Common Place

I'm not sure yet what my essential question is, but I'm hopiong my entries will result in an overall essential question. Anyway, this is part of the lyrics of a song I was listening to, and I used to like it for the beats, the flow, but if you listen to each phrase, each line, this guy is rapping to something big.

I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myselfis life worth living should I blast myself?I'm tired of bein' poor & even worse I'm blackmy stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatchCops give a damn about a negropull the trigger kill a nigga he's a heroGive the crack to the kids who the hell caresone less hungry mouth on the welfareFirst ship 'em dope & let 'em deal the brothersgive 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each otherIt's time to fight back that's what Huey said2 shots in the dark now Huey's deadI got love for my brother but we can never go nowhereunless we share with each otherWe gotta start makin' changeslearn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangersand that's how it's supposed to beHow can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?I'd love to go back to when we played as kidsbut things changed, and that's the way it is

Changes, by Tupac is pretty inspirational if you ask me. It's old, but it was one of the greatest hits, and the words in his lyrics are probably more than just words he sings with his mouth. He most likely sings it with his heart and soul. Sounds corny, yeah, I think so too, but it's kind of true. This kind of got my attention in the sense that this song I enjoy suddenly turned to something more than music on the radio.