“Changes” By: Tupac Shakur Analysis

Tupac Shakur has always stood out in the rap industry since he has the ability to be poetic while rapping in a “gangster tone”. In his most famous song “Changes” Tupac was able to dominate his rapping skills while still being able to tackle the social issues African Americans Face. In the first few lines of Tupac’s song he has clearly allocated us to the content of the song by rapping “I’m tried of bein’ poor and even worse I’m black, my stomach hurts, so I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch”. These lines portray how the black people in America live in extreme poverty and are not given the opportunities or rights to do what the normal American can do. Also we can see that his African American jargon is used in his song to illustrate to the listener that he is not giving up on his culture or traditions. Furthermore, in the second stanza, the last word of the first two lines is a stylistic feature of rhythm (brother, other), which allows the listener to get tuned in even more into the song. The stylistic features used in the song are there to help back up the content and theme of the song. Additionally, there is use of figurative language in the fifth stanza where Tupac says “And although it seems heaven spent”, this portrays personification as it is representing an abstract quality. These Features aides Tupac to help us understand that his song is about fighting against racism and stopping people from treating others differently because of their skin colour or even because of their nationality. Tupac often repeats in his song the word “changes”, this means that he wants to portray to people to change the way they speak to more about equality and leave behind believing in stereotypes. Overall, this song conveys a powerful message of peace and unity African Americans don’t really obligate, and by doing this it will impact their community in a better way. Tupac through his song and chosen style, structure and language he wanted to impact society and how people view African American no a days to make a change.


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