Tupac Interlude - Tupac Shakur: The Rose That Grew From Concrete, Vol.1

[Tupac Shakur] Right now, it is it is almost.. it is almost uhh, IMPOSSIBLE for you not to see how strong rap has gotten Y'knowhatI'msayin, it's it's like umm.. our our brothers and sisters, our youths, and some of our adults their ear is PINNED to rap music right now And if you really wanna get our message out and really wanna start teachin, we need to start doin that We we really need to start usin, our methods, y'knowhatI'msayin? The Last Poets did it with poetry And uhh, and and.. even in our history from a ancient Afl- African civilization poets went from village to village And that's how, stories and messages and lessons were taught Y'knowhatI'mssayin, and so like you say, history repeats itself And so.. it it was, it was.. at it was, y'know obvious It was, pick it up, y'know? Bein the race that we are, bein the strong race that we are We picked it up, we picked up those positive, those positive vibes and we started rappin and so I think it is, it's a very good medium too