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Artist- Tupac
Song- Dear Mama

This song is about Tupac's appreciation for his Mother and all that Tupac and his family went through. He's raps about how his Mother was dealing with drugs , the streets, coming from poverty, and being a single Mother , how she still managed to raise her two kids as best as she could. Tupac brings up how his farther dies and how he couldn't cry because '' His anger wouldn't let him feel for a stranger'' he rapped with so much passion. A lot of his fans related to him because of his passion fans could relate to his life and all he had been through a lot of his fans also came from the same back round as far as growing up in poor neighborhood with violence and drugs. So in this song he's describing how his Mom was a crack head, but how she would still make sure her kids where good, in the songs he brings up how his baby sister and him was happy as little kids because his mother had no limits in trying to make her kids happy. In the song he talks about how he starts hanging out with the '' Thugs'' in his home town and how '' even though they sell drugs they showed the young brother love'' that alone lets you understand how he was looking for love in the wrong places and even though he knew these guys where no good he felt a sense of security hanging with them. He raps about selling drugs and how didn't feel guilty  he raps ''even though I sell rocks it feels good putting money in our mailbox I love paying rent when the rents due I hope you got the diamond necklace that I sent you when I low you was there for me you never left me alone because you cared for I me I can see you coming home from work late you in the kitchen trying to fix us a hot plate''. With this song Tupac perfectly describes his environment and how much he appreciates his mother for now being older and being able to realize all she went through while still trying to be the best Single Mother she can be coming from a  poor environment that was built for them to fail.

Blog Entry 1

 Original Sin was a deep spiritual poem. When i first read it i was so confused with all the weird words and metaphors i thought the poem had to do with Robert Penn's grandfather death. The poem gave me a sense that the grandfather had past away and that although Roberts grandfather had past he could still feel the presence of his grandfathers ghost. Robert gave a lot of detail of what he felt in the poem for example he expressed noises he would here like whispers and how he seen shadows of a nodding head. Those examples led me to believe that it could be his grandfather's ghost made those noises and nodding his head. In the class discussion I learned that the poem wasn't exactly based on his grandfather's death but of his life's journeys and how he struggle as a poor kid who ended up in Harvard and becoming a professor. The poem also had to do with the death of his grandfather's and how he was infatuated with death.

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