Changes Tupac Analysis

The Role of Protest Music The harmonious song Changes was written by Tupac Shakur. Changes was written during his tenure with Interscope records in 1992. It was produced by Deon Evans, who had worked with Shakur on various other songs. After the tragic shooting death of Tupac, the song was remixed with the song That’s The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby. Shakur was notorious for rapping on the unjust that was going on in America during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This song had such a great impact on the listener because it was so raw and exactly what many listeners needed around this time. Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem on June 16 1971. His father, mother and numerous family members were active with the Black Panthers, a black revolutionary socialist organization in the United States from 1966 until 1982. Society around him, especially in the black communities of America, influenced Tupac’s music. After a high speed chase in March 1991, the police brutally beat Rodney King. A bystander recorded the incident and this footage was used as evidence in court for the cases of the four Caucasian police officers. The trial took place in Simi Valley, a
He addressed the problems that was going on in that current society, and came up with a solution, thus causing a change. The problems were the hardships black people faced specifically police brutality. He expressed that the ongoing problems will not change until black people change themselves, instead of waiting for others to intervene. The following lyrics he states that every aspects of the black mind needs to change to produce success in the community: “We gotta make a change/It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes/Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live/and let's change the way we treat each other/You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive” (Tupac. Changes. Interscope, 1992.