He is possibly referring to the changes that were brought upon after the African-American Civil Right Movement, during the 50s and 60s. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, racism (explicitly the reconciliation between the black and white races in America), the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghetto.įor his rendition, JK-47 enlisted the help of Bronte Eve, and reshaped the originals lyrics to haunting effect. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, racism (explicitly the reconciliation between the black and white races in America), the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghett.
Tra i pi grandi successi commerciali dellartista: il 5 marzo 1999 il doppio album ha venduto 5 milioni di copie certificate dalla RIAA e il 23 giugno 2011 ottiene il disco di platino certificato dalla RIAA per le 10 milioni di copie vendute. Sheet music arranged for PianoVocalGuitar in G Major (transposable). The track runs 4 minutes and 29 seconds long with a G key and a major mode. It can also be used half-time at 55 BPM or double-time at 222 BPM. It is one of his most notable and popular songs Changes was released on Tupac Shakur (stage name 2Pac) Greatest Hits album in 1998, two years after he was shot at age 25 in a drive by unknown occupants in a Cadillac. Wake up in the morning and I ask Myself Is life worth living Should I blast myself Im tired of bein poor and eve. In other words, he is telling the target audience that we got to start making changes.And while at some points in the song Pac is addressing both Black and White people, for the most part this track is centered on the inner-city African-American experience and is explicitly.Īndiamo andiamo Non vedo cambiamenti, mi sveglio al mattino e mi chied. Tupac seems to be trying to express the idea that changes needs to be made in order to put an end to poverty and racism that African-Americans face every day The changes Tupac is referring to in the title of this song are more ideological than actual. Tupac was trying to get everyone to realize what changes needed to be made to better the black communities and for them to fight back. You see the old way wasnt working so its on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.Īnd still I see no changes cant a brother get a little peac. Lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live and lets change the way we treat each other.
So its on us to do what we gotta do to survive. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police, racism, the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghetto. The piano and chorus are sampled from The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.