Stoic Chaos

The stoic and chaotic skepticism of Tupac Shakur:

We probably in Hell already, our dumb asses not knowin it
Everybody kissin ass to go to heaven ain't going
Put my soul on it...

The preacher want me buried- why? Cause I know he a liar
Have you ever seen a crackhead, that's eternal fire
Why you got these kids minds, thinkin that they evil
while the preacher been getting richer you say honor God's people
Should we cry, when the Pope die, my request
We should cry if they cried when we buried Malcolm X
Mama tell me am I wrong, is God just another cop
waitin to beat my ass if I don't go pop?
Memories of a past time, givin up cash
to the leaders, knowin damn well, it ain't gonna feed us

It's hard enough to live now, in these times of greed
They say Jesus is a kind man, well he should understand
times in this crime land, my Thug nation
Do whatchu gotta do but know you gotta change
Try to find a way to make it out the game
I leave this and hope God can see my heart is pure
Is heaven just another door? I leave this here
I leave this and hope God see my heart is pure
Is heaven just another door?

Heed- from out the bible I read
See the meek shall inherit the earth
But the strong will lead...



What's the game
Lost souls
Who controls our brain?
Who can I blame?
The world seems strange at times
Somewhat insane
I'm hoping we can change with time
I'm living blinded

mercy is for the weak when I speak I scream
afraid to sleep I am having crazy dreams
vivid pictures of my enemies and family times
God forgive me cause it's wrong but I plan to die
need to take me in heaven and understand I was a g
did the best I could, raised in insanity
or send me to hell cause I ain't beggin' for my life
ain't nothing worse than this cursed ass hopeless life

Homies died in my arms, with his brains hangin, fucked up!
I had to tell him it was alright, and that's a lie
and he knew it when he shook and died, my God

They got me starin at the world through my rearview
Go on baby scream to God, he can't hear you

I was born an inmate, waitin to escape the prison
Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded
God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous

Dear Lord if ya hear me, tell me why
Little girl like LaTasha, had to die
She never got to see the bullet, just heard the shot
Her little body couldn't take it, it shook and dropped
And when I saw it on the news I see a busta killin 'Tasha
Now I'm screamin fuck the world ***


What is potent about Tupac is his possession of a keen perspective that is a fusion of defiance and courage mixed with skepticism and desperation at what he must face. He has no choice but to go there so to speak. His soul and his intellect are both strong enough to go there but the question is-is it strong enough to live there and stay there. Can one breathe in the abyss? His quest for truth could be explained by Nietzsche, "Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters." Tupac did not shrink back or hesitate to go to the dirty deep waters of truth and he despised the shallow waters where the babies wallowed in wishful thinking. Henry David Thoreau stated that most men live lives of quiet desperation. Tupac lived a life of loud desperation.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

Nietzsche