Respect! Reaction to Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up"

[@cuzzywalay1134]

He was only like 25 years old when he died, thats the craziest thing was this young man had the wisdom of a 60 year old man

[@WheezingBobcat]

Seriously, Tupac was 36 years old his entire adult life and never made it to 25. I still think of him as being older than me, and I'm 33.

[@goatfather5711]

I know 60 year old friends and family who have no way close to to 2pac's thought process, Watch the interviews and make your mind up.@@WheezingBobcat

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

@@WheezingBobcat Same. I've reached his level of intellect and I'm 10 years older than him. Crazy.

[@sergballz]

@@HittokiriBattousai17I agree, me too it’s crazy.

[@MrKelzKelz]

Fred Hampton was leading a chapter of the black panther and was assassinated at 21. These guys wasn't really old in wisdom it's the schools and pop culture has dumbed us down.

[@robpayne2918]

‘Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live’

[@torrencesmith1725]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rudyrangel5910]

It’s crazy how times have changed. 21 year old rappers nowadays sound nothing or hits like this. Definitely ahead of his time.

[@bobcam7256]

👍

[@TheGraveyard47]

You gotta ask yourself why and how did this happenm

[@sacred1827]

@@TheGraveyard47 Tupac was a one-off. It's a mistake to imply that he was representative of his time. I have no doubt most other 21 year old rappers in 1991 were dopes

[@kouamesamson9665]

I was raised by 2 PAC’s music. I was lost as a child and then dear mama was revealed to me like a miracle. Since then, I have understood what needed to be done, that was cared for my mother. From that knowledge, I became wise enough to graduate with 2 masters degrees. My goal was to care for my mom and my family, and I got that from listening to 2 PAC. Listen to « the rose that grew from the concrete », this men thought me how to be a responsible man. To this day I keep on listening to his music, never stopped.

[@cmrjc74]

Keep him alive ❤

[@Back_Shots_Whisperer]

You paused it at the part where he says “they got money for wars but can’t feed the poor” very important line. Just hoping you noticed

[@neosquid3755]

Best line in the song

[@emorylivers]

'Rap' is what you do. 'Hip Hop ' is the entire culture (fashion, dancing, slang, rap, graffiti etc) Great reaction! New sub!

[@hollymartin4717]

Those of us who were alive back then only know it as "rap"

[@emorylivers]

@@hollymartin4717 Back then? Hip hop is 50 years old. All those things I listed all started at the same time. Rap has always been only one part of the culture

[@NOT_TODAY45]

This is on like the top 100 most inspirational songs

[@JonathanGonzalez-jz4td]

Tupac - unconditional love !

[@stevenscheitler7755]

Yep great song

[@rodneyporter715]

A great man, with true conviction.

[@johnnydee6274]

Pac was also a super talented actor as well!

[@TheGraveyard47]

Tupac wasnt perfect, but he was the only artist at that time that actually resonated with me on a deeper level.

[@madmerk1sun]

Appreciate the open-mindess.Underneath all the layers,we can connect with Pac on some level.

[@devontoombs4141]

This was his early stuff which talked about black unity, inner city issues and politics. It’s a much softer and wholesome message. His later stuff was much more dark, violent and thuggish. Tupac had two different sides to him.

[@carameldiva5131]

He was a Gemini

[@janellebrouet4681]

@@carameldiva5131 he got shot up. imprisoned. accused of rape. he was broken

[@carameldiva5131]

@@janellebrouet4681 yeah I was around for all that

[@carameldiva5131]

@@janellebrouet4681 both the quad studio sh00ting and his subsequent death were music related, he was accused of SA and imprisoned even though the victim herself said he didn't do it but he was the most famous and after ALL he went through his entire life you still get vilified in the media, You wouldn't be angry too? Probably not

[@johnmclaughlan]

Thanks for this fresh unbiased reaction , I'm sure you will learn he wasn't and isn't like other so called rap artists he was more a poet . Yes he has some hard lyrics on some of his music but you have to think what he was going through , he knew he was going to be murdered by the industry he was in as he spoke the truth . If your reacting to more then I will happily join you for the ride

[@yoru4110]

yeah, he isn't like other rappers... how many do you know wrote actual poetry? "the rose that grew from concrete"

[@SurtaPhyde]

Hip Hop is a lifestyle; Rap is a music genre

[@HiPHOPx87]

Preach

[@Reverb664]

For PAC to have been only 21 recording this song is interesting. When he referred to his kids he was speaking from the perspective of a single mother. Unfortunately, he never got to have babies💔

[@bigb2494]

A lot of these lyrics were written in his teens, while he was at the Baltimore School of Art. There was a video of him in class reciting some of his poetry

[@williamdaniels4013]

I HAD THAT ON ANOTHER REACTOR'S CHANNEL ABOUT A COMMENT SAYING HE NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN OF HIS OWN.

[@louisiana318]

Prophet !

[@scottfree2430]

I honestly can say that I take joy in you listening to this. It seems you keep an open mind to it and you vibing to it makes it better. Thanks for sharing!

[@SCUZZI87]

You gotta do Tupac - changes !

[@raulgrijalva16]

“While the rich driving benz I’m just trying to hold on to surviving friend” the juxtaposition tho

[@cmrjc74]

I’ve felt every emotion this man has ever had… miss you PAC legends never die

[@mralfonzohoward5175]

I appreciate your reactions, and I understand your concerns about rap music 2pac is not like any other rap artist, as you can tell by the 2 songs you have reacted to

[@StubbyLegz]

I truly wonder what Pac would have to say about the whole red pill, men’s rights, pickup artist, incel communities that are thriving in 2024 😢

[@forty434]

true man ahead of his time 2pac 2024 pres

[@inkoinfinity2]

I wish this song's message would be applied to our world today

[@cunductur]

PAC gave props to Marvin Gaye. If anyone wants to know why, listen to 'Inner City Blues' and 'What's Going On'.

[@carameldiva5131]

Shed so many tears and Life goes on should definitely be on your review list!!!!!

[@terihenri7230]

Great reaction Geto Boys - Minds Playing Tricks on Me.. would be a great reaction. One of the great hip-hop songs dealing with mental health issues in the black community back when it was a taboo subject.

[@BC-go5yl]

I love your reaction. I like, and subscribed. One thing to note is when you pause the video is to bring it back a few seconds before restarting. You're doing a great job. Thank you. 💯❤ #RIPTUPAC

[@KhaaligWalker-vu8nx]

Keep ya head up

[@Charles-qm3mo]

Another Classic Pac, great reaction. Also, rap comes from hiphop. Hip hop is culture and has 5 original elements that are DJ, Rap, Break Dance, Graffiti and Beat Boxing.

[@kiddmobb4759]

Great reaction!...Tupac is the G.O.A.T and the fact that he would attack social issues noone else would made him so diverse please react to Tupac BRENDA'S GOT A BABY UNCONDITIONAL LOVE MOMMA'S JUST A LITTLE GIRL LETTER TO MY UNBORN CHILD

[@havok6280]

Me Against the World is my favorite Tupac album. All the tracks are great. Dear Mama is on that album. So Many Tears is another stand out.

[@dionisiocabral4197]

Like u said on dear mamma u can c y pac got die hard fans u got that rite he represented us the gutter Hope u enjoy pac and his great message one luv sunny

[@charkosflores967]

I agree the new suppose music is just one hit wonders . 2025 still bumping 2pac

[@iceYoni]

Love these Tupac reactions Unconditional Love is another good one New sub from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@carameldiva5131]

I am and always have been a HUGE fan of Pac's music/acting, but this song has helped me through some of the darkest most emotional times in my life as a single mother. It wasn't easy, but I made it!❤😊

[@leomamofokeng5104]

2 Pac - Brenda's got a Baby (music video)

[@azcarmerrero8405]

Love this reaction as well sweety, but why didn't you put the actual video?. This song is very special and touching. Pac was very diverse. Hip Hop is da culture while rap is just the music it self. Keep that beautiful smile and keep thom reactions .....God Bless love

[@joedoe2942]

RIP 2Pac

[@Reverb664]

It’s soooooo much pac was doing behind the scenes in communities across America that he just didn’t put a camera on cuz he was doing from his heart. I’d be here literally 10 years telling you. It could be a series in itself

[@isaachunt8159]

Made this in his early 20's he was so wise

[@dansdiscourse4957]

Welcome to this world.

[@alfonzojordan8395]

Listen to 2pac me against the world.

[@AdamBazille]

"Changes" best 2Pac song! You'll catch the song he sampled it from 100%!

[@poppystewart9206]

get ready!!!!

[@Downheartedxx]

great reaction

[@Gods_Chosen07]

He was 21-22 when he made this

[@olo_smooth_olo5606]

7:36 😂😂😂😂 same and I've been listening all my life. If you find out tell me

[@hellraiser1341]

You geniene.. ... Big up to you

[@spacleeast9419]

Fire

[@thedonfonz2481]

Hip Hop encapsulates a range of Music and Dance. Rap which is the generic terminology used which would consist of, but not limited to Gangsta Rap, Mumble Rap, Drill, Old Skool (80s Rap)

[@Cactusjuicevic]

I subbed because I loved your reaction 😊

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

Thank you!

[@jackross956]

Live in inner cities is certainly difficult with stagnant wages, rising homelessness and political issues. But it is particularly difficult for black youth and men who experience overpolicing and abuse. It is also particularly difficult on the black women who go unnoticed and become victims as well. These women love black men and have to suffer seeing the men in their be arrested and become another prisoner. Leaving single mothers to fend for themselves, 2pac's music spoke to a lot of those women's stories. He was a truly great man and artist, RIP.

[@shabiyahdavidson7342]

Please do Shed So Many Tears by Tupac. Am I the ONLY one asking for this song. Well, so be it, I'm going to view every Tupac video of yours and post my request on each and hope to see it in the future 😊

[@notofuspeed]

So Many Tears is imo easiest his greatest work and deepest song. So bleak and haunting.

[@carameldiva5131]

Nope. I literally just typed that and Life goes on 😊

[@AviannaThongni]

On my block, staring through my rear view, life goes on by Tupac you should react 😊

[@ewitha_kay]

His mother was a prominent Black Panthers member and was arrested facing federal charges while pregnant with Tupac. She was so strong and brilliant that she refused legal representation and represented herself. She was eventually acquitted because the prosecutors couldn't compete.

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

I watched her documentary DEAR MAMA (over on Patreon) and I found her to be an amazing person. So strong and inspirational.

[@adancabrera4861]

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor ❤

[@deezydayungdon]

To show just how much of a range Pac has on topics, react to Never call U Bit*h Again and Wonder Why They Call U Bit*h, these songs illustrate how Pac could use a Derogatory term Like Bit*h and get a point across to Women without them feeling disrespected. That was Pac's true Genius...He knew it wasnt just the words u used, but how u used them makes a 🌍 of difference.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

To add to what people have said about hip hop and rap, the two are intertwined. As you continue this part of your journey, you should check out Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, and pay special attention to the opening words. It was one of the earliest rap tracks, and the first to get widespread notice. I was 6 when I first heard when it around 1979.

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

I love Rapper’s Delight. It was my first introduction to rap. Well, that and Blondie’s Rapture. 🤗 i was about 10ish.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

@@RetroToMetroReactions Ah, excellent! Have you heard The Message from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?

[@dansdiscourse4957]

And lol you'd be about the same age as the older cousins who introduced me to Rapper's Delight

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

I don’t think I’ve heard it. But I do know the name.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

@@RetroToMetroReactions I recommend adding it to the list

[@jamesnorris2159]

React to 2Pac until the end of time love this song!

[@JoseMartinez-sq3qr]

Hip hop is commercial rap and rap is a kind of music

[@rasungod7257]

*Hip Hop is the culture, rapping is what the artist of the genre do when they get into the vocal booth.

[@miseenplace7296]

Before death row this man was so deep lyrically

[@williebrown3569]

Whats profound decades later he said since a man cant make one he has no right to tell a woman when or where to create one

[@arnellwyatt114]

You have to watch the video of this song as well. It's even better with it.

[@lilmik551]

Mam u should react to his revolutionary speech true tupac

[@RF-lg4rq]

Please please please do 2pac holler if ya hear me!

[@JonathanGonzalez-jz4td]

Tupac - changes !!! Please

[@CaddyJim]

There is different sides of *Tupac* this song like *(Dear Mama)* you reacted to have no curse words in it which is a totally different spin for his Gangster Rap that he's known for

[@georgecubie8560]

Hio Hop is that cultural dive & Rap is just that make it rhyme with a good beat! Thats just my take!!

[@leebutz4727]

I am enjoying your videos. You accidentally skipped the part where he says when it rains it pours "they got money for wars and can't feed the poor"

[@darylesells19]

What’s the name of your intro song? It sounds like something I’d have blasted in my car as a teen right alongside the Pac I was already playing. Great reaction btw, what can be said about Tupac that hasn’t been said? Love his music so much.

[@Snakeman612]

Keep reading to Pac videos!! I can tell it may not be ur cup of tea but u watch/listen!!! Tupac Shakur 2Pac is the greatest of all time!!! Such a shame he ain't here....The things he could have done

[@JoseMartinez-sq3qr]

Hello I am a new subscriber… and a Tupacs fan… you should have watched the video… back in the days rap videos were very important for the meaning of the song…. And just to let you know… 2Pac has still influenced several people around the world…. I’m glad you are doing this… even if it is late, or too late…. Remember to keep yourself alive, there is nothing more important than that…. As pac said… also music is music doesn’t matter from where is from… there is a song from Scarface feat. 2Pac after pac died… called smile… you should listen to that… and also go back and watch the video…. Like I said it is very relevant

[@CaddyJim]

When you pause you need to push the *Back🔙Button* before continuing to play the video because you didn't stop at the end of a verse so you missed he said *we have money for Wars* (then you pause & gave commentary) then you start to play it, he says *'but we can't feed the poor"*

[@gotemcoach2346]

7:09 If you don't do politics, politics will do you! TUPAC knew this fact and was ahead of his Game . Please do a reaction to DEAR MOMMA

[@monchito418]

PAC wrote this song after he was falsely accused of sexual assault or “rape,” as the white folks called it. This song was not a mistake, he knew he needed to write this song.

[@marquisebrooks9204]

Pac was amazing respect to you mam can you react to lupe fiasco song called madonna great song

[@nikkisatchel4699]

his music was a thing of beauty...it was a direct reflection of what he was goin thru in life...some songs were like this, some were party fun songs, and some were angry and venomous due to him getting shot and going to prison for something he didn't do, and some were political...u should react to his interviews before doing anymore music, so u can have a full understanding of who he was first, then u will understand the music and reasoning to the songs

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

Thanks. I was going to do a couple of interviews this weekend.

[@nikkisatchel4699]

@RetroToMetroReactions that's good cuz I u just do the music without knowing the background, it will leave u a lil confused...also keep in mind he died at 24 yrs old, so imagine being a kid wit the weight of the world on his shoulders...cuz folks love to question some of his behavior, forgetting what it was like between the ages of 18-24 just as a regular kid

[@gusmangaymambol]

He died at 25 in 1996

[@nikkisatchel4699]

@@gusmangaymambol 24 or 25, u get the gist of what I was saying🤣 but thanks for the clarification

[@jacobruiz7642]

He had alot of women he slept with n always used protection and never had kids, that bull*** about sometimes they don't work is an excuse. Tupak that's my brother right there he knows what time it is.

[@vincentwilliams71]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@trip9755]

Can you please do change Tupac is really deep and has a good message

[@Randomdude21-e]

Great reaction. Please react to eminem - when i am gone

[@CaddyJim]

Did you purposely choose the non-video to react to most songs don't have videos so when they're available you should react to them

[@pjohnwilliams6941]

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor

[@MrRooXs]

Listen to tupac they don’t give a f##k about us

[@travisstubbs6143]

Listen to 2 pac song titled Ghost

[@TimOMalley-ep3cg]

This song shows how were going backwards over last few years as far as respect 4 women, cuz everyone loves this song but 95% of Internet seems to just be ignorant hate towards woman, not to mention some recent laws reversed. Were going backwards. Classic song, but 30 yes later we don't treat women any better

[@davidcrescencio4483]

This is why I keep recommending Kendrick Lamar cause of pac

[@coconwa]

React to his : Me against the world,Ambition z a ridah, I wonder heaven got a ghetto, So many tears, Me & my girlfriend, Picture me rolling, Thug mansion, Teardrops in a closed casket, I wonda why they call you bitch, Hail Mary, Hit em’ up, Black Jesus , Do 4 love , On my block, starring thru my rear view, Still I arise , Baby don’t cry, Happy Home, Thug style , Ghetto Gospel , All eyes on me , Only God can judge me , Trade in war stories, Hellrazor, The bomb , How do you want it , 2 of the amerikaz most wanted , etc .

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

Wow! Okay... that's a lot. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks!

[@coconwa]

@@RetroToMetroReactions U’re always welcome. U can’t miss with any of those tracks. Cheers.

[@carameldiva5131]

Don't forget Blasphemy

[@GrainsOlam]

Reac To 2Pac - Only God Can Judge Me 2Pac - White Man's World

[@Plainolcountryboy]

T.h.u.g. L.i.f.e means The Hate U Gave Little Infants F everybody

[@forty434]

dear mama please check em out

[@forty434]

next time watch the video

[@zubenthungkingkikon1606]

You are cute mom, Madam 😊❤

[@sckragley13]

Great videos, but rap is rithum and poetry. That is the difference between hip hop and rithum and blues.

[@RetroToMetroReactions]

That’s a great way to explain it. 🤗

[@BlazedxRican]

To me rap has always been the bastardized version of hip hop. Its more crass and less of an emphasis is placed on skill and craftsmanship.