Analysis Of Tupac Shakur 's Song, Dear Mama

Tupac Shakur, TLC, and even the young sensation Zendaya Coleman are a few celebrities that are seen as nonconformist in the media. Just like every teenager, I can’t live in a world without music,and I definitely can’t live without these three inspirations on my playlist. Their lyrics have such a great meaning deep down in them, especially the older generation of artist including Tupac and TLC. Just like any other non-conformist, Tupac went against society’s ways and when he wrote he talked about dreams,world peace, and racism. “I’m 23 years old. I might just be my mother’s child, but in all reality. I’m everybody’s child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society.” Basically what Tupac is saying is that even though you were raised by

The use of alliteration can be seen in every stanza, and with only reading the alliterations one could see the growth of Tupac. Tupac’s mindset and behavior changes as he matures with his mother’s love impacting his character. In the First stanza, we can see his young disobedient rebellious behavior with, “When I was young me and my mama had beef”; then to, “Suspended from school, and scared to go home, I was a fool. With the big boys, breaking all the rules”. During this time, he also starts to disrespect his mother as he rapped, “When things went wrong we'd blame mama” (10). The reason he would blame his mother is because of her addiction to crack, “struggled with drug addiction and moved frequently around the country, taking her son with

Mama, a member of the oldest generation of the family, reveals that the suffering encountered throughout the story is nothing new, and rather has been part of Harlem for as far back as we can trace. Mama realized the inevitability of suffering in Harlem, knowing all too well of "the darkness outside", yet aimed to have a full and meaningful life despite this suffering (131). In order to do this, she turned to the suffering of her family, particularly her husband’s suffering over the death of his brother. Mama reveals just how much she did to prevent suffering within her home in her last conversation with the narrator. One thing that she did in particular was that she gave her husband a shoulder to cry on: “I know you never saw your Daddy

Tupac’s rhymes and phrases center on the treatment of women (especially black women) in America. The video also includes a dedication to Latasha Harlins, who died at the hands of a Korean shop owner in 1991. Underneath the dedication, reads “it’s still on” in reference to the L.A. riots in 1992 (Genius 2010). This song speaks about the treatment of women, life in the ghetto, and society 's disregard for the poor. Tupac repeatedly tells women that they deserve better treatment and that they should not allow themselves to feel defeated by their circumstances. He exclaims the phrase “Keep ya head up” at the end of each verse. Also, in the song he asserts his disdain for men who emotionally abuse women and leave

Based off of the song "dear mama" the rhetorical strategies that are utilized would be pathos and ethos. Utilizing tenderness, he communicates his emotions and shows sensitivity towards his mother for every hard time that she had attempting to raise him as a single parent on welfare. "I shed tears with my baby sister throughout the years we was poorer than the other little children", gives the audience a cause to trust that he was embarrassed about not having as much as the other little children in his community. The chorus of the song is another illustration of pathos. It demonstrates the endless love and gratefulness that he has for his mom. Regardless of the amount of fights or how hard life was for them she's dependably there to lift him

Gang activity and violence is becoming a huge issue and has been for a long time now. This gang violence and activity has become such a huge issue that has made a major contribution to the underdevelopment of Black community. When children are involved in gang activity, they are being exposed to drugs, gun violence, and ultimately could be risking their own life and preventing themselves from getting out of the ghetto and going on to be successful in life. Robbing, selling drugs, and murder are all things that happen on the daily basis in these ghetto and urban inner city areas and are mostly done by gangs or involved with gangs. Being involved in these activities affects them physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. The solutions to gang violence and activity that was provided in the song were to get mothers more involved in their children’s lives such as making sure that the children are going to school, getting educated, and are not getting involved in gang activity to help better themselves for their future; to get the brothers to stop killing each other and to choose peace and get along with one another, to get the black community to come together and realize that were all in the same gang and need each other to help better Black

This song comprises of three verses and centers about relationships that sees as unbreakable. Tupac makes a societal commentary by exploring various types of interpersonal bond. In the first verse, he recounts numerous conversations with his family again expressing his love and gratitude for his mother. Although he is ashamed of the burden he senses that he has caused she greets him with open arms as they recognize nothing matters as long as they remain close. The next verse approaches relationships between young black men from the ghetto. Tupac acknowledges that making money to support his family makes up for a large part of his relationships and ambitions, but he doesn’t forget to approach the emotional side. As he feels that the bond he shares with his friends is a treasure thanks to the emotional support these men provide for one another. And while it may seem that they are connected by gangster life, what connects them is their common desire for a better life. The final verse revolves around his relationship with a female friend. In this verse Tupac speaks greatly about love, but remarkably within the context of this song, never in a sexual sense as he clearly delineates between sexual attraction and emotional bonds. This song is at its very heart universal, given that everybody in this world has experienced one or all of the relationships that Tupac

“Brenda Gotta Baby” which is a song by Shakur, addressed the social issues that were affecting the African-American youth in the inner city, while focusing on teenage pregnancy and welfare. Shakur also created an anthem titled “Keep Ya Head Up” which was dedicated to Black women who were struggling. He displayed in the lyrical content how he understands the challenges African-American women are faced with all the while encouraging them to keep their heads up during a trying situation. The song served as a defense mechanism for single mothers that were on public assistance that were being constantly ridiculed by mainstream media and referred to as “welfare queens.” Shakur worked hard to convey the message that women do

There are poor and homeless people all over the world that they are not helping, but they are busting the black people way of living by having a war on drugs. Shakur spoke on what others were scared to speak on. He addresses to the government we see these actions taken place. The purpose of this song was to state how everyone knows that racial violence and issues on the streets would never change. It shows how people must accept the fact that there will always be poverty, racism, police brutality and violence in the world.

Hey Mama ​Kanye West is one of the best recording artist in Hip Hop today, and his hit single Hey Mama is inspiring, and powerful in many different ways. Produced for his mother Donda West, the song emphasizes how she socialized Kanye in his childhood so that he could be the successful and respectful man he is presently and the song symbolized all the ways she influenced his life prior to dying. Kanye seems to gain such a rich experience through watching his mother’s struggles and triumph as a single mother. The lyrics in the song demonstrate the power, independency, and love that a woman possesses to make it through the harsh and cruel world. ​Women are the backbone of every family, simply because of the power that they retain.

“Love you, mama, Miss you”(Aviv, 2), the words of three year old Adam to his mother who was placed with the Orange County Social Services. In Rachel Aviv’s article “ Where is your mother” thirty-nine year old, single working parent Niveen Ismail, “begged” them to return her son after she left Adam unsupervised at home whilst she was out. Niveen mentions that on this tragic day that, “It was mechanical-I wasn’t thinking anymore...I was just trying to survive” (Aviv, 6). She was overworked, undernourished and had just reached a “breaking point”. Months have gone by, the Egyptian mother complied to her case plan trying to learn to “Parent American style”, attending parenting classes in high hopes of Adam being returned to her. Despite her attempts, Adam was placed with a foster family, who was willing to adopt him if her parental rights were terminated. A mother who once abandoned her child, is a bad mother.

1. "See," I said, "you don 't have any family and neither do I. I 've got the preacher, of course. But I don 't have a mama. I mean I have one, but I don 't know where she is. She left when I was three years old. I can 't hardly remember her. And I bet you don 't remember your mama much either. So we 're almost like orphans" pg 21.

The artist I chose for this paper is Tupac Shakur. A lot of his music has to do with cultural differences with african americans. His genre of music is rap and his songs have to do with drugs, the difficulties of life in the ghetto and police and how they treated african american. Specifically, I picked the song changes to talk about.

A mother’s love is the kind of love that gives meaning to life, when everything seems to have your back against the wall, somehow the reassurance of a mother’s presence and support takes away all of the pain. A bond created from early on inside your mother’s womb, is the same bond that is cherished for a lifetime. From mother’s day cards every year, to special surprises for her birthday, a mother’s love can never be replaced. This kind of love is truly indescribable. But what happens when you’re only left with the memories and vivid imagination of what life would have been like if you had more time to spend with your mother. Imagine not knowing anything about who your mother was, or what kind of woman she turned out to be, the only thing

A church in London has been using lyrics from Kanye West’s songs instead of Bible verses to entice new members.