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Author: Tupac Shakur
Publisher: MTV
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

184 reviews
Sales Rank: 27978

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 6.3 x 1.2

ISBN: 0671028448
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780671028442
ASIN: 0671028448

Publication Date: November 1, 1999
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect.
His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice.

His legacy is indomitable -- remaining vibrant and alive.

Here now, newly discovered, are Tupac's most honest and intimate thoughts conveyed through the pure art of poetry -- a mirror into his enigmatic life and its many contradictions.

Written in his own hand at the age of nineteen, they embrace his spirit, his energy...and his ultimate message of hope.

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5 out of 5 stars

Alive In More Ways Than One!!! November 18, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Through music and acting, Tupac will be with us always. But leaving something behind for remembrance is the reason so many poets capture their thoughts, so that their words will live long after they are gone. That is the case here and something he was able to for see captured in the poem, "In The Event Of My Demise." What I was most struck by is, so many of the poems in this book show a side of Tupac that wasn't his public persona. Making it a must for his true fans. He's philosophical, sensitive, at times angry but what perhaps a lot of us didn't see, loving and caring in a romantic way. I was struck by some of the things he chose to write about. Marilyn Monroe receives a very touching tribute relating to her rise and demise. Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, and later release and one he called, "Sometimes I Cry." Which ends with lines that we should all be able to relate to;

The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by
than 2 stop and c what makes u cry
It's painful and sad and sometimes I cry
and no one cares about why.

I've seen a few negative reviews here that seem to think this wasn't a great book, but I am looking at it perhaps from a different perspective... He wrote all this in a life span of 25 years... (19 years if I understand where these writings came from). And for me not only did I "Get" a lot of the things he was addressing, but it came across in a conversational tone. Not the first time, but the most recent time I read it. Which is another thing about poetry. Read it, walk away, read the same thing again, and you might see something completely different than what you saw initially. Some of his messages are straight forward, some are subtle but it is clear to me, with these earlier writings why he was able to eventually receive such world wide adoration. Some of what he wasn't really showing publicly must have been coming through in ways not readily visible to most initially. But that you will see in this revealing book of who Tupac really was.

A young heart with an old soul (A line from his poem), "In the Depths of Solitude"

He really felt he was two people as he refers to it in the same poem;

"This Duo within me causes
the perfect opportunity
2 learn and live twice as fast
as those who accept simplicity"

Highly recommend, both for content and a deeper glimpse into the man he was and the legend he managed to become.

Your Chance to Hear The Last Panther Speak

5 out of 5 stars

WOW October 20, 2008
this is another book that i've had for years and just got around to reading it. i'm sorry that i slept on this book, because it was really good. if you're a fan of his or not, you will enjoy this book and you won't think about him the same. it helps you understand why people feel the way they do about him and why he was such a great lyricist. everyone that likes poetry should read this book!!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars

it's a very good book September 28, 2008
This was actually a present from my girlfriend. This book is very inspiring and a good book to have. Tupac Shukur thus a rough and allaround tough lifestyle took it opon himselp to let his feelings be known in form of poetry. This book lets us know that even the "hardest" man has an emotional side, and that someone from nowere can become someone...just like a "rose can grow from concrete".
Kay Ruiz

5 out of 5 stars

Greatest Rap Poetry Ever Read August 8, 2008
This is a great book to futher understand 2pac and the foundation of all of his music but the book has to much love poems but he was young so dont hate. Just Open your mind and read and you will find something that stimulates a feeling of that you can relate to.

5 out of 5 stars

A Life Cut Short. . . again! July 7, 2008
A window into the mind of a 'rose' that was truncated too young. I think this collection of poems by 2-Pak showed the new direction that he was thinking of for those young men standing around on the street corners of our cities.

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