Assignment #11

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is 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 ever cared.

Tupac is talking about a little child who is coming up into the world with no help from anybody or anything. He is practically talking about himself and how he grew up with no help but, he did have dreams so he learned to get along in life. When he died, He did not have anybody to care for him.

I think it's funny how when people with the most support that they could ever have, are the ones who fail and the people with less support achieve more. It just shows how ignorant people could be. Also how they can just take advantage of something so valuable.

I think all of my observations that came from the poem, are hidden in between the lines. For example when he says that proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk without having feet. You just have to think deep about this one and it will come to you. It hit me right in the face, saying that he learned everything on his own without anybody's help. Another example is when he says Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. He is saying that when he dies nobody will be there for him or even care. Tupac is a very intelligent person with very deep thoughts and emotions. I believe that this poem was written after the controversy between him and Biggie. I think this because Biggie was his best friend and Tupac thought that Biggie turned on him so he had no one else to turn too and no family because he got into the music industry and into multiple drugs.