... .". That determination and seriousness would serve him well for the roller coaster ride that was to come. "I do know one thing though, bitc*es they come they go... maybe I"ll love you one day, maybe we"ll someday grow..."- "Superman" from "The Eminem Show" The focus of many of Eminem's most passionate, brutal, and moving songs have been inspired by the ... year 2000 it sold upwards of eight million copies, more than any other artist that year, aside from Nsync (Wood, Douglas: pg.3). "Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me!"- "The Real Slim Shady" from "The Marshall...

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... album "All Eyez on Me" which was released seven months before his "death", he says "Bury me smiling, with G's (money) in my pocket, have a party at my funeral let every rapper rock it, let the hoes that I used to know from way before kiss me from my head to my toes, give me a paper and pen ... his friends because he will not be caught? It is believed that Tupac is behind the assassination of The Notorious B.I.G., which would certainly co-incide with these lyrics. " A general in war, I"m the first to bomb, with a squad of trusted killers, quick to move shit, heavily armed-. His reference t...

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... . "But why be a thug?" was heard from a member of his audience. "Because if I don't, I"ll lose everything I have. Who else is going to love me but the thugs?" Tupac's raps are part screaming, part preaching, part talking of others. The music is dense and, at times, so loud it drowns out the ... that I understand. / You are appreciated." "Keep Ya Head Up," Strictly for my N*ggaz (Interscope): With a kind of compassion that is rare from any performer - let alone a gangster rapper - 2Pac advises: "Be real to our women And if we don't we"ll have a race of babies / Who hate the ladies / That ...

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... he had been writing poems and Ray asked him to sing one (Hopkins, p.60). When he had finished Ray said those were the best lyrics he had ever heard and he suggested they start a band. Jim said it was precisely what he had in mind (Hopkins, p.60). In ... introduced her to psychedelic drugs and poetry. Although he was not faithful, it was to Pamela he returned time after time, pledging his eternal love. They were, he said, cosmic mates (Hopkins, p.69). Pamela and Jim argued consistently about Pamela wanting him to spend a quiet evening ... misadventures and stimulus seeking. As an adult...

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