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How does "Dear Mama" describe Tupac's childhood?

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How does "Dear Mama" describe Tupac's childhood? Tupac's song "Dear Mama" describes his relationship with his single mother and siblings. He sings about his younger years,   " When I was young, me and my mama had beef, S eventeen years old, kicked out on the streets". He further sings about the hard time he gave his mother, "  Suspended from school, and scared to go home, I was a fool,  With the big boys breakin' all the rules".  In these lines, Tupac describes himself as young and dumb, following the big boys, as he didn't have a male role model in his life. He calls his dad a "coward" for not being there, and providing him with love, therefore he "   hung around with the thugs", " And even though they sold drugs, T hey showed a young brother love". He talks about being caught up in that life of selling drugs to earn money, even though what he was doing was illegal, he wanted to give back to his mom
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*Does "Changes" represent Tupac's experiences growing up as a black man?

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                            Does "Changes" represent Tupac's experiences growing up as a black man? The song Changes, by Tupac, shows the dark side of growing up as a black man, by shedding light on the hardships and racial injustice Tupac and other black people have had to face.  Tupac starts off by singing, " I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself. I s life worth livin'? Should I blast myself?", he shows the thought process some black people go through, wondering how they will overcome the challenges they are faced with? He sings about fighting to survive, stealing, and selling drugs to his "brothers" in order to feed himself, in these lines " My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch,  "I made a G today, " but you made it in a sleazy way". Tupac also sings " Cops give a damn about a negro,  Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero", i n this line he sings about racial in
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