OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE
IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARK THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US
YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD
THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU
WE ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE AS CHILDREN DO
IT’S NOT JUST IN SOME OF US; IT’S IN EVERYONE
AND AS WE LET OUR OWN LIGHTS SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME
AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS...
I WAS AFRAID IT WOULD BE A PYRRHIC VICTORY
IT REFERS TO THIS GUY NAMED PYRRHUS
PYRRHUS DEFEATED THE ROMANS
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS
BUT THOSE VICTORIES COST HIM A LARGE PART OF HIS ARMY
SO NOW, WHENEVER SOMEBODY SAYS
THAT SOMETHING IS A PYRRHIC VICTORY
THEY MEAN IT'S A VICTORY GAINED AT TOO GREAT A COST
I REMEMBER A DREAM I HAD
IT WAS A PERFECT PLACE
A PLACE OF INTANGIBLE BEAUTY
TO ME IT WAS HEAVEN
I WALKED THROUGH THE SAND
WATCHED THE WAVES CREEP CLOSER
THE FLOWERS ILLUMINATED THE AIR
THIS WAS THE BEGINNING
THE SUN HAD SET
AND I WALKED AROUND
FOR NOW IT WAS FORBIDDEN
THIS WAS MY ISLAND
I CLIMBED UP THREE WOODEN FLIGHTS
LAYERED HOUSE UPON LAYERED HOUSE
TO REACH A STARLESS SKY
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY QUIET
THE WARM ISLAND NIGHT
WITH THE COOL MIDNIGHT BREEZE
MAD ME FORGET OF ANY PAST LIFE
I WAS AT THE TOP
I WATCHED THE OCEAN REACH FOR ME
AND THE MOUNTAINOUS ISLANDS SIGH NEXT TO ME
I LISTENED TO THE SONG THE NIGHT BIRDS SANG
THIS WAS MY PARADISE
I LEANED ON THE EDGE
SILENT AND CAPTIVATED
BY THE MOON AND THE MIDNIGHT SKY
I WAS ALONE
FOR HOURS I WATCHED MOONBEAMS DANCE ON WAVETOPS
I FELT THE FOLIAGE AROUND ME SHIFT
COULD THIS LAST FOREVER?
WHILE WONDERING WHY THERE WERE NO STARS
AN ANGEL CAME TO VISIT FROM AFAR
SHE JUST STOOD THERE NEXT TO ME, SAYING NOTHING
I KNEW THIS FELT LIKE HEAVEN
SHE TOUCHED MY HAND
HER TOUCH TOLD A DEEPER MEANING
THAN ANYONE CAN SAY
WE JUST STARED AT THE WORLD AROUND US
SHE HELD ME SO CLOSE
I COULD SMELL THE THREE FLOWERS
AND THE SUN STARTED TO RISE
A HAVANA SUNRISE
THE SUN WAS GOLDEN
THE SKY WAS PAINTED RED AND ORANGE
THE WATERFALLS BEGAN TO SING
I NEED THIS TO BE FOREVER
I OPENED MY EYES JUST TO REALIZE IT WAS A DREAM
THE ONLY GOOD THING I COULD THINK WAS
I WILL SEE HER LATER
AND THAT’S HOW I FEEL
WHEN WERE TOGETHER
LIBERTY NEEDS GLASSES
EXCUSE ME BUT LADY LIBERTY NEEDS GLASSES
AND SO DOES MRS JUSTICE BY HER SIDE
BOTH THE BROADS R BLIND AS BATS
STUMBLING THRU THE SYSTEM
JUSTICE BUMBED INTO MUTULU AND
TRIPPIN ON GERONIMO PRATT
BUT STEPPED RIGHT OVER OLIVER
AND HIS CROOKED PARTNER RONNIE
JUSTICE STUBBED HER BIG TOE ON MANDELA
AND LIBERTY WAS MISQUOTED BY THE INDIANS
SLAVERY WAS A LEARNING PHASE
FORGOTTEN WITHOUT A VERDICT
WHILE JUSTICE IS ON A RAMPAGE
4 ENDANGERED SURVIVING BLACK MALE
S
I MEAN REALLY IF ANYONE REALLY VALUED LIFE
AND CARED ABOUT THE MASSES
THEYD TAKE EM BOTH 2 PEN OPTICAL
AND GET 2 PAIR OF GLASSES
2PAC
THE PRICE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
YOU GOT SERVED
BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT
BIG DADDY
NEXT FRIDAY
AMERICAN ME
BLOW
CRASH
HALF BAKED
HOW HIGH
"NEVER AGAIN WILL I RUSH A SUNRISE...I NOW KNOW NATURE WILL YIELD HER FRUITS TO ME ONLY WHEN I AM TRULY READY TO RECEIVE THEM...
SOMETIMES WHEN I'M ALONE
I CRY,
CAUSE I AM ON MY OWN.
THE TEARS I CRY ARE BITTER AND WARM.
THEY FLOW WITH LIFE BUT TAKE NO FORM
I CRY BECAUSE MY HEART IS TORN.
I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CARRY ON.
IF I HAD AN EAR TO CONFIDE IN,
I WOULD CRY AMONG MY TREASURED FRIEND,
BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT STOPS THAT LONG,
TO HELP ANOTHER CARRY ON?
THE WORLD MOVES FAST AND IT WOULD RATHER PASS BY.
THEN TO STOP AND SEE WHAT MAKES ONE CRY.
SO PAINFUL AND SAD,
AND SOMETIMES
I CRY
AND NO ONE CARES WHY.
~.:2PAC:.~
AS I SIT HERE, TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE, THROUGH MY MIND THOUGHTS BEGIN TO RACE, MY BROKEN HEART HAS A QUESTION OF ITS OWN. IT ASKS, "WHY MUST I LIVE THIS HELL ALL ALONE?" THE MORE I SIT IN THIS HELL THAT I CALL HOME, THE COLDER MY HEART GETS AS IT TURNS ITSELF STONE.PEOPLE OFTEN TELL ME THAT MY LIFE IS NOT ALL THAT BAD, MY RESPONSE TO THE, "THEN WHY AM I ALWAYS SAD?"NO ONE UNDERSTAND THE LIFE I LIVE TODAY, THE SUFFERING I GO THROUGH, THE THE PRICES I HAVE TO PAYI DON'T LIKE TO SHOW THESE FEELINGS, I ALWAYS KEEP THEM BOTTLED UP. BUT NOW THEY ARE BEGINNING TO FLOW, LIKE WINE INTO A CUP.I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR PITY OR GUILT OF ANY KIND, ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS ESTABLISH A PIECE OF MIND...