d him hate, and showed him that you shouldn’t adjust to society, and things you don’t agree with. Rather you should try and change what you don’t believe in, a theme that would hold true through all his life. Probably the next biggest influence in his life was his lack of a father figure. Many raps where filled with hate, resentment and longing for his father. His most touching songs where of his lack of a man in his life. He once rapped in a hit called Papa’s Song (1992), “Had to play catch by myself what a lonely site, a pitiful black, so I prayed on a stormy night, Please send me a pops before puberty the things I wouldn’t do to see, a piece of family unity.” He even stated on occasions that because of his lack of a father he was societies child, and what he did was reflect societies faults and good points. The saying that we are a product of our environment, was a motto to Tupac. Raised in insanity, a product of the projects and his poems and rhymes screamed that at sometimes deaf ears. Had he been raised in a higher class of living he probably wouldn’t have been a gangster rapper, however he would have shined through a different window. The crime he saw and acted out in the ghetto formed his views, laced his rhymes and gave him the point of view he had. He was/is probably the best product of environment example ever to be seen in the public eye.Impact on SocietyTupac’s lyrics, as well as his life, have had many affects on society. His words and his attitude raised strong emotions in all he touched, whether it be passionate love, or destructive hate. His lyrics preached of death, murder and scandalous living on top and political and religious revolution under the skin.. His lyrics of disobeying the police where even said to have caused a young black male to shoot and kill a police officer in Atlanta. The black male stated that such lyrics as, “they try to pull me over and...
