Tupac managed to stretch an entire metaphor about his love affair with a gun throughout an entire song. “All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend/ Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend.” Afeni continues to advocate her son’s legacy through the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

Their relationship was close, as they - in a way - grew up together. Tupac had no qualms about expressing his love for his mother, Afeni Shakur, and the struggles she faced in raising him. “Even though you was a crack fiend mama, you always was a Black queen mama.” While the truth still remains a mystery, the messages are there, open-ended and still never deciphered.ġ0. Others felt he faked his own death - referenced earlier through his fascination with Machiavelli. Many felt Tupac predicted his own murder, as evidenced through lines like these. “I heard a rumor I died, murdered in cold blood dramatized/ Pictures of me in my final stages, you know mama cried/ But that was all fiction, some coward got the story twisted.” Tupac spent many verses discussing what that heaven looked like and how he would fit in it.

The religious undertones in his music were apparent, believing a heaven actually existed. “Dear mama, don’t cry, your baby boy’s doin’ good/ Tell the homies I’m in heaven and they ain’t got hoods/ Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook/ Drinkin’ Peppermint Schnapps with Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke.”Īs much as ‘Pac spoke about death, he also rhymed about the afterlife, particularly heaven. He was vocal about his overt awareness of haters, who would sadly lead to his assassination. Long before artists like Jay-Z and even Drake painted pictures of the trouble that fame brings, ‘Pac rhymed about the ups and downs of being in the public eye. “When I talk about money all you see is the struggle/ When I tell you I’m livin’ large, you tell me it’s trouble.”

2pac dear mama kanye west good life