They ask us why we mutilate each other like we do. And wonder why we hold such little worth for human life. But to ask us why we turn from bad to worse is to ignore from which we came. You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete had damaged petals. On the contrary, we would all celebrate its tenacity. We would all love its will to reach the sun. Well, we are the roses. This is the concrete. And these are my damaged petals. Don't ask me why. Thank God ... and ask me how?
- Tupac Shakur
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Against All Odds
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Wow, that was real!
Indeed. Love the expressed sentiment here - we always look at the "damage" in a person, human nature I suppose, then quickly discount the person. Without really stopping to look at the beginning point and see how far they've come.
But if we ever came to do so, we'd realize the damage being a result of the person's determination to succeed against all odds.
We would then not ask WHY the said person is all damaged. We'd be more like - HOW in the world did you manage to survive against such immeasurable odds?
True beauty realized.
This negro Tupac ... *shaking my head* ... was something serious.
Great message Don!
Wow! If only Tupac wasn't such a conflicted soul. I can only imagine the things he could have done.
Conflicted because he was before his time. He spoke the truth. His life was as it was because that's normally how it is with one working with a genius mentality...it's why I believe he was assassinated. Not murdered. Assassinated. He had so much to say and with intelligence. The educated black man is this country's biggest fear. It's unfortunate, but I'm so happy he didn't "dumb down".
@ traci lavette: i agree shakur was way before his time. i hear alot of people use this phrase during tupac discussions. i once looked at his murder from a "well calculated hit" POV, then i compared it to notorius BIG's shocking murder six months later. eerily similar. of course, i hardly feel this to be a coincidence.
i am led to believe it's highly impossible for two well known black men to have been murdered in front of a camera (might as well say) and no one has been arrested for either murder.
in fact, the feds had pictures of people supposedly following BIG moments before the murder. How non-understanding is that? so what, did highly-trained federal agents stop taking pictures as his green suburban drove away? c'mon now.
i will stop, but i can go on for hours when it comes to tupac shakur's death. hell, tupac shakur, period.
@ strongblackwoman: i wonder myself. he died at age 25. not even a man yet.
@ solomon: thanks.
@ mizrepresent: one day i'ma turn you on to some tupac. lol.
Realest statement I've heard in a while.
@Don - what are you talking about...i'm a big Tupac fan, lol.
@ diane dorce: say what? I tell you what - name a Tupac song, and don't say Dear Mama. lol.
@Don, lol, okay:
How do u want it?
I ain't mad at cha?
Keep your head up.
California love...just to name a few. Now!
that's right Miz!!! Now what Don. lol let me quit stirring the pot. lmao
That was amazing, both the post and your breakdown in the comment section. Definitely adding it to my list of favorites.
Thank you for sharing this...
i remember standing in the bookstore not long after he died, asking for that man's book of poems and my mother said NO. she let me pic something else but i never understood y i couldnt have that. i hated her for that and stuff like that. at the same time, i never did get that book once i had my own money. thanks for the reminder.
I like your quote of the week.
@ attorneymom: thank you.
@ ashley: the man made too much sense. good or bad, right or wrong, he made sense.
@ msknowitall: thanks & you're welcome.
@ bcglobetrotter: wow. thanks. i didn't really think people read comment sections anymore.
@ lea: oh, you read that too? lol.
@ diane dorce: you googled those songs. stop playing. love how you chose those particular songs as well. hmm. too smooth for me.
tupac was a gemini and the gemini's are the best communicator's in the zodiac
they never shut up lol
but anyway, this quote reminds me of a quote that my idol the late great afrocentric psychologist Dr. Amos Wilson made:
"the reason why black men kill each other so much is because we have not yet decided to kill white men"
before anyone bashes him for being a racist, they should really think about that statement and tie it in with the tupac one
@Don - i did not google those songs...they just happen to be the ones that were my favorites. ??? at being smooth???
Absolutely love this. The photo to match is so very appropriate. Thanks for digging this up and posting.
Love and peace
Free Spirit!
@ a free spirit butterfly: you're welcome. love the quote myself.
@ diane dorce: oh, i thought maybe you had googled 'em. yes you are smooth. real smooth. of course, it's a compliment.
@ james tubman: too funny @ gemini's being unable to shut up. love the quote. i can dig it.
FANTASTIC QUOTE! Tupac was so misunderstood...as so many of us are! Once again, you've hit the mark!
You didn't pull out material from my baby daddy. I LURVE me some 2pac....he was so dayum intelligent!
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