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?? Calling me a madman ♪ Because I'm strong and bold ♪ With this gunFull of knowledge ♪ ♪...

Dear Mama • S01E01 • 2023

�� Calling me a madman ♪ Because I'm strong and bold ♪ With this gun
Full of knowledge ♪ ♪ Of the lies you told ♪ Promise me emancipation
In this new nation ♪ ♪ All you ever gave my people
Was starvation ♪ ♪ Fathers of this country
Never cared for me ♪ ♪ They kept my ancestors
Shackled up in slavery ♪ ♪ And Uncle Sam never did
A damn thing for me ♪ ♪ Except lie about the facts
Of my history ♪ RYAN: It's amazing to me
because I would look
in his rap book. He'd have pages of poems
in between raps. You know,
he'd write a hard rap, then have a poem about a girl
he fell in love with, with hearts and flowers
and eyeballs all on top of it

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♪ Calling me a madman

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♪ Because I'm strong and bold

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♪ With this gun Full of knowledge ♪

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♪ Of the lies you told

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♪ Promise me emancipation In this new nation ♪

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♪ All you ever gave my people Was starvation ♪

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♪ Fathers of this country Never cared for me ♪

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♪ They kept my ancestors Shackled up in slavery ♪

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♪ And Uncle Sam never did A damn thing for me ♪

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♪ Except lie about the facts Of my history ♪

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RYAN: It's amazing to me because I would look in his rap book.

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He'd have pages of poems in between raps.

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You know, he'd write a hard rap,

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then have a poem about a girl he fell in love with,

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with hearts and flowers and eyeballs all on top of it.

Duration

33 seconds

Views

Timestamp in Movie

00:23:33

Uploaded

Apr 17, 2025

Season

Episode

Genres

documentary, biography, music

Production

Film Cellar

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Movie Summary

A documentary series which follows the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur and his mother, the Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur.