(Chorus) (Refrain) Come on come on Allez, allez That's just the way it is C'est ainsi Things'll never be the same Les choses ne seront jamais comme avant That's just the way it is C'est ainsi Oh yeah Eh oui ![]() More than 20 years later, it’s chilling to see how every lyric of the track still relates to our society today.Come on come on Allez, allez I see no changes wake up in the morning Je ne vois aucun changement quand je me lève le matin And I ask myself is life worth living should I blast myself ? Et que je me demande si la vie vaut d'être vécue, dois-je me tirer une balle ? I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black J'en ai marre d'être pauvre et pire encore d'être noir My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch Mon estomac me fait mal donc je cherche un porte-monnaie à arracher Cops give a damn about a n*gro Les flics s'en foutent des noirs Pull the trigger kill a n*gga he's a hero Appuyer sur la gâchette, tuer un noir, c'est un héros Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares Donner le crack aux enfants tout le monde s'en fout One less hungry mouth on the welfare Une bouche de moins à nourrir pour l'assistance sociale First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers Tu leur fournis de la drogue et leur laisses vendre leurs frères Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other Tu leur donnes des flingues te retires pour les voir s'entre-tuer It's time to fight back that's what Huey said C'est le moment de contre-attaquer comme un Huey disait Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead Deux détonations dans le noir, désormais Huey est mort I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere J'aime mon frère mais nous n'arriverons jamais à rien Unless we share with each other Si nous ne partageons pas We gotta start makin' changes Nous devons commencer à faire des changements Learn to see me as a brother Apprends à me voir comme un frère Instead of two distant strangers Plutôt que de penser que nous sommes de lointains étrangers And that's how it's supposed to be Et c'est ainsi que ce doit être How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me ? Comment le diable peut-il s'emparer d'un frère s'il est près de moi ? I'd love to go back to when we played as kids J'aimerais revenir aux jours où nous jouions comme des enfants But things changed, and that's the way it is Mais les choses ont changé, et c'est ainsi 2Pac and his army marching down the street cut into shots of the young boy learning to fire a gun. The music video follows a choppy display of imagery, all in a sepia tint, of a young boy (it’s revealed at the end that she’s a girl hiding her hair in a baseball cap) navigating his life after he watches his dad die at the hands of police. Spitting his frustrations with Black poverty and police injustice, 2Pac calls on his Black youth audience to join his movement of resistance. One of the many police brutality and Black Lives Matter protest songs 2Pac made, this one remains one of the most powerful. ![]() Still me ’til they kill me.” ( ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’ 1993) “So we live like caged beasts waitin’ for the day to let the rage free. ![]() We take a look at 10 of the best 2Pac lyrics that still remain just as powerful (if not more) today.ġ. He used poetry as his greatest weapon, turning his pain into art and creating music so powerful that his legacy has made him one of the greatest forces in hip-hop history. ![]() A fearless voice for the people, 2Pac fought for social justice, racial equality and believed in the idea of change. More than 20 years after his death, the trials and tribulations of Tupac Shakur’s life still remain culturally relevant.
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