2Pac & Nikki Giovanni
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Additional context:
2Pac (Ft. Nikki Giovanni) - The Rose That Grew From Concrete
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The Rose That Grew From Concrete Lyrics: * Poems written by Shakur as ~ interpreted by other artists / You try to plant somethin in the conrete, y'knowhatImean? / If it GROW, and the and th...
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack
in the concrete
Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk
without having feet
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams
it learned 2 breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else even cared!
The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical) was written by 2Pac.
The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical) was produced by 2Pac.
2Pac released The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical) on Mon Nov 01 1999.
I think it’s a metaphor because roses need good soil (foundation) to grow, they literary can’t grow from concrete. Obviously, roses do not have legs so they can’t walk; Two nature’s laws have been proven wrong.
Tupac might’ve meant even though he was born in a project which is not a good “soil” for...
Striking…? If that is the word you meant, which image do you refer to? The album cover? The image given by the poem?
Album cover:
The cover features Tupac Shakur, exclusively and silently communicating that Pac himself is The Rose That Grew From Concrete.
Poem’s imagery:
Pac highlights the persevera...
“Rose” might be a metaphor of Tupac himself and concrete might mean the hardships that he must’ve gone through his life. It is uncommon and even biologically impossible for a rose to grow from concrete.
By the title Tupac perhaps wanted to say that even though he should’ve ended up like thousands o...