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13.09.2009 - Thirteen years since the unfortunate demise of Tupac Amaru Shakur-undoutably one of the great poets of our time.And thirteen years after his voice and his message echo louder than ever.And it seems now more people open their eye to the true mission of his music as he put it himself: "It's time for us as people to start making some changes.Let's change the way we live,let's change the way we eat.And let's change the way we treat each other.See,the old way isn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do.To survive!"

Who was Tupac Amaru Shakur?Was he the man who shouted thug life and gave the middle finger after being vindicated of false rape charges?Or was he the man that on his way to the Grammy's in 1995 stoped by a himeless man,talked to him for 30 minutes and gave him 2000 dollars?Was he the man who sang "Fuck the police!",or the man who said "Time to question our lifestyle, look how we live"?Deiced for yourself.

But I will tell you who he was for sure.Tupac Amaru Shakur was the voice of a generation,a man who took hip-hop as the weapon against injustice that it is instead of a tool for bragging, and tried to brick his part of a better world.He was the man who organized free concerts in schools and the only way to get in was to have at least average in class. He was the reciepient of a dying kid's final wish letter to meet him.And he was the man who replied instantly,cancelled all his business and flew right over.He followed the kid until his death and afterwards created a publishing house called "Joshua's Dream" in homage to him.Tupac was the man who on a Thanksgiving one year gave away 400,000 dollars worth of Turkey to poor and homeless people.Anonymosly!Once in his early teens he danced for four hours with an old lady that no one seemed to care about.2pac was going to take his flight in JFK when he heard on radio that a young girl had been attacked by a dog. He decided to give up his flight and go see the girl in a local hospital. He kept contact with her until his death.He was the artist who sold more records posthumously than when he was alive totaling his sales to around 75 million albums to death making him one of the highest selling musicioans of all time.Tupac's poetry is being studied at US universities for 6-7 years now.

And Tupac Amaru Shakur was the man who said "Don't cry for me,I wasn't happy here!"

The world needs more people like Tupac!

(c) Outspoken Poet