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I don't want to be that personal.

I don't want Tupac neverwould've performed anybody else's song or lyrics, but they were so...

Dear Mama • S01E01 • 2023

I don't want
to be that personal." LEILA: Tupac never
would've performed anybody else's song or lyrics, but they were so close
and so connected that when Tupac got the lyrics
out of the trash can, he was, like, "I feel like
I wrote this. This is me." RAY: He was, like, "Let me
do something with this." TUPAC: ♪ Shot up or shot down
With the bullet
That he bought ♪ ♪ Nine-millimeter kicking ♪ Thinking about
What the streets do to me ♪ ♪ 'Cause they never talk peace
In the Black community ♪ RAY: That was the beginning
of what ultimately became
2Pacalypse Now

Full Transcript

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I don't want to be that personal."

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LEILA: Tupac never would've performed

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anybody else's song or lyrics,

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but they were so close and so connected

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that when Tupac got the lyrics out of the trash can,

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he was, like, "I feel like I wrote this. This is me."

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RAY: He was, like, "Let me do something with this."

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TUPAC: ♪ Shot up or shot down With the bullet That he bought ♪

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♪ Nine-millimeter kicking

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♪ Thinking about What the streets do to me ♪

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♪ 'Cause they never talk peace In the Black community ♪

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RAY: That was the beginning of what ultimately became 2Pacalypse Now.

Duration

32 seconds

Views

45

Timestamp in Movie

00:32:00

Uploaded

Apr 17, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

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.