This song was actually a poem he turned into a song. My favorite song ever
@rebeltvr60462 жыл бұрын
Best rap song of all-time.
@obscure3233 жыл бұрын
This song is MASTERFULLY poetic.
@cjfrench54013 жыл бұрын
Tupac was incredibly clever for his age, just 25 when he passed
@derrellarthur31143 жыл бұрын
Crazy right? He was only like 22 or 23 when he made this song
@DarthVaderHeadButt3 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 90s and the whole time i was thinking he was a man in his 30's or something....
@derrellarthur31143 жыл бұрын
@@DarthVaderHeadButt bro 25 and Biggie was 24. But yes Pac was so intelligent and wise it was crazy. And if you think about it. He wasn’t around that long. He came out in 91 or 92. And got killed in 96. He was just a work horse music and movies.
@DarthVaderHeadButt3 жыл бұрын
@@derrellarthur3114 call md crazy but I believe he was assasinated because of his intelligence and intentions and it was COINTEL Pro that orchestrated the beef so his death looked like some dumb street shit
@JS-ri8qc3 жыл бұрын
clever is an incredible understatement. he was a budding revolutionary and the powers that be could not have that.
@Cqogpc3 жыл бұрын
“My every move is a calculated step to bring me closer to embrace an early death” dies at 25 from fatal gun shot wounds.
@erikrodriguez16093 жыл бұрын
Dis guy a loser bro
@skullbuster983 жыл бұрын
He did his best to make the most of his life and the time he thought he had.
@angelmorningstar10633 жыл бұрын
@@erikrodriguez1609 who?
@erikrodriguez16093 жыл бұрын
@@angelmorningstar1063 buddy ass
@borene71003 жыл бұрын
sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me!
@sexy_ol_school11013 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your view on this particular rap by Tupac, if you repeatedly listen to this rap you soon begin to learn that the pain depicted was real and sad and you begin to not dislike that it’s rap but a strong message of how one feels living in an environment of how one feels despair oppose to how those who don’t understands what that may be like.
@fredgreenhill28943 жыл бұрын
Tell'em Sis
@akwahed24 Жыл бұрын
Your reply is quite touching and informative. Actually helped me to explain how I feel when I listen to Tupac. Also how people see his music as rap and violent vs the pain and struggles one has suffered.
@46.56.A.4 жыл бұрын
Tupac's verse (the first verse) on Still I Rise is a brilliant example of poetry.
@Adrian1018823 жыл бұрын
Just as I was preparing to write exactly that, I came across this comment, and yes, arguably one of Tupac’s most poetic verses, and Jesus did he write some beautiful material, but that verse in particular shines immaculately. Tupac was born not to make it ...but he DID
@wmdee91033 жыл бұрын
Arguably the best verse in music history
@Humble-iq5ue3 жыл бұрын
Oh no doubt. The first verse is very deep.
@kyngdavid36483 жыл бұрын
*Most definitely one of Pac’s best verse, especially when he says ‘’Everywhere I Go Niggas Holler At Me, Keep It Real G....And My Reply, Until They Kill Me’’🥶*
@leejee883 жыл бұрын
music in the 90s people actually listened and paid attention to the lyrics where as today its the beat people focus on
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
Well I have a lot of work to do in this area myself!
@newera52382 жыл бұрын
FFAACCTTSS!!👍
@jesusflores21214 жыл бұрын
The Hamonica was a sample from Stevie Wonders "That Girl."
@PoteL-lr4nd6 ай бұрын
Thank you I was wonder why Stevie wonder is credited as a writer on this classic
@tamikawright86962 жыл бұрын
2PAC was and still is BLACK EXCELLANCE. He was a prophet. I truly miss him and love him. So blessed that he was my era.
@stevendunn25014 жыл бұрын
While rap relies heavily on a beat for rhythmic structure and que, one thing to remember with regards to Tupac is that he wrote his songs prior to hearing any beat. He'd usually write something and then be introduced to the actual beat and adapt it to the beat.
@mrcheckhammmer3 жыл бұрын
really?
@henryvargas29153 жыл бұрын
Real shit Steven
@OGXIV2 жыл бұрын
This is false
@OGXIV2 жыл бұрын
@@mrcheckhammmer no this is not factual
@rickyrichreacts96674 жыл бұрын
Since you are some kind of poetry guy, you should really check out Pacs actual poems. He has many of them online. They are amazing 👍
@TroubadourChannel4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Really? I didn't know that. I'll check it out. Thanks!
@rickyrichreacts96674 жыл бұрын
Kirk Barbera yeah just google Tupac poems and a lot will come up. Make a video on them. I’d love to see your thoughts on his “in the event of my Demise” poem
@kelseydortch7974 жыл бұрын
@@TroubadourChannel Berkley College actually has his poems as a course
@TroubadourChannel4 жыл бұрын
@@rickyrichreacts9667 I just purchased his book "The Rose that Grew From Concrete," on Amazon. I'll read through that and maybe do some videos on it in the future.
@aminatak19854 жыл бұрын
@@TroubadourChannel wow i will love to see you react to his poetry
@christiandavis53323 жыл бұрын
Rap means Rythm and Poetry.. Poetry but in a rhythm
@rebeltvr60462 жыл бұрын
Nah. Deejays were toasting (an African tradition of "rapped out" tales of heroism) over dubbed Jamaican beats. It was called "rap"
@kaaronhudson8112 Жыл бұрын
Idk what to believe now
@stevegutierrez78913 жыл бұрын
FINALLY somebody reacting to a song that doesn't pause it every 30 secs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There IS a God!
@branruss19424 жыл бұрын
Great perspective. Also, "Changes" is probably the one you want to do.
@seelenwinter66623 жыл бұрын
!keep ya head up" is a good poetry about his sight of women and how importent they are...
@devontenava17193 жыл бұрын
YES!! I would love to hear Kirk break down and anlyize changes....
@MADEKVSH3 жыл бұрын
Pac wrote Changes at 19 and recorded it later
@dr3wt9473 жыл бұрын
Just hear as much of PAC as you can please. And you will grow to understand and appreciate him way more
@mefigarcia1293 жыл бұрын
''Pain'' by 2pac will blow you out of the water
@cherylwilson87434 жыл бұрын
Tupac was an actual poet. It's worth checking out if you haven't already.
@vigilantbystander28002 жыл бұрын
This was the song that got me into Tupac. I grew up around people that listened mostly to rap while I mostly listened to alt music. Some time in my early twenties, I heard this song and it just blew my mind. It was hella real and hella deep.
@fitzgerald4343 жыл бұрын
Hip hop/rap told a story back then, and you could relate to it
@undergroundwes26823 ай бұрын
Tupac was one of the greatest artists of all time. Great review.
@isaiahm8834 жыл бұрын
Rap = Rhythm and Poetry
@brunoeduardo3393 жыл бұрын
RAP -RAP IS PAC
@alizeavila_4 жыл бұрын
listen to unconditional love by pac! straight classic
@rroobbify3 жыл бұрын
Great Great song. His most underrated in my opinion.
@HardcoreMotors3 жыл бұрын
You're incorrect about that rap is heavily focused on beat and music etc. Those things only came in heavy later when it became main stream- which it did because the music and beats helped make rap appeal more to the masses. In it's original form rap consisted only of spittin'. 2pac is a prime example for that. He didn't want any fancy beats produced for his tracks at all but he realized that he had to, in order to sell records. HipHop on the other hand is probably what you were thinking about in terms of being heavily audiovisual and beat focused. There's a difference between rap and hiphip.
@damionwise5070 Жыл бұрын
Props to Stevie Wonder's "That girl" on the harmonica.
@clydetheclyde25773 жыл бұрын
Unconditional love.. should be a good listen.
@TrueSake2 жыл бұрын
What people don’t understand is that 2Pac wasn’t a rapper, he truly was a poet. He just added music to the background as he recited his poetry to make money.
@SendaRoni2 жыл бұрын
25 When He Passed 22-23 When He Made That Song
@pimpmastaa1013 ай бұрын
Written by a 23 year old Tupac 🐐
@TroubadourChannel12 күн бұрын
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@antoniowoodget4608 күн бұрын
PAC was a Genius before his time GOD sent him here personally for a specific reason and short Lifetime to carry out a specific message for the world for the next thousand years today people still don't get what PAC was really about
@luisnieto32363 жыл бұрын
Hip hop is poetry in motion.
@barbararichardson29052 жыл бұрын
The fact that you are comparing rap to poetry speaks volumes!!
@manyamamohamed99373 жыл бұрын
Tupac was a prophet
@karlditz86314 жыл бұрын
Just listen to Tupac and he will guide your way through life.
@jakestepney83183 жыл бұрын
2pac "still i rise", 1st verse from pac is poetry in motion, with or without a beat, if those lyrics were released by anyone else outside of the hip hop community they would be lorded over. Its a shame that so much poetry, that comes with the stigma of rap hip hop music, is tragically overlooked.
@AweSomo843 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs of tupac
@MrZeroFksGiven3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad people take their time to listen his stories.he was more than a artist the way he spoke was from the heart and always got people to listen in every age.he was one of a kind
@lu_aveli8694 жыл бұрын
You can “rap” A Capella, the Beat is and always will be a selling to within mainstream. Love the reaction, 1st time viewer. Gained a Sub- from me 👍
@terrance757 ай бұрын
Tupacs poetic flair overshadows and enhances his beats. In those days it was more about lyricism than just beats.
@ausgamecollector3 жыл бұрын
Tupac’s lyrics are one of a kind in that you could listen to them without a beat and they’d still have impact. (In the case of this track, the harmonica is the most impactful to accompany his lyrics). In Tupac’s later days, he rapped A cappella or over very simple, unfinished beats much of the time. This was how he had so many unreleased songs by the time he passed.
@kpearson22052 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy if he was still here he would be in his fifty’s
@clayboyparti49594 жыл бұрын
2Pac If I Die 2Nite plz 🔥
@TroubadourChannel4 жыл бұрын
Will do!
@MADEKVSH3 жыл бұрын
I was 12 when this came out I related to that album so much that I felt he was speaking for me telling the world what it was like to be young and black I recorded this song off the radio ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
@shimronnetia3 жыл бұрын
love from Africa you good man
@JonathanSorenson2043 жыл бұрын
Really want to watch this video but damn do I want that t-shirt!
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
haha it's created by the strongman Robert Oberst
@inhumanjoey3102 жыл бұрын
Pac was the shit.
@redhotchilifan983 жыл бұрын
Just makes me so sad he was 25 years old when he was murdered im 23 to think he was 2 years older then me and had so much talent it'll neve be seen again
@ibuprofriends3 жыл бұрын
wait until youre OLDER than he was. mindblowing.
@dollarrecstapes2 жыл бұрын
Another song that does a really good job at painting a vivid picture of an environment is "Respiration" by Black Star. Highly recommended, with a lyric video.
@mray11973 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@FearDaReaper4 жыл бұрын
Wow. I'm so surprised with your initial perspective of that. Like I thought you would react one way and then you said about policy makers listening to it to help give them some insight and it kinda blew my mind. Such a great perspective
@njabulomkhwanazi62682 жыл бұрын
The title of the song says it all.
@GreyeHazel4 жыл бұрын
I had to study some Tupac in my poetry unit in highschool
@cajunscorpion Жыл бұрын
My dad isn’t a rap fan, but he loves this song!
@algram8541 Жыл бұрын
He was a Poet author genius
@felmaldonado6803 жыл бұрын
need to react to 2pac's LETTER TO MY UBORN CHILD
@aaron777glock4 жыл бұрын
Nas- I gave you power.
@TroubadourChannel4 жыл бұрын
Sure! I don't think I've heard that one before. Thanks for the rec
@eddiesanchez56723 жыл бұрын
I watched a lot of your videos, I’m interested to see your breakdown of this song with lyrics ; you gained a sub btw 👍
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jamedraa84723 жыл бұрын
Tupac also wrote poetry. I believe it was Vibe magazine that published them after his death. (I think his mother shared them).
@dipindersinghsaggu55442 жыл бұрын
When you think about it, Pac mentions The Lord many times in this song. Its like hes singing this song like its a prayer
@Unknownman-p3u3 жыл бұрын
The good dies young . 2pac and outlawz
@felixpalfreyman17354 жыл бұрын
I don’t agree it relies on beats. They accompany each other cos it’s music rather than literature like poetry. But u can have aCapellas
@Andy16av3 жыл бұрын
100% rap stands for Rhythm And Poetry
@TellMeWhenThisiSFinish3 жыл бұрын
I thumbs down because of that and a couple other incorrect postulations.
@KhawChing3 жыл бұрын
Listening to this back in 95 when there wasn't so quick a access to the lyrics like we have today. I sat there listening to the song over and over writing down each word until I had the lyrics (you know i HAD to have that CD). This left me with one strong impression of this song. The whole song feels like a man about to commit suicide reflecting on his life as he is falling to the floor, begging the Lord to let him in Heaven's door. He knows the result will be baptism in eternal fire, but every move has been a calculated step to bring him closer to a early death. Now there is nothing left. He's completed all the steps to get him here and now it's time to end it. Will I survive to see the morning sun? God forgive me because here I come.
@youngmulababy502 жыл бұрын
This song fucking slaps
@tonybrown73762 жыл бұрын
Suburbanites will never feel the feeling In This song, however for a person like me this song brings me to tears because it is my reality...all my friends died before age 21, gunned down in the streets...
@jai_sion3 жыл бұрын
2pac - Papa's Song
@wazanami3 жыл бұрын
Stevie wonder played the harmonica in so many tears.......
@luisnieto32363 жыл бұрын
He sampled it from Stevies song That Girl.
@patrickmichael27602 жыл бұрын
Pac on big screen you on small. Suffered through the years and she’d do many tears
@liy4hh4 жыл бұрын
You should do more of tupac🙂
@kristennielsen26014 жыл бұрын
I recommend Only God Can Judge Me by 2Pac
@Ash-uh2ot3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@n.o.vativesports8504 Жыл бұрын
The harmonica is a sample from Stevie Wonder's "That Girl."
@chevychase51242 жыл бұрын
Rap is poetry, not complex poetry but poetry nonetheless, original poetry/songs was the songs of Moses aka book of psalms
@luciferluci45704 жыл бұрын
favorite Pac song!
@myhoodgospel74594 жыл бұрын
You should do videos with lyrics on the screen so you can break it down better
@CarlosHernandez-zl6jz4 жыл бұрын
DMX - Lord Give Me a Sign. Please-Thanks.
@devantejackson5085 Жыл бұрын
"The white fans listen to my music just as much as the black fans" 2pac
@miguelhargrave74052 жыл бұрын
🐐🐐
@jamesrobinson57664 жыл бұрын
"Holla if u here me" by tupac
@guyfawkes92522 жыл бұрын
Hi Kirk, Can you listen to I seen a Man Die by Scarface? He was apart of the rap group Geto Boys and they also made an iconic song called My Mind is Playin Tricks on Me written from Scarface’s point of view being a manic-depressive sufferer and other verses relate to different mind states. Thank You! I’d love to hear your analysis
@diogofreitas90294 жыл бұрын
React to tupac ed gordon inteview
@TroubadourChannel4 жыл бұрын
Oh an interview. Very cool. Thanks I'll do that one.
@q66084 жыл бұрын
The interview with Sway is 100000 times better
@redknockz4544 жыл бұрын
Kirk Barbera thank u
@greyscale25393 жыл бұрын
Pain- 2Pac
@TheHumanBallsack3 жыл бұрын
Organized Konfusion - Stray Bullet Goodie Mob - Cell Therapy Outkast - Get Up Get Out Nas - Ain't Hard To Tell / Halftime Ras Kass - Soul On Ice (the whole damn album!)
@knutt813 ай бұрын
Rapping can be acapella. Plus, in 50+ years of the genre we've heard numerous artist that rhyme off-beat, intentionally. Try 'Jazz Hands', or 'Bloodsandwich' by Aesop Rock. Phenomenal acapella beginnings. And a must if you're a lyrics guy.
@TroubadourChannel12 күн бұрын
I’m actually starting to reconsider my views on this.
@backpfeifengesicht84154 жыл бұрын
Wished you would've went in more on the lyrics. That'd be interesting. Still liked it, gonna look out for more.
@33Levels3 жыл бұрын
With your poetry background, I’m curious what you would think of Aesop Rock. I promise it would give you a lot to talk about.
@geetee86652 жыл бұрын
I think your of on your analysis. Your saying they are completely different, I agree, in terms of categorically, music is not poetry, but writing lyrics for a song is not different from poetry, the beat provides a tempo, just as poetry is written at a certain tempo/rhythm, your assuming that if there's no beat there, the lyrics could not be rhythmic when said by the writer, but a acapella flow can create the rhythmic effect without a beat so it just comes down to tempos but essentially it's the same mental process to get deep, insightful, lyrics that are universally meaningful, or "poetic", and write them onto paper. So, it's not the same thing in the end, but the process to get to the end is fundamentally the same, if the rapper chooses to uses that style.
@sybo592 жыл бұрын
You’re completely misinterpreting what he said. The song, as presented, is NOT poetry. He was reviewing the song, not the lyrics taken in isolation, which he may very well consider to be poetry.
@geetee86652 жыл бұрын
@@sybo59 You have a fair point in terms of how you percieved my thinking process. Your just overlooking the point that if you deduce the reasoning behind his statement, then the thinking process will reveal the formula in which accuracy can be achieved. Basically, if he's aware he's reviewing a song, and not the lyrics in isolation, then what would prompt him to generate the idea of deciphering those aspects in the first place? Especially if he thought the lyrics were poetic if the were not in the format of music/song? Your logic breaks down right there, but your counter intuitive perception did give a shit to try, and that's commendable. To your point though, I did assume he knows wtf he's even saying, and that's a assumption, so in that regard, I'm wrong because I'm responding to distorted information, but, you don't know him, nor do I, so, therfore we can only deduce the reasoning of the given information. Either way, he's technically wrong, or, he's a imbecile. Good show🤗
@RollnFlowReactions3 жыл бұрын
The Rose That Grew from Concrete. The Book...
@TroubadourChannel3 жыл бұрын
yup I just bought it! I've been reading one of his poems each time I do a new reaction.
@drewroycroft3 жыл бұрын
Tupac was more of a prophet.
@wubanga65522 жыл бұрын
Gotta disagree with what you said about how Hip-Hop relies on the beat. You can go to MC circles and look up the videos of MCs freestyling without beats, just words flowing out of their brain. Nowadays "rap" (if you can even call it that) relies on the beat but Tupac was a real MC. Respect and Peace
@TroubadourChannel2 жыл бұрын
I have always been impressed by freestyle.
@malusintsele80313 жыл бұрын
Can u react to Nas - I gave u power. You will be completely blown away. Absolutely.
@randyharden32942 жыл бұрын
It's not a different art form, no two poems are the same. Poets do not have rules, because rules rarely have feeling..... Hip Hop comes from ancient forms of communication. It's poetry with music, that is the ONLY difference...........Hip Hop artist are story tellers.
@TroubadourChannel2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but that is just factually wrong. Until modernism in literature (early 20th century) there very much was rules in poetry. There were metrical rules as well as form rules. Even blank verse had rules, they just didn't have lines that ended in a rhyme pattern. The idea that rules rarely have meaning is just ignorant. Throughout all of history from ancient greece to today the most powerful emotional artistic experiences came from a heavily rule based approach to art. Even in music, Beethoven and Mozart and Bach, Liszt and so many other composers followed and expanded on rules of melody and rhythm. They were very complex rules sometimes, but there was a definite form. I have no doubt that you have very strong feelings when you listen to rap. I am not arguing about ones personal experience regarding rap. In fact, there are many times I, too, have this emotional reaction. You can see it in some of my reaction videos. As I've said in some of my videos, Rap is definitely an artform. But what makes poetry a fine art is its focus on the sound and meaning of WORDS. Words words words words. And words alone. That has to be the primary factor for it to be poetry qua poetry. Many artforms can be "poetic." And they can be wonderful for their poeticism. But to study poetry as a single subject we first need to understand what it is in its purest form, and that is words words words without musical accompaniment.
@randyharden32942 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Have a great day.
@mahedhusayn3474 Жыл бұрын
foreshadowing
@aaronbennett74743 жыл бұрын
Im English so the laws where you are they aint like that here (thank the lord)....But the song and the words he says are TOO true and relatable too people from all over the globe...i like how there are 4 versus rather then 3...and the production is fantastic....Me against the world is the best album he ever did...I went too London with my mate too HMV too get cds....brought that album Too short cocktails and Spice 1 Amarikkkas nighmare....the total cost was 55 pounds but it was 95/6 so alot of money....but all we wanted too do was go and boom them on a cd system with dope speakers...all 3 albums are fly and guess who is on all three?? ....PAC....anywya peace. and god bless
@BeexDubb3 жыл бұрын
I suggest hold ya head by 2pac, it’s from his last album which he recorded a year after this song dropped, he reminisces about the year prior and the things he has gone through. He was literally living 100 miles an hour and gained wisdom even within all the drama. Ps. The music video is not interesting at all since he was in jail when it was recorded and they had to use b roll footage from brendas got a baby music video and stills from a magazine interview.
@ATTRAYU4 жыл бұрын
Bless up from London. Would love you to do damien marley ft nas - patience (Bob marley son) 2pac - blasphemy
@TheHumanBallsack3 жыл бұрын
Blasphemy is my joint.... also his unreleased gem "Reincarnation"
@bosconian9013 жыл бұрын
Harmonica sample from Stevie Wonder .. That Girl.
@chicanorapmaya62133 жыл бұрын
I like when he said I know my Destiny is hell but did I fail
@sikksotoo2 жыл бұрын
Just bumped into you, really enjoyed your breakdown and insight. If you have not checked out the artist Lupe Fiasco, I highly highly recommend him. Hurt Me Soul, Mural, Wav Files, many many more. Amazing writer.
@Jzarecta4 жыл бұрын
Immortal Technique - Point of No Return
@opengnosis85552 жыл бұрын
I like your thought on policy... If the "thought" thinks it, (like the mind already convinced the person is bad, and the place called Hell, was a place the the person thinking is already convinced exist for him and is waiting for him, so it's only a matter of time;) Once the thought is convinced, (it's going to Hell,) then every action by that human, good or bad in reality, is under the notion and willed by tge thought..."Hell is waiting for me." Imagine being preconditioned from the beginning "Heaven" is for you... 42 years old, and I reflect back on my conditioning everyday... Environment is the molder/sculpture of people. Encourage and reward the ill... Ill shit will happen everyday, all day around that person, even worse, spread.. Negativity is contagious. The 90's were all about adukts teaching the youth to be precarious, about telling them the consequences of behavior, and why to be precarious of that... And then 9/11 happened, and tge terms were no longer local, but global. Couple that, (partner that) with technology advancement exponentially... Well, I wouldn't be surprised if today's youth would look at the 90's, the reasons and policies of the 90's, as something very taboo, foreign, and just "OLD." Only a few years ago for those who lived then, but for todays youth, the 90's might as well have been 500 years ago... Making Laws that govern is just a signature with the quill on parchment taking only a moment, but dictating and affecting whole lives and environments of whole generations... Reforming that policy, getting rid of a bill or law past, takes almost 10x's the effort, time, and money to accomplish.. Anyway.. Thanks man..
@user-ux7pb3vm9d10 ай бұрын
I guess you gonna tell us how to dance to it as well.
@skyryze054 жыл бұрын
Although the videos are great I think certain songs would be better interpreted with lyric videos. This track being one of them. To be able to read the words while listening to the expression, tone and emotion in his voice makes for a more impactful experience of his music.
@SkemeKOS4 жыл бұрын
Lyric videos ruin if for me. I dont like reading along. I'd rather just let the artist do it all. Give me a video with nothing at all on the screen and Im good!
@DizzyMakavelli3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm Brazilian and how can I start to study poetry? Great video btw ..🔥