Tupac Shakur was a famous African-American rapper who began his professional career in the year 1991. Titled 'Changes', the song is one of his most well- known and famous. Within this rap he aims to talk about some of the overwhelming confrontations he comes across on a daily basis being an African-American.
The use of tone and mood is demonstrated within the song as a way to highlight the societal issues Tupac experienced in his life. "I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black". This quote illustrates how much of a struggle life was for black people in America, because they weren't regarded as regular human beings who deserved rights. "My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch" is another use of tone and mood which proves how African Americans living in poverty had to turn to a life of crime just to continue living every single day. Tupac attempts to emphasise how poorly black people are living and the suffering they face throughout their lives.
A couplet is used to intensify all the drug abuse and poverty by African Americans. "I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way, Sellin' crack to the kids, 'I gotta get paid'". In the second verse Tupac raps about all the drug abuse that occurs because its just 'their way of getting by'. He refers to the use of drugs by children, because black people need to sell illegal substances to anyone in order to make money. These actions were desperate and sleazy but they didn’t have the opportunity to live a normal life or earn money another way.
The use of a metaphor is a strong way to accentuate the issue of war and death. "There's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East. Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do." There Tupac speaks of the controversial topic
of how African Americans are more targeted by police in America. He compares the war happening in the Middle East to the poverty African Americans are living in. The metaphor is used in an attempt to highlight the fact that the police were more concerned with targeting black people rather than bigger issues in the world.
The use of poetic devices within the song "Changes" by Tupac provides people with more of an understanding of the struggles he has to go through on a daily basis. It gives people insight on how badly African Americans were living and what they had to endure to continue living each and every day.
The use of tone and mood is demonstrated within the song as a way to highlight the societal issues Tupac experienced in his life. "I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black". This quote illustrates how much of a struggle life was for black people in America, because they weren't regarded as regular human beings who deserved rights. "My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch" is another use of tone and mood which proves how African Americans living in poverty had to turn to a life of crime just to continue living every single day. Tupac attempts to emphasise how poorly black people are living and the suffering they face throughout their lives.
A couplet is used to intensify all the drug abuse and poverty by African Americans. "I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way, Sellin' crack to the kids, 'I gotta get paid'". In the second verse Tupac raps about all the drug abuse that occurs because its just 'their way of getting by'. He refers to the use of drugs by children, because black people need to sell illegal substances to anyone in order to make money. These actions were desperate and sleazy but they didn’t have the opportunity to live a normal life or earn money another way.
The use of a metaphor is a strong way to accentuate the issue of war and death. "There's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East. Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do." There Tupac speaks of the controversial topic
of how African Americans are more targeted by police in America. He compares the war happening in the Middle East to the poverty African Americans are living in. The metaphor is used in an attempt to highlight the fact that the police were more concerned with targeting black people rather than bigger issues in the world.
The use of poetic devices within the song "Changes" by Tupac provides people with more of an understanding of the struggles he has to go through on a daily basis. It gives people insight on how badly African Americans were living and what they had to endure to continue living each and every day.