These poems are from "THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE", a book of peoms Tupac Amaru Shakur himself wrote and I took a couple of the ones I liked and put them on here...Enjoy!!

*In the Event of My Demise*
In the event of my demise
When my heart can beat no more
I hope I die for a Principle
Or a Belief that I had lived 4
I will die Before my Time
Because I feel the shadow's depth
So much I wanted 2 accomplish
Before I reached my death
I have come 2 grips with the possibility
and wiped the last tear from my eyes
I Loved all who were Positive
IN THE EVENT OF MY DEMISE!
*Nightmares*
I pour my heart into this poem
and look 4 the meaning of Life
the rich and powerful always pervail
and the less fortunate strive through strife
MISTAKES R MADE 2 be 4given
we R 2 young 2 stress and suffer
The path of purity and postivity
has always ridden rougher
Your insatiable desire 2 find perfection
Has made your faults magnify
curiosity can take Blame
For the evil that makes you cry
It Isn't a good feeling when u disobey your Heart
The nightmares haunt your Soul and your nerves R
ripped apart
*Life Through My Eyes*
Life through my bloodshot eyes
would scare a square 2 death
poverty, murder, violence
and never a moment 2 rest
Fun and games R few
but treasured like gold 2 me
cuz I realize that I must return
2 my spot in poverty
But mock my words when I say
my heart will not exist
unless my destiny comes through
and puts an end 2 all of this
*When Ur Heart Turns Cold*
When your heart turns cold
it causes your soul 2 freeze
It spreads throughtout your spirit
like a ruthless feeling disease
The walls that once were down
now stand firm and tall
Safe from hate/love, pain/joy
until u feel nothing at all
When ure heart turns cold
a baby's cry means nothing
A dead corpse is trivial
Mothers neglecting children is daily
Loneliness becomes your routine friend
Death seems like tranquility
Sleeping is never pleasant
if u even sleep at all
u forget ideals and turn off the reason
2 make sure the product gets sold
You don't understand how I behave
Just wait till your heart turns Cold!
*What It Is That I Search 4*
I know not what I search 4
But I know I have yet 2 find it,
Because it is invisible 2 the eye
My heart must search 4 it blinded.
And if by chance I find it,
Will I know my mission is achieved?
an one come 2 conclusions,
Before the question is conceived?
Just as no one knows
what lies beyond the shore,
I will never find the answer 2
what it is that I search 4.
*The Fear in the Heart of a Man*
against an attacker I will boldly take my stand
because my heart will show fear 4 no man
but 4 a broken heart I run with fright
scared 2 be blind in a vulnerable night
I believe this fear is in every man
some will acknowledge it others will fail 2 understand
there is no fear in a shallow heart
because shallow hearts don't fall apart
but feeling hearts that truly care
are fragile 2 the flow of air
and if I am 2 be true then i must give
my fragile heart
I may recieve great joy or u may return it
ripped apart
*Tears From a Star*
My tears they fall with passion
Like tears conceived from stars
Full of brightness & energy
Seen only from afar
Tonight these tears are
full of pain but also I can feel
relief from my heart
Because the stigma is revealed
unfaithful and unforgiven
I cannot bear 2 let this be
So I must be pure
2 only her for eternity
*Why Must U Be Unfaithful*
Men!
u shouldn't listen 2 your selfish heart
It doesn't raelly have a brain
Besides keeping u alive
Its existence is in vain
"How could I be so mean,
and say your heart has no place?"
Because mortal men fall in love again
as fast as they change their face
I may be cruel, but think awhile about
The hearts that u have broken
Match that with the empty vows
and broken promises u've spoken
I am not saying females R perfect
Because men we know it's not true
But why must u be unfaithful
If her heart is true 2 u!!!
*The Power of a Smile*
The power of a gun can kill
and the power of Fire can Burn
The power of wind can chill
and the power of the mind can learn
The power of anger can rage
inside until it tears u apart
But the Power of a Smile
especially yours can heal a frozen Heart
(~*that was 4 Cookie!*~)
*My Soul*
It would be like a panther
asking a panther hunter
4 some meat, all
High school dropouts R not DUMB
All unemployed aren't lazy
are there R many days I hunger
But I would rather go hungry and homeless
Before the American Government gets my soul
*And 2morrow*
Today is filled with anger
Fueled with hidden hate
Scared of being outcast
Afriad of common fate
Today is built on tragedies
which no one wants 2 face
Nightmares 2 humanities
and morally disgraced
Tonight if filled with rage
Violence in the air
Children bred with ruthlessness
Because no one at home cares
Tonight I lay my head down
But the pressure never stops
gnawing at my sanity
content when I am dropped
But 2morrow I see change
A chance to build anew
Built on spirit, intent of heart
and ideals based on truth
And 2morrow I wake with second wind
And strong because of pride
2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my dream alive
*So I Say Goodbye*
I'm going into this not knowing what I'll find
but I've decided to follow my heart and abandon my mind
and if there be pain I know that at least I gave my all
and it is better 2 have loved and lost then 2 not love at all
In the morning I may wake 2 smile or maybe 2 cry
but first 2 those of my past must I say goodbye....
"I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven."~*Tupac Amaru Shakur~* RIP 1971-1996
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