Every song on this album is perfectly haunting

“Dear sister, got me twisted up in prison, I miss ya Cryin', lookin' at my niece's and my nephew picture”. This was my brother’s favorite song off this album, as kids in the nineties. At the time we didn’t know that he’d be taken into police custody for the next 22 years. This song is a tear jerker for me, especially at 43, and my brother being free since 2020( Covid). PAC is the best RAPPER ever, hands down!

5:37 "Sheading tears when her son finally asks that (them) questions. Where my daddy at? Momma why we live so poor? Why you cryin'? Heard you late night, through my bedroom door. Now do you love me momma? Why they keep on calllin' me nigga? Get my weight up wit my hate, and pay em back when I'm bigga!" Those are the lines that rip right through me personally. It conveys, so perfectly, the pain of growing up black in America. As a child, at the time, this shit made me emotional as a white kid, I can only imagine what this song possibly means to African Americans of the same age group. Pac will ALWAYS be my favorite artist. The shoes are far too large for anyone else to fill in my lifetime. So glad I was alive and impressionable at the time his reign was greatest. Such a tragedy to have lost him at 25. 25 guys! Think about that, he accomplished ALL that before turning 26! Man. Much love....

In the jail cell missing my block. Hearing brothers screaming all night, wishing they stop. That stood out the most to me.

To me, this is PACs most powerful song

Gotta do HOLD YA HEAD by Tupac

I don't understand how people say 2PAC ain't lyrical....

Makaveli the deepest commercial hip hop album of all time nothing come close

Next should be "hold ya head" from the same album please. One of the top 3 2pac songs in my opiniom

2pac is your favorite rapper's favorite rapper

You need to hear 2Pac's Last Words with Ice Cube and Ice T. The message in that song is one of the most powerful.

Classic, a love letter in a sense. With an almost apologetic flow and energy!

MANE THIS BROTHER IS THE TRUTH!

Fantastic commentary here. This is one of the most powerful and impactful hip hop songs ever. Pac could hit every emotion. I'm italian from nj and this one changed my perceptions when I was 13.

They’re 2 different people. The one pac talks about was a close friend he met through big syke who is another one of his homies. Kato that dmx refers to is a different guy. He was the leader of the Latin kings.

I think you might have misunderstood the reparations line. I don't think he was talking about reparations to descendants of black slaves. I think he meant that black women are owed reparation from black men who have done them so much damage. Like, its time to make things right. Thats why that line is immediately followed by, "It's true. Caught up in the world I took advantage of you." And just before the reparations line he says, "Apologies to my true sisters, far from bitches." The context seems to indicate he wasn't talking about slavery.

The GOAT

The title track says it all rip 2pac 🕊️🕯️🕊️

Tupac - Hold Ya Head, Bomb First, Against All Odds, Trading War Stories, Ghetto Star, Black Jesus

Powerful

His mother was a panther, pregnant with him in jail….. during the worst of it. She also represented herself and won the case. So yes, Brother, he came up in IT. Also raised with knowledge as his substance. No disrespect Bro, just saying. LOVE your channel!

I'm just going to keep mentioning this one, lol. HOLD YA HEAD - 2pac

Pac knew kato through bigsyke... He is big syke hommie

Love this song! So deep and poignant

One thing to note about Pac was he wasn't always speaking from first person experience. He was an artist and actor as well, so he would often go into personas and fictional stories that were meant to tell a story. Then other times (mostly later music) was very real, like the Biggie diss.

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Now we're talking, so much to get into

“Dedicated to my mf teachers”…then he threw the mic down….that was so hard

Tell me what other rapper can do this ? maybe nas but pac was passionate so passionate! The Goat!!

The thought provoking side of Tupac, lots of dope tracks there where he sputs hard truths

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender. By Tupac

As a white man from the midwest USA this song is one of the ONLY songs in Hip Hop that consistently bring me to tears. The imagery that Pac portrays with his words are vivid and I almost feel like it happened to me. I know that sounds crazy, I feel it while typing it, but the fact remains. I will never vibe or enjoy another artist as much as I did and do with Tupac Shakur. Rest In Paradise.

The song "how long will they mourn me" is dedicated kato. You should check it out

"Proud to be black, but why we act like we don't love ourselves?" - Pac "I been around the world and it's not a black phenomenon, it's a Black American phenomenom" - MrLBOYD More proof that "Reparations are due."

You need context. This song is from 1996/97 written by someone who was practically born in jail to a mother who sacrificed her well being to lead the fight to free Black people. When he talks about reparations it's from the context of being a freedom fighter and having the government continue to oppress his people. He knows fully well how the US government continued is disenfranchisment of Black people from the broader society. The US in the 80s and 90s with masses of Black people disenfranchised in ghettos was different than it is now. The worst enemy of Black Americans is living in generational poverty and surrounded by masses of other Black people who are living in generational poverty. Crabs in a bucket. They are killing each other over the limited resources available. If there was real opportunity for those communities to grow they would value their own lives much more and not find it so easy to kill someone who looks like them. This song is about changing that perspective and understanding that no one is coming to rescue them and they need to build their own instead of fighting each other. If you value your own life, because who have something meaningful to strive for, you will also value the lives of your people. Don't wait for someone outside to bring that value because they won't. Build that value yourself and build it now. Note: always listen to the adlibs, both Tupacs and the vocal samples, in his songs. They are a deliberate part of thr story.

You haven’t encountered South Africans in South Africa Here we kill one another like it’s sport, where gangserism is the only option. It’s a sad messed up world we live in So I disagree, it’s not a black American phenomenon

At his age look what he was spitting an look at these fools now smh god bring me back

Black americans are much stronger than they know. Some know and that shows, big time. Cultural bagage can really hinder a people from greatness. I really hope the cycle discontious soon. Love this song, Rip Pac. One love

I am a simple man. I see a Lboyd 2pac reaction and hit like.

Mr. Boyd spittin on this episode. Real talk

It took one word “reparations” to make him talk almost 5 mins about it.. that’s what PAC did back then made you think!

Kato was a friend of Tupac’s who was murdered.

Eye admire your honesty 🤝🏾

It's Called "Genocidal Tactics" From The European/ Euro American Paradigm...Peace, Power, Respect, Knowledge, Better Decision Making, Critical Thinking & Big Blessings To Melanated People 💪🏾💪🏾✊🏾💪🏾

You dropped a bomb on me with the DMX Kato. Never knew about that. Gotta go back and check it out.

i watch a lot of your videos your view on this song was absolutely spot on. thanmk you. pac was ahead of his time

Wow, awesome analysis of the song. And you touched on some serious topics embedded in the lyrics. I wasn't expecting that. What you said about genetic memory, it reminds me of an interesting thing I saw in 2020 --- there was some rioting, and the people on Fox news were interviewing Dr. Phil. They asked him how these people could riot and damage their own neighborhoods. He was very sympathetic and started talking about "generational passthroughs."

I'm From Texas And I'm White, But I Grew Up In The 90s, Just Like You, But I Am From Texas, So WE Heard Both, East Coast Rap, And West Coast Rap, And Down South Texas Rap, Stuck In The Middle, But No Beef In Texas, Back THEN, AT ALL..!!!! THIS BEEF RAP STUFF IS CRAZY AND NEEDS TO STOP..!! THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY..!!!💯💯💯💯💯

Gotta do Everything they owe by Pac

No, its not the same Kato. DMX's song was dedicated to a friend of his that had died recently. 2pac is likely talking about some black man that was killed during his time, like the other people mentioned in that line.

thank you man forthese ractions

Please do „Hold ya Head“ from the same Album. Best song ever!

22 tupac here

Do yall overstand that this young man was 25 years old when he died in 1996, wow

I agree with you on your views at the end of this video. One of Pac's greatest songs, and that's saying a lot.

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i past his casket... gently ask him... Is there a heaven for g's?....

It’s not about seeing it, it’s about seeing it, knowing it and acknowledging it. There are black drill rappers on every continent except Antarctica. You are being selective with your commentary. Just because you’ve been to different countries and may have encountered blacks who don’t display low level vibrations doesn’t mean every black American has the same low vibration. I would expect someone from NYC to have a broader view of the world. You are either doing this purposely or you lack awareness.

Please listen to Hold ya Head

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You should listen to the complete album with out pause

ALL HAL, THE BIG UNIT... MAKAVELI!

Different Kato

I think you'd really appreciate 2pac - hellrazor

If you strip a person of their name, religion, culture and make them 100 percent dependent on you for survival for a couple of hundred of years then free them and give them no assistance to survive. Then put barriers in the way to insure that they never get ahead and pump bs into their heads through music... you get what you have.

Hold ya head by Tupac

I wonder why no one ever talks about inflation when it comes to Payments to Illegals, or Ukraine or Israel for Years or Afghanistan 20 plus year meaningless war 🤔???? Only when it comes to Black Americans.... SMH 😒🙄

What a fire track.. Ps or onefour

If you can react to 2pac's Makaveli's Blasphemy. I think you would enjoy that song

Reparations are due, it’s true

My song

Yes, we are our worst enemy! But we are part of a well executed plan! We are this way for a reason! Yes we still have a choice for the most part, our history shows that each time we build up, we are torn down and have to start over again! So let's calm down a bit!

Latosha harding if im not mistaken

That's not Farrakhan speaking at the end

Kato was Pac homie that he met through big Syke, he was killed by a kid for his car.

Did u think id die? NOT GONE... PEEP hOW HE SAYS THAT LINE THIS SONG IS MULTILAYERED IN ITS DEPTH..

Dmx is a different kato

man please listen to daz dillinger initiated/thug pound tupac brotha you will be a fan of west.... its the most fire rap song ever written

We got a "pick m"

Kato was tupacs friend

Where is this man from? What is his lineage?

I have been saying everyone needs to hear this song. Finally, some reviews

Will you do Automatic by Sirreal

Reparations are due !

React to nas black zombies and can’t stop us good message in those songs 🫡🦾✊🏿💯

Reperations will never be paid, but what the government could do is make it were black people dont have to pay for college or not pay taxes. That could be an easy fix.

(2) different Kato's.

Reacts to 2pac life so hard OG

Two different Kato's

And the song are you still down? I can get one and no no no I’m a huge 2Pac fanatic.

Sup brother can you react to Vigilante Tha' Prophit - Dont try with me Oh from nz

Haha pac always gets this guy talking about shit lol😂

You have crazy takes. It's like saying North Koreans shouldn't blame the tyrant oppression they face but blame each other..but I fell for the troll.. it made me comment

I wrote a paper a long time ago, and it was based on me as a black American believing inbreeding has led to "us" being different from other blacks. A lot of people never leave the towns they grow up in. They don't know their fathers. Their dads don't leave town. they just have a bunch of illegitimate kids all over. And a lot of people r sleeping and breeding with family. And if u breed dogs, u know the different anger issues it can have when the breeding is too close: low mental capacity, aggression, etc. I'm from jersey, and I have friends who live in Newark who have never been on a plane, and u can see the airport from their front door. And the only time they left Newark was prison or a bus to great adventure. Just think the towns where "black on black" crime is highest is cities where most people have never left, parents and grandparents never left, so the gene pool is small

I've always said reparations should come in the form of infrastructure or tax relief for the descendants of American government theft and abuse. And I say that not being included in that category since my direct discendents came here willingly.

PAC IS THE GOAT

You wasn’t feeling it. You love your white brothers I can tell

Awesome breakdown of the struggle of your people only issue is that it’s still happening mentally by the democrat party

I fully disagree they can’t keep skin bleaching cream on the shelves in Africa. I think the black American is the most proud to be black population on the planet.

I've always found the idea of being proud of an accident of birth to be idiotic. How can you be proud of something you had no control over like skin color or what country you were born in? Pride is derived through accomplishment, usually personal but sometimes of loved ones...