*Does "Changes" represent Tupac's experiences growing up as a black man?
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