For those who think Pac wasn't as good of a rapper as the best of them
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Dont get me wrong; a rapper can't be wack lyrically & shall know how to rap but I don't get much intrigued about how technical a rapper is. As long as he making music that's passionate & I can relate to then it's good with me
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Pac will always be considered to be the best to ever touch the mic imo. LL Cool J is 2nd
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.....and then send a virus to your computer and send thugs to your house/job to beat you up.
@5 Grand, did you have too much to drink, dear? I specifically asked the ? bartender nott to spike the tea with Rum!
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You just haven't listened to much of his music...
Me Against the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjv7hEAytU
[Verse 1: 2Pac]
Can you picture my prophecy?
Stress in the city, the cops is out for me
The projects is full of bullets, though bodies is droppin'
They ain't no stoppin' me
Constantly movin' while makin' millions
Witnessin' killings
Leavin' dead bodies in abandoned buildings
Can't reach the children 'cause they're illin'
Addicted to killin' and the appeal from the cap peelin'
Without feelin', but will they last or be blasted?
Hard headed bastard
Maybe he'll listen in his casket; the aftermath
More bodies being buried, I'm losin' my homies in a hurry
They're relocatin' to the cemetery
Got me runnin', stressin', my vision's blurry
The question is will I live? No one in the world loves me
I'm headed for danger, don't trust strangers
Put one in the chamber whenever I'm feeling this anger
Don't wanna make excuses, cause this is how it is
What's the use? Unless we're shootin' no one notices the youth
It's just me against the world, baby
[[Verse 4: 2Pac]
With all this extra stressin'
The question I wonder is after death, after my last breath
When will I finally get to rest through this oppression?
They punish the people that's askin' questions. And those that possess steal from the ones without possessions
The message I stress: to make it stop, study your lessons
Don't settle for less, even the genius asks his questions
Be grateful for blessings, don't ever change, keep your essence
The power is in the people and politics we address
Always do your best, don't let the pressure make you panic
And when you get stranded
And things don't go the way you planned it
Dreamin' of riches, in a position of makin' a difference
Politicians are hypocrites, they don't wanna listen
If I'm insane, it's the fame made a brother change
It wasn't nothin' like the game, it's just me against the world
Checkout Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxaBugdt2I
[Verse 1: 2Pac]
Now I'm up early in the mornin', breath stinkin' as I'm yawnin'
Just another sunny day in California
I got my mind focused on some papers while I'm into sexy capers
Give a holla to them hoochies last night, that tried to ? us
Will these rap lyrics take us, plus room all up in Vegas
I'm a boss playa, death before I let these ? break us
Last night was like a fantasy, Alizé and Hennessy
A hoochie and her homie ? dancin' with my man and me
Told her I was interested, picture all the ? we did
I got her hot and ? , all up on me, what a freaky ?
First you argued, then I fight it, 'til you lick me where I like it
Got a ? all excited, it don't matter, just don't bite it
I never got to check out the scene
Too busy tryin' to dig a hole in your jeans
Now it seems, it's check out time
Got My Mind Made Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gztDvPWTWs
[Verse 2: 2Pac]
So mandatory my elevation, my lyrics like orientation
So you can be more familiar with the ? you facin'
We must be patient, nothin' better than communication
Known to damage and highly flammable like gas stations
Sorry I left that ass waitin'
No more procrastination, give up to fate and get that ass shakin'
I'm bustin' and makin' ? panic
Don't take your life for granted
Put that ass in the dirt, you swear the ? was planted
My lyrics motivate the planet
It's similar to Rhythm Nation, but thugged out, forgive me, Janet
Who's in control, I'm activatin' your souls
You know the way the games get controlled
Yo, two years ago, a friend of mine
Told me Alize and Cristal blows your mind
Bear witness to the dopest ? ' rhyme I wrote
Takin' off my coat, clearin' my throat
I Get Around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJAnQTwmJs
[Verse 4: 2Pac]
Finger tips on the hips as I dip
Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip; loose lips sink ships
It's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips, see me jockin'
Put a little twist in her hips ?cause I'm watchin'
Conversations on the phone 'til the break of dawn
Now we're all alone: why the lights on?
Turn them off! Time to set it off, get you wet and soft
Somethin' is on your mind, let it off
You don't know me, you just met me, you won't let me
Well, if I couldn't have it (silly rabbit) why you sweatin' me?
It's a lot of real G's doin' time
?Cause a groupie bent the truth and told a lie
You picked the wrong guy, baby, if you're too fly
You need to hit the door, search for a new guy
?Cause I only got one night in town
Break out or be clowned, baby doll, are you down? I get around
If I Die 2Nite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3zaafiNVWE
[Verse 1]
They say ? and paper is poetry, power and pistols
Plotting on murdering ? 'fore they get you
Picturing pitiful punk ? copping pleas
Puffing weed as I position myself to clock G's
My enemies scatter in suicidal situations
Never to witness the wicked ? that they was facin'
Pockets is packed with presidents, pursue your riches
Evading the playa hating tricks while hitting switches
? is bad-mouth, ?cause brawling ? is bold
But charge them hoes; the game should be sold
I'm sick of psychotic society, somebody save me
Addicted to drama, so even Mama couldn't raise me
Even the preacher and all my teachers couldn't reach me
I run in the streets and puffing weed with my peeps
I'm duckin' the cops, I hit the weed as I'm clutchin' my Glock
? is hot when I hit the block; what if I die tonight?
[Verse 2]
Polish your pistols, prepare for battle, pass the pump
When I get to poppin', ? is droppin' then they done
Calling the coroner, come collect the ? corpse
He got hit by a killer, preoccupied with being boss
Revenge is the method
Whenever steppin', keep a weapon close
Adversaries are overdosed over deadly notes
Jealous ? and broke ? equal packed jails
Hit the block and fill your pockets, making ? sales
Picture perfection, pursuing paper with a passion
Visions of prisons for all the ? that I blasted
Running with criminals individuals with no remorse
Try to stop me, my pistol posse's using deadly force
In my brain all I can think about is fame
The police know my name
A different game, ain't a thing changed
I'm seeing cemetery photos of my peers
Conversating like they still here; if I die tonight
He always got criticized for his flow and rhyme schemes but don't let his commercialization fool you.
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Did you find it aboutely necessary to post like 10 of his ? verses tho -
Pac is my favour rapper, but I think the reason he used things like 'Hennessy and enemies' etc and few other of his rhymes more than once (though i think some people madly exaggerate the amount) is because I believe he wrote so many songs at the same time during a certain period of his life and recorded so many tracks the same day etc that naturally your get that happening...
Also I think the reason he had so many collaborations with rappers on AOEM is because he wanted to show love to all his friends and people that supported him... -
There are way more than this too....
Damn!...lol...I thought ? were exaggerating.....They need to do one for good and hood..... -
Jadakiss winnin' that ? fam -
He was an iambic rapper not a lyrical rhyme scheme rapper
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CeLLaR-DooR wrote: »
lmao nah man kiss didn't use that that much nah lol -
lol you put songs that everybody knows to make us realise what ?? Pac aint a lyricist but still is a great rapper case closed ,NOBODY .EVER quotes a Tupac verse to say " he killed that" his strenght is song makin and emotions ,not bars ,deal with it!
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trendsetta1030 wrote: »He was an iambic rapper not a lyrical rhyme scheme rapper
Poetic indeed. He was also able to channel energy through his voice and conveyed emontional imagery very well. People were able to connect to his emotion an appeal.
These days I tend to listen to those hidden gems in his catalog not so much the more known was. I've heard them so much and know them in & out that I don't dip into that pool of his music too often.
It's pretty cool how his music matured over time from sonic perspective reviewing his flows. YBL below demonstrates his ability to channel energy, emotion as well social commentary in a highly structured manner that may also be iambic in written but sounds more like tightly woven poem or rap track that our ears typically hear more of in musics current climate.
https://youtu.be/QhUVV3LauYY
https://genius.com/11139648
W. Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter. Pretty cool stuff to examine.
And it would be right if I didn't include a line from the song:
F St. Ides, it's an Old E thing, baby
Strictly some of that Hennessy -
Ain't listened to some of those songs in years. Gonna be listening to pac for the next few weeks
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water ur seeds wrote: »Pac is my favour rapper, but I think the reason he used things like 'Hennessy and enemies' etc and few other of his rhymes more than once (though i think some people madly exaggerate the amount) is because I believe he wrote so many songs at the same time during a certain period of his life and recorded so many tracks the same day etc that naturally your get that happening...
Also I think the reason he had so many collaborations with rappers on AOEM is because he wanted to show love to all his friends and people that supported him...
I agree i think thats the reason he out tha outlawz on songs that he didnt need em on . So they can get funds from the song if he had died which he did