"If you walked by a street and you was walking on concrete and you saw a rose growing from out of the concrete, even if it had messed up petals and it was a little crooked to the side, you would marvel at just seeing a rose grow through concrete. So why is it that when you see some ghetto kid grow out of the dirtiest circumstances, and he can talk, and he can sit across the room and make you cry, make you laugh, all you can talk about is my dirty rose, my dirty stems and how I’m leaning crooked to the side? You can't even see that I've come up from out of all that."
what do u have to say to that? pac was referring to HiMSELF as that rose... what do u all think of his ideology? is he right? is this a fair comparison? just wondering what u all think. i agree with tupac completely but i'd like to hear others' thoughts on it. thanks and have a nice night!
2007-03-22 16:23:38 · 7 answers · asked by ♥_mrs.smith 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Interesting because last year in my RHT 160 college class I took a Hip-Hop course. For a week straight we listened to the A Rose That Grew From Concrete Poetry cd. It's amazing, the songs are fabulous but the poetry as read by Tupac Shakur is mind blowing. Many of his songs, Brenda's Got a Baby, Changes.... amazing, full of meaning and truth. I believe this song is like BAM. Never thought of it like that, A Rose is a Rose- both beautiful and can be painful if handled wrong. It needs food like us, water like us, it hurts like us without those. But amazing when a rose of imperfection still is a rose growing from a place of obvious hardship- in the concrete, waterless,foodless, struggling. No one gives praise to those who come from nothing and still continue to fight and grow and prosper. Tupac is 100% speaking with wisdom and truth. I love his words.!
2007-03-22 16:35:38 · answer #1 · answered by Heather H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I would agree with that full hearted if it were true. First of all, Tupac was a provoker of gangs. He would constantly say he wasnt, but he was. He tattooed Thug Life across his stomache and made the young black male seem to be opressed by society which is not true in any way nowadays. He would also rap about killing, stealing, taking over the government, drugs and drinking. I wonder why people didnt see him as a rose. He had a talent and made a shitload of money off of it. At times he was very intellectual and sentimental with a positive message. At other times, he was an ignorant rapper that glorified gangs and shooting people. Tupac was not a rose that came from concrete, he was a talented rapper with a confused sense of himself.
2007-03-22 16:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with him
Also, when you come from that type of environment, not only do you have to rise above it but you have to completely stand out over the top to come out of it smelling like a rose. And then, you're a icon for everyone there, and everyone who's never been there wants to knows, how this, what that, you did what?, say what?.....I'm not a fan of rap at all, but I respect ppl as individuals. Tupac was before his time, as are most legends.
2007-03-22 16:36:04 · answer #3 · answered by tamboz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oooohhhh---please do not try this. Judaism does not enable tattoos, and the famous individual of David oftentimes an emblem that Jews placed directly to perceive themselves with, those days (it hasn't continuously been the case...). in case you prefer a tattoo figuring out with the Jewish human beings, you should continuously write some thing in Hebrew lettering? That does not be offensive. Peace
2016-10-19 09:41:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly this is a true statement, many people think that "good" people can not come from the "wrong" side or town. It does not matter where you come from, all that matters is who you become.
2007-03-22 16:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Misty M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was before its time so to speak, or the world was not ready for Him. But I think its a great analogy.
2007-03-22 16:39:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jay-V-Dub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He wanted people to see beyond the external poverty to the real person and his beauty.
2007-03-22 16:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋