... crazy sh*t.". In the less serious song "I"m Back" he mocks the presumption that blaming music can relive wrongdoers of responsibility. "I take each individual degenerate's head and reach into it. Just to see if he's influenced by me. If he listens to music... he's an innocent victim, and becomes a puppet ... show the dark side of popular drugs such as Ecstacy. "Let the X destroy our spinal cord so it's not a straight line no more.", he sings, giving a hint to the future of a user. Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001 the country needed a way to lighten up about what they"d be...

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... . Then, in 1992, during a confrontation with old acquaintances at a festival celebrating Marin City's fiftieth anniversary, a 6-year-old boy was shot in the head. No criminal charges have been filed against Tupac, but a civil-suit is pending. Later that year, a Texas woman filed a multimillion dollar civil suit against ... who is mistreated by another man: "I refuse to give up / Because I believe in what we share / You"re living in prison / And what he's giving can't compare." "I Ain't Mad at Cha," All Eyez on Me (Death Row/Interscope): Despite the "Forget it All" persona he often project...

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