![]() ![]() An understanding of the hardships that were faced by African Americans in the eighties is clearly outlined in these lines when one takes the context of the song into account. ![]() In these lyrics, there is an understanding of the fact that the poverty and hardships that were faced were not a reflection merely of class but also of race. People who were born into the eighties were thus born into an environment of hatred that Tupac speaks of in his song when he says, Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place Suspended from school and scared to go home, I was a fool with the big boys, breaking all the rules I shed tears with my baby sister (Shakur). Many movements like the Black Panthers Party had recognized the rise of racism in American society during the seventies but could not do much during the eighties when it was finally dissolved. ![]()
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