Tupac Shakur | Fallen Star
Despite any negative impressions you may have of the African-American rapper, Tupac Shakur (2Pac) was a poet in his own right. Whether his lyrics were put to music or not, it is clear that Shakur was an artist at his core — a fact that is prominent in all his work. Below, Shakur is said to have penned this poem concerning the prison death of Huey P. Newton, however, the poem’s lyrics can extend far beyond one person alone. Shakur equates the life of an individual to a fallen star, one whose light had potential to brilliantly guide others but was extinguished out of ignorance and hate. It is a perfect tribute to one whose rising and shining life was cut short unjustly.
Fallen Star
They could never understand
what u set out 2 do
instead they chose 2
ridicule u
when u got weak
they loved the sight
of your dimming
and flickering starlight
How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
this way u could not alter the course
of ignorance that they have set
2 make my people forget
what they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u r
and now I mourn our fallen star
–Tupac Shakur
Tags: death poetry, Fallen Star, Tupac Shakur
