Black Woman: 4 Marquita
2Pac * Track #21 On The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Download "Black Woman: 4 Marquita"
Album The Rose That Grew From Concrete
- #1The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical)
2Pac & Nikki Giovanni
- #2In the Depths of Solitude: Dedicated 2 Me
2Pac
- #3Sometimes I Cry (Poem)
2Pac
- #4Under the Skies Above: After the Miscarriage
2Pac
- #5Life Through My Eyes (Poem)
2Pac
- #6When Ure Heart Turns Cold: 2 Kristen & My Other Friends Who Wonder
2Pac
- #7Untitled
2Pac
- #8The Eternal Lament (Poem)
2Pac
- #9Only 4 the Righteous (Poem)
2Pac
- #10What of Fame? (Poem)
2Pac
- #11The Shining Star Within! (Dedicated 2 Marilyn Monroe)
2Pac
- #12Starry Night (Dedicated in Memory of Vincent van Gogh)
2Pac
- #13If I Fail (Poem)
2Pac
- #14What is it That I Search 4
2Pac
- #15The Fear in the Heart of a Man (Dedicated 2 My Heart)
2Pac
- #16God (Poem)
2Pac
- #17Nothing Can Come Between Us: 4 John
2Pac
- #18My Dearest One!!
2Pac
- #19If There Be Pain... (Poem)
2Pac
- #20Things That Make Hearts Break
2Pac
- #21Black Woman: 4 Marquita
2Pac
- #22And Still I Love U
2Pac
- #23The Mutual Heartache?
2Pac
- #241st Impressions: 4 Irene
2Pac
- #25A Love Unspoken
2Pac
- #26Forever And Today
2Pac
- #27When I Do Kiss U
2Pac
- #28Carmencita of the Bronx! (Dedicated to Carmen)
2Pac
- #29Untitled #2
2Pac
- #30Love Is Just Complicated
2Pac
- #31Elizabeth: A Different Love (From B.S.A.)
2Pac
- #32I Know My Heart Has Lied Before
2Pac
- #33From First Glance (4 Michelle From Zap’s: Feb 1, 1990)
2Pac
- #341 for April
2Pac
- #35Wife 4 Life: Dedicated 2 April
2Pac
- #36Tears from a Star: 4 Me & April
2Pac
- #37March 1st - The Day After April (Dedicated 2 the Divorce of Me & April)
2Pac
- #38Why Must U Be Unfaithful (4 Women)
2Pac
- #39The Power of a Smile (4 Renée)
2Pac
- #40Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart): Dedicated 2 Renee Ross
2Pac
- #41Love Within a Storm (4 Elizabeth)
2Pac
- #42What Can I Offer Her?
2Pac
- #43Jada
2Pac
- #44The Tears in Cupid’s Eyes (4 Jada)
2Pac
- #45Cupid’s Smile II
2Pac
- #46What I See!
2Pac
- #47In the Midst of Passion
2Pac
- #482 People with 1 Wish
2Pac
- #49Hours Pass By
2Pac
- #50Just a Breath of Freedom (4 Nelson Mandela)
2Pac
- #51For Mrs. Hawkins (In Memory of Yusef Hawkins)
2Pac
- #52The Sun and The Moon (Poem)
2Pac
- #53Fallen Star (4 Huey P. Newton)
2Pac
- #54Government Assistance or My Soul
2Pac
- #55Family Tree (Poem)
2Pac
- #56Or My Soul (Dedicated 2 Moms, Dedicated 2 the Powers That B)
2Pac
- #57When Ure Hero Falls: 4 My Hero (My Mother)
2Pac
- #58Untitled #3
2Pac
- #59U R Ripping Us Apart !!! (Dedicated 2 Crack)
2Pac
- #60A River That Flows Forever (Poem)
2Pac
- #61Can U C the Pride in the Panther
2Pac
- #62Tears of a Teenage Mother (Poem)
2Pac
- #63Where There Is a Will.... (Poem)
2Pac
- #64Liberty Needs Glasses
2Pac
- #65How Can We Be Free
2Pac
- #66The Promise
2Pac
- #67And 2morrow (Poem)
2Pac
- #68No-Win (Dream poem)
2Pac
- #69The Unanswerable?
2Pac
- #70Nightmares (Dedicated 2 Those Curious)
2Pac
- #71So I Say GOODBYE (Nov 20)
2Pac
- #72In the Event of My Demise (Poem)
2Pac
Black Woman: 4 Marquita by 2Pac
Performed by
2PacProduced by
2PacWrited by
2PacAbout
This, we presume, was written during Shakur’s formative teen years (possibly Baltimore days or some years after). He writes about neighborhood girl, Marquita, who embodies strength (we assume she’s an African-American woman).
Some critics may say that this poem passage falls into the cultural arche...
Black Woman: 4 Marquita Annotated
The day I met u I saw strength
and I knew from that point on
that u were pure woman 2 me
possessing a spirit that was strong
I want smiles 2 replace the sorrow
that u have encountered in the past
and since it was strength that attracted me 2 u
it will take strength 2 make it last
My negative side will attempt 2 change u
but please fight that with your all
it will be your strength that keep us both standing
while others around us fall