2pac，本名Tupac Amaru Shakur ，是说唱史上最伟大的歌手，没有之一。他的作品主要围绕暴力、黑人贫民区、种族主义、社会问题及与其他说唱歌手间争吵。tupac的作品反映了美国社会中存在的政治上，经济上的种族主义和各种不平等，他呼吁消除种族歧视，并提倡激进的暴力革命。Tupac的专辑总销量超过7500万张，至今让所有说唱歌手难以望其项背。
2pac可以说是说唱史上最具传奇色彩的歌手，他生于监狱，成长于贫民窟，没有父亲，唯一的亲人母亲长期混于帮派。Tupac的母亲一生都在为黑人的权益而斗争，她主张通过暴力革命来获得黑人的权利，常以革命家自诩。可以说，母亲爱丽丝的影响深深地刻在Tupac的每一个细胞里，以至于tupac说道“我一直在做母亲教我做的事，直到有一天发现她不能再教我些什么了”。从感人至深的《致亲爱的妈妈》就能体会到母亲对Tupac意味着什么。图派克是一个标准的美国黑人，在贫民窟长大，和帮派纠缠不清，痛恨白人所控制的国家机器。童年凄苦的生活养成了他孤僻，自尊心很强的性格，他很小就开始写诗，通过笔来干掉该死的苦闷，并在长大后通过诗意的歌词反映压抑、妒忌、痛苦、相互的欺骗、爱、欲望和愤怒这些不被主流社会承认，却真实的存在于每一个黑暗角落的社会现象。图派克一生充满争议，他一生都厮混在匪帮不能自拔，他呆在监狱的时间甚至比呆在录音室的时间还多，甚至他最好的一张专辑《反世界》就是在监狱完成的。图派克只在歌坛活跃了5年，期间他不停与其他说唱歌手争斗，他大骂主流社会和政府，却对贫民窟的黑人同胞充满温情，通过歌曲鼓励他们与命运斗争。黑皮肤是上天赐予图派克的，无法改变，而他却通过歌词消除了种族色彩，图派克大量的白人歌迷就是最好的作证。正因为此，图派克被称为“贫民窟的福音书”，“美国黑人的象征”。1996年，图派克死于帮派仇杀。
1.Ghetto Gospel ，贫民窟福音。图派克在贫民窟长大，他深知黑人同胞在怎样的环境中挣扎，混帮派只是身不由己。通过这首歌，图派克为黑人诉求，并希望自己能够成为贫民窟的福音书。通过这首歌，大家可以了解为什么图派克被美国黑人尊为神。
歌词：啊！
用贫民窟福音对付他们！
[合唱: Elton John]
那些愿意追随我的人（贫民窟福音）
我用我的双手欢迎
最终红日开始沉入
那金色的群山之中
安息吧那些年轻的斗士
无须用枪声来慰藉
[第一段]
要是我能重拾我混迹街头之前的日子
我愿坐者回想那些天赐的好时光
停下注视着那些年轻人我的思绪渐渐朝他们涌去
爱滋测试对他们来说是莫大的压力
现在一切都变了
每个人都以年轻为耻，由于现实是那么的奇怪
而对我来说正好相反我们留给了他们一个被诅咒的世界
那很残酷
因为任何一天他们都会扣下扳机
所有象Malcolm X和Bobby Hutton的好人都无辜地死了
告诉他们他们能得到眼泪，这世界变的阴郁
当你檫干眼泪后你就会把它看清楚
你没必要害怕我
如果你肯花时间听我说，你就会学会为我欢呼
这不关白色与黑色的事，我门都是人
我希望在它毁灭前看到曙光
贫民窟的福音啊！
[合唱]
那些愿意追随我的人（贫民窟的福音啊）
我用我的双手欢迎
最终红日开始沉入
那金色的群山之中
安息吧那些年轻的斗士
无须用枪声来慰藉
[第二段]
告诉我你看到那个老太太了吗，那不惨吗？
靠着推垃圾袋生活，可是她很喜欢她捡到的每样小玩意儿
这边有个小姐，塞车塞的她崩溃了，她还要生她的小baby啊！
这不是幻觉~它渐渐褪去
从油锅里出来我们又跳到了另一个奴隶制的国度
即使现在我也灰心泄气
怀疑他们是否会把一切还给我们，我仍会保持这份勇气吗？
我拒绝成为一个楷模
我有目标，努力将一切控制住，喝光我的这几杯酒
我曾犯错但我现在对每个人必恭必敬
说什么做什么
我打赌这个兄弟会变得更好
我要是不安你也别担心
别忘了，上帝还不想结束我的生命
我感觉他的手轻触着我的灵魂
当我写歌词的时候我闭上双眼让主行他的意
但是我还不够圣洁吗？
因为我选择了向伙计们吹嘘和畅饮
在我找到永宁的世界之前
我们最好先和平共处结束街头的战争
贫民窟的福音啊！
[合唱]
那些愿意追随我的人（贫民窟的福音啊）
我用我的双手欢迎
最终红日开始沉入
那金色的群山之中
安息吧那些年轻的斗士
无须用枪声来慰藉
主你能听到我的诉说吗？
他们已经付出了沦为地狱的代价
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http://f9.media.v4.skyrock.net/m ... a878863f8bc9690.mp3
2.Hit'em Up。图派克的成就引起了一大批人的注意，他们模仿图派克的风格，给图派克造成了巨大损失。对此，图派克愤怒了，他写了这首歌作为对抄袭者的回应：山寨者们，去死吧！
歌词：i ain't got no motherfuckin friends 我没有tm的朋友
that's why i fucked yo' bitch, you fat motherfucker 那就是为什么我*了你的女人,你这死胖子
(take money) west side!!(拿上钱)西岸!
bad boy killers 杀手
(take money) you know the realest is niggaz (拿上钱)你知道谁是最真实的黑鬼
(take money) we bring it to you (拿上钱)我们让你知道
first off, fuck your bitch and the click you claim 最后给我离远点,我要声明我干你的婊子
west side when we ride come equipped with game 当我们西岸到来的时候我们已经整装待发
you claim to be a player but i fucked your wife 你说你说花花公子但是我曾经干了你的老婆
we bust on bad boy niggaz fucked for life 我们这辈子和bad boy的混蛋干上了
plus puffy tryin ta see me weak hearts i rip 另外,puff想要看我心跳变的微弱
biggie smallz and junior m.a.f.i.a. some mark ass bitches 我撕碎自以为是的biggie还有junior m.a.f.i.a这些被划定目标的婊子
we keep on comin' while we runnin for ya jewels 我们不断前进,向你们的珠宝跑来
steady gunnin, keep on bustin at the fools, you know the rules 抓好枪,让它对着白痴们的胸前,你知道这就是统治者
little ceaser, go ask ya homie how i leave ya 一会停止了,去告诉你的兄弟我是如何离开你们的
cut your young ass up, leave you in pieces, now be deceased 戳烂你的屁股,把你切成碎片,现在你已经成了死人
lil kim, don't fuck around with real g's
quick to snatch yo' ugly ass off tha street, so fuck peace 快点抬起你丑陋的屁股离开这条街,去tm的和平
i let them niggas know it's on for life 我让那些黑鬼知道这是一辈子的
so let the west side ride tonight hahahah 所以今夜让西部掌控这一切哈哈
bad boy murdered on wax, and killed
fuck wit' me and get ya caps peeled, you know ... see ...和我作对你的帽子会掉落,你知道,看…
grab ya glocks, when you see tupac 掏出枪,当你看到2pac
call the cops, when you see tupac, uhh 叫警察,当你看到2pac
who shot me, but ya punks didn't finish 谁开枪打了我,但是你这白痴没有把我干掉
now ya bout to feel the wrath of a menace 现在你们会感受到我的愤怒
nigga, i hit em' up...哥们,干掉他们.
check this out, you muthafuckas know what time it is 听着,你们这些混蛋知道这是什么时候
i don't even know why i'm on this track 我不知道为什么我会在这首歌里
ya'll nigguz ain't even on my level 你们这些黑鬼和我不是一个水平
i'ma let my little homies ride on you 我将让我的小兄弟来管制你
bitch made-ass bad boy bitches -- deal with it!!婊子养大的bad boy的婊子们,解决它!
get out the way yo, get out the way yo 滚开,滚开
biggie smallz just got dropped
little moo, pass the mac, and let me hit him in his back
frank white need to get spanked right, for settin tracks
little accident murderer, and i ain't never heard-a ya 小业余谋杀者,我从没听说过你
poisinous gats attack when i'm servin ya 给你致命的枪击就是我在伺候你
下载地址：
http://16e.palco.fm/9/b/5/9/fredv88-hit-em-up.mp3
3.Dear Mama，致亲爱的妈妈。图派克用简单的词句回忆从小到大的事情，表达对母亲的爱，句句感人肺腑。虽然他的妈妈曾经坐牢，是个瘾君子，没给他幸福的童年，但图派克依然深爱着妈妈。虽然图派克长大后，厮混帮派，贩毒，坐牢，但这依然无法阻挡对妈妈的爱。血浓于水不过如此吧，大家听了这首歌有没有想起自己的父母呢？
歌词：When I was young me and my mama had beef
Seventeen years old kicked out on the streets
Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face
Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
Suspended from school; and scared to go home, I was a fool
with the big boys, breakin all the rules
I shed tears with my baby sister
Over the years we was poorer than the other little kids
And even though we had different daddy's, the same drama
When things went wrong we'd blame mama
I reminice on the stress I caused, it was hell
Huggin on my mama from a jail cell
And who'd think in elementary?
Heeey! I see the penitentiary, one day
And runnin from the police, that's right
Mama catch me, put a whoopin to my backside
And even as a crack fiend, mama
You always was a black queen, mama
I finally understand
for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man
You always was committed
A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it
There's no way I can pay you back
But the plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[Chorus: Reggie Green & "Sweet Franklin" w/ 2Pac]
Lady...
Don't cha know we love ya? Sweet lady
Dear mama
Place no one above ya, sweet lady
You are appreciated
Don't cha know we love ya?
[second and third chorus, "And dear mama" instead of "Dear mama"]
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair
No love from my daddy cause the coward wasn't there
He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger
wouldn't let me feel for a stranger
They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along
I was lookin for a father he was gone
I hung around with the Thugs, and even though they sold drugs
They showed a young brother love
I moved out and started really hangin
I needed money of my own so I started slangin
I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks
It feels good puttin money in your mailbox
I love payin rent when the rent's due
I hope ya got the diamond necklace that I sent to you
Cause when I was low you was there for me
And never left me alone because you cared for me
And I could see you comin home after work late
You're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate
Ya just workin with the scraps you was given
And mama made miracles every Thanksgivin
But now the road got rough, you're alone
You're tryin to raise two bad kids on your own
And there's no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
[Chorus]
[Verse Three: 2Pac]
Pour out some liquor and I reminsce, cause through the drama
I can always depend on my mama
And when it seems that I'm hopeless
You say the words that can get me back in focus
When I was sick as a little kid
To keep me happy there's no limit to the things you did
And all my childhood memories
Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
And even though I act craaazy
I gotta thank the Lord that you made me
There are no words that can express how I feel
You never kept a secret, always stayed real
And I appreciate, how you raised me
And all the extra love that you gave me
I wish I could take the pain away
If you can make it through the night there's a brighter day
Everything will be alright if ya hold on
It's a struggle everyday, gotta roll on
And there's no way I can pay you back
But my plan is to show you that I understand
You are appreciated
下载地址：
http://88.media.v4.skyrock.net/m ... c274c24af45a8fa.mp3
4.keep ya head up，抬起你的头。图派克由单亲妈妈抚养成人，他深知这些可怜女人的不幸，同时痛恨那些不负责任的父亲。图派克尊敬并同情她们，通过这首歌告诉她们：抬起你的头！不要理会世俗的偏见。
歌词：So happy today's the day
And things will turn around
I'm so over yesterday
And it's gonna come around
So keep your head up
Things are all right
So keep your head up
Things are all right
So happy to feel this way
And things are looking down
I can't help it anyway
it's not gonna keep me down
So keep your head up
Things are all right
So keep your head up
Things are all right
So keep your head up
Things are all right
So keep your head up
Things are all right
下载地址：
http://www.40calgames.com/music/ ... 0yo%20head%20up.mp3
5.Brenda's Got A Baby ，Brenda 怀孕了。Brenda怀孕了，这本来是个喜事，可对12岁的Brenda来说是个悲剧。图派克为我们讲述了一个发生在贫民窟的真实却十分悲惨的故事，Brenda生活十分悲惨，12岁就意外怀孕，受尽生活的折磨，现实逼迫着她不得不遗弃她的孩子，但母性让她最终捡起了孩子，尽管抚养孩子对她来说不可能。为了生活，她不得不去卖淫，她的生命也在堕落和悲惨中划上了句号。这首歌揭露了社会的黑暗和人性的丑恶。可以说，这种悲剧现在仍在每个黑暗的角落上演，这究竟是谁的错？大家可以把这首歌和上面两首合起来听，都是反映单亲女性的不幸。要尊重女性啊！
歌词：I hear Brenda's got a baby
Well, Brenda's barely got a brain
A damn shame
Tha girl can hardly spell her name
(That's not her problem, that's up ta Brenda's family)
Well let me show ya how it affects tha whole community
Now Brenda never really knew her moms and her dad was a
junky
Went in debt to his arms, it's sad
Cause I bet Brenda doesn't even know
Just cause your in tha ghetto doesn't mean ya can't grow
But oh, that's a thought, my own revelation
Do whatever it takes ta resist tha temptation
Brenda got herself a boyfriend
Her boyfriend was her cousin, now lets watch tha joy end
She tried to hide her pregnancy, from her family
Who didn't really care to see, or give a damn if she
Went out and had a church of kids
As long as when tha check came they got first dibs
Now Brendas belly is gettin bigger
But no one seems ta notice any change in her figure
She's 12 years old and she's having a baby
In love with tha molester, whos sexed and crazy
And yet she thinks that he'll be with her forever
And dreams of a world with tha two of them are together,
whatever
He left her and she had tha baby solo, she had it on tha
bathroom floor
And didn't know so, she didn't know, what ta throw away and
what ta keep
She wrapped tha baby up and threw him in tha trash heep
I guess she thought she'd get away
Wouldn't hear tha cries
She didn't realize
How much tha tha little baby had her eyes
Now tha babys in tha trash heep balling
Momma can't help her, but it hurts ta hear her calling
Brenda wants ta run away
Momma say, you makin' me lose pay, tha social workers here
everyday
Now Brenda's gotta make her own way
Can't go to her family, they won't let her stay
No money no babysitter, she couldn't keep a job
She tried ta sell crack, but end up getting robbed
So now what's next, there ain't nothin left ta sell
So she sees sex as a way of leavin hell
It's payin tha rent, so she really can't complain
Prostitute, found slain, and Brenda's her name, she's got a baby
Baaaaaaaaby
下载地址：
http://31.media.v4.skyrock.net/m ... cd7b1b95c0574f6.mp3
6.Pac's Life ，图派克的生活。图派克自己的回忆，传奇的一生！不管他做过什么，这些都只是印证他的唯一，没有谁能重新演绎他的生活。如今图派克早已离我们而去，就让我们通过这首歌找回关于他的回忆吧。
歌词：Pac's life
(Everybody need's to chill)
Everybody talking 'bout Pac's life
(It's Tupac the king)
What do you know about Pac's life
(What do you know? What do you know?)
(Only real niggas stay on top)
Everybody talking 'bout Pac's life
(Outlawz)
[Verse One: Tupac]
Started with five shots, niggas plotting to kill him
Never figured that, that same nigga sell five million
Hit the charts like a mad man nothing but hits
Court cases got a nigga facing multiple digits
Dodging cop cars look how we come so far
Picture a high school drop out
Rolling a double R
House full of happiness, weed and drank
Way out
So when trouble tried to find me can't
Never visioned living longer than my twenty first
Thought I'd locked down, cracked out or in the dirt
And though it hurts to see the change
It comes with the fame
Watch them gossip in this silly game
To all the motherfucker's speaking down on me this is the night
Why's everybody caught up In Pac's life?
To all y'all niggas
Conversating on my life
Mind your motherfucking business
[Chorus]
[Verse Two: T.I]
I remember that
Ay
What's happening Pac
Yeah I know we never to meet
But we know all the same people so we got to speak
You taught me first, fake nigga can't stop a G
And all the shit you went through
Meant a lot to me
But when they locked you up for for nothing it was shame to see
You we know the crack came and did the same thing to me
I get along with real niggas it's the lane to be
Talking loud out of pocket tryna bang with me
And so I pull it out my pocket let it rain you see
Now they all in the court room blaming me
See we ain't live the same life but represent the same struggle
Power to the real niggas death to the sucker's
Money over bitches, get to know 'em for you love 'em
Death before dishonour never talk to undercover's
Live by the same rules so I minus the tattoo's
With the same sort of dude with he same short fuse
[Chorus]
[Verse Three: Tupac]
I want money in large amounts
My garage full of cars that bounce
Moving my tapes in major weight cause every dollar counts
Busters is jealous and half these niggas is punks
They running off at the mouth till I fill it up with my pump
They jump my automatic keep 'em weary
While you fronting like you Billy Bad Ass
Nigga you scary
I been knowing you for years
We was high school peers
In Junior High
I was itching' to kill
And you was, 'Ready To Die'
While you bullshitting niggas was dying and catching cases
Busting my automatics at motherfucker's in foreign places
Leaving no trace, they see my face and then they buried
Bitches die in a hurry
Still I ride, I'm never worried
Mr. Makaveli tell me to ride and I'ma ride
Pick my enemies out the crowd
And motherfucker's die
It's not the way I wanna live
My nigga it's how it is
Only real niggas stay on top
[Chorus]
Why are all you niggas all up in my shit?
Tell them motherfucker's
Outlawz
Fuck all y'all
下载地址：
http://99.media.v4.skyrock.net/m ... 39b91136fc61039.mp3
7.life goes on，生活还在继续。图派克的哥们死于帮派仇杀，图派克通过这首歌纪念他。和一般的祭奠歌曲不同，《生活还在继续》曲调十分欢快，图派克甚至是笑着唱完的，但我想，此时他的心里一定非常伤心吧。“多少兄弟死在街头，请安息，匪帮也有天堂。撒个谎，如果我说从没有想过死亡，我的兄弟，现在只剩下我们，但是生活还在继续”透露着多少无奈啊，混在帮派的人迟早有那么一天，图派克甚至在歌词里说“我们都是该死的人”，既然朝不保夕，那就尽情享受生活吧，及时行乐。即使兄弟死了，也不要太伤心，因为生活还在继续，图派克不知道下一刻会发生什么，也许他走出家门就会被仇家杀死。但是图派克说道，即使自己死了，大家也不要伤心，因为生活还要继续，如果想我的话，就让大家在我的墓前尽情狂欢吧！图派克是个真正的混混，虽然对生死看得很淡，但这更多是一种无奈。“生活还在继续”，需要经历多少生死才能说出这种话啊！
歌词：How many brothas fell victim to tha streetz
Rest in peace young nigga, there's a Heaven for a 'G'
be a lie, If I told ya that I never thought of death
my niggas, we tha last ones left
but life goes on.....
[Verse One:]
As I bail through tha empty halls
breath stinkin'
in my draws
ring, ring, ring
quiet y'all
incoming call
plus this my homie from high school
he's getting bye
It's time to bury another brotha nobody cry
life as a baller
alchol and booty calls
we usta do them as adolecents
do you recall?
raised as G's
loc'ed out and blazed the weed
get on tha roof
let's get smoked out
and blaze with me
2 in tha morning
and we still high assed out
screamin' 'thug till I die'
before I passed out
but now that your gone
i'm in tha zone
thinkin'
'I don't wanna die all alone'
but now ya gone
and all I got left are stinkin' memories
I love them niggas to death
i'm drinkin' Hennessy
while tryin' ta make it last
I drank a 5th for that ass
when you passed....
cause life goes on
[Chorus]
[Verse Two:]
Yeah nigga
I got tha word as hell
ya blew trial and tha judge gave you
25 with an L
time to prepare to do fed time
won't see parole
imagine life as a convict
that's getten' old
plus with tha drama
we're lookin out for your babies mama
taken risks, while keepin' cheap tricks from gettin on her...
life in tha hood...
is all good for nobody
remember gamin' on dumb hoties at chill parties
Me and you
No true a two
while scheming on hits
and gettin tricks
that maybe we can slide into
but now you burried
rest nigga
cause I ain't worried
eyes bluried
sayin' goodbye at the cemetary
tho' memories fade
I got your name tated on my arm
so we both ball till' my dying days
before I say goodbye
Kato and Mental rest in peace
Thug till I die
[Chorus]
[Verse Three:]
Bury me smilin'
with G's in my pocket
have a party at my funeral
let every rapper rock it
let tha hoes that I usta know
from way before
kiss me from my head to my toe
give me a paper and a pen
so I can write about my life of sin
a couple bottles of Gin
incase I don't get in
tell all my people i'm a Ridah
nobody cries when we die
we outlaws
let me ride
until I get free
I live my life in tha fast lane
got police chasen me
to my niggas from old blocks
from old crews
niggas that guided me through
back in tha old school
pour out some liquor
have a toast for tha homies
see we both gotta die
but ya chose to go before me
and brothas miss ya while your gone
you left your nigga on his own
how long we mourn
life goes on...
[Chorus repeats to end]
[sung overtop repeating chorus]
Life goes on homie
gone on, cause they passed away
Niggas doin' life
Niggas doin' 50 and 60 years and shit
I feel ya nigga, trust me
I feel ya
You know what I mean
last year
we poured out liquor for ya
this year nigga, life goes on
we're gonna clock now
get money
evade bitches
evade tricks
give players plenty space
and basicaly just represent for you baby
next time you see your niggas
your gonna be on top nigga
their gonna be like,
'Goddamn, them niggas came up'
that's right baby
life goes on....
and we up out this bitch
hey Kato, Mental
y'all niggas make sure it's popin' when we get up there
don't front.
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图派克1992年正式踏进说唱圈，到1996年死于仇杀，短短的五年时间，取得了其他歌手一辈子达不到的成绩。他的身上代表着美国黑人在困境中坚强倔强生活的性格，是黑人的精神图腾。图派克一直通过歌词告诉歌迷不要混黑道，不要和匪帮有瓜葛，但他却深陷其中不能自拔，最终死在敌帮的枪下，不得不说是个讽刺。也许正是浸淫江湖十几年，他才知道黑道的危险与无奈，但是人在江湖，身不由己，当他明白这个道理时已经晚了。今天我选取了图派克几首比较有代表性又比较和谐的歌曲，希望大家可以通过这些歌曲了解那些生活在贫民窟的被遗忘的人们，他们的生活我们永远无法理解。
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