend a few hours there before you pack your bag, you get up, say your goodbyes, you look outside, the rain is pouring.
You remember you didn’t bring a coat, you couldn’t wait to leave the obstacle you call home that you never looked outside at the clouds that loomed overhead.
But in your defense you felt that same feeling for weeks now, the way those dark clouds in the sky look is how you’ve felt for most of your life now.
But as you’re walking out of this coffeeshop, someone stops you and asks why you didn’t bring a coat.
Without thinking nor without a hesitation you say, “I’m wearing one can’t you see.”, and before they can say anything else, “I wear my heart not on my sleeve, I wear it as a coat.”.
They look at you and say, “Hopefully next month I will grow from the concrete”.
Gods1son Oct 2018
Tough lesson from my Dear mama
Also a letter to my unborn child
Life is like a journey that you ride through
You have to have Ambitionz as a Ridah

But sometimes, life could get really tough
That you ask yourself questions like...
Is the world against me?
Or is it, me against the world?

It could "seem" like you're trapped
Or out of moves
Avoid isolation, it will cause you to shed so many tears
And it allows temptations to gush in your mind
If you seclude yourself, it could be tougher to resist the temptation

Some friends, you hit 'em up and they will turn their backs at you
But some will be ready to offer any sort of help and ask you... How do you want it?
That's the type you call unconditional love

At those daunting times, to prevent drowning
You have to keep ya head up
Because better days are approaching
When everything changes for your good

Against all odds, stand strong
Say your prayers and your Hail Mary
Protect your life and in all that you do
Ensure you do for love

Guard your dreams
Always remind yourself
No matter what, keep riding through your journey
Life goes on...
All the bold words are titles of 2pac's songs... I grew up listening to him and his songs still make sense to me till date. How many of those songs have you heard?
Tupac Shakur Mar 2018
Can you see the pride in the Panther
As he grows in splendor and grace
Toppling obstacles placed in the way,
Of the progression of his race.

Can you see the pride in the Panther
As she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact that it is planted in stone.

Can you see the pride in the Panther
As they unify as one.
The flower blooms with brilliance,
And outshines the rays of the sun.
Tupac was the son of Afeni Shakur, a member of the black panther party which was a political organisation formed in the 60s to combat police brutality in inner city ghettos.
Tupac Shakur Mar 2018
Did you hear about the rose that grew From a crack in the concrete?
Provin nature's laws wrong
It learned to walk without having feet
Funny it seems but by keeping its Dreams
It learned to breathe FRESH air
Long live the rose that grew from Concrete
When no one else even cared
The Rose is a metaphor for Tupac himself and the concrete symbolic of the ghettos he grew up in.
Tupac Shakur Mar 2018
All of my life I dreamed of meeting one with immense beauty, and once
I found her I would charm her and she'd be mine forever

I have found her and indeed she is all
I wished for and more but she is
Not charmed nor intrigued

Then I think 2 myself
"What can I offer her?"

The tears warm my eyes and blur my
Vision

I stick 2 my stance of bravado
And give her the same uninterested look she gave me

She was so beautiful
But what can I offer her
Tupac Shakur Mar 2018
In the event of my demise
When my heart can beat no more
I hope I die for a principle
Or a belief that I had lived for
I will die before my time
Because I feel the shadow's depth
So much I wanted 2 accomplish
Before I reached my death
I have come to grips with the Possibility and wiped the last tear from my eyes
I loved all who were positive
In the event of my Demise!
Poetictunes Dec 2015
Just a black ***** to y'all.
But a hero to me.
A **** to some.
But a poet I see.
Violet and Hard.
But I see passiveness and heart.
Legendary forever you'll be.
A poetic **** who made history.
ZL Sep 2014
Them: So you're a lover, a fighter, a rebel, a matyr, an activist, and a poetess. May we ask who inspired you?

Me: Tupac.

Them: Tupac who?

Me: The greatest **** I ever knew.
Tim Amaru Aug 2014
"Dear Mama",
Question...
"Is life worth living or should I blast myself"
I'm always searching for those "better days"
knowing that peace in my heart will come In "Thugs Mansion".
Where I can "sip champagne
while I listen to Billy Holliday sing
and sit there kickin it with Malcolm till the day came."

Should I "ride on my enemies"?
Become one of "Amerikas most wanted"?
Or should I remember
that "the road is hard so I'll never give up"?
And "time don't stop, always going by.
So I'll puff on mine, hoping that it will get me high"

Smile for me.
"Won't you smile for me now"?
"It ain't easy" being a changed man
so when it feels like "all eyez on me".
I just remember that
"heaven ain't hard to find".

But I'm Not starving, I been eatin Hardy,...like the night at that "Gangsta Party"....
Certain things happen, I wana be happy so I have to make some arranges... Hopin in my life I have the ability to 1 day make those "Changes"...

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