Listen to this when
Changes
For when it feels like nothing ever changes 🎹
Who it's for
2Pac looks at race relations, poverty and life in the ghetto, and how stubbornly they stay the same.
Weary and frustrated→Understood and quietly resolved
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Changes" is a 2Pac song first recorded in 1992 and released as a single in 1998 from the posthumous compilation Greatest Hits. Built on a sample of Bruce Hornsby and the Range's "The Way It Is," it addresses racism, poverty, police brutality, violence and life in the ghetto, and calls for change and an end to violence within Black communities.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Lyrics about gun and police violence.
Age: Suggested 16+
One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings;W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Chapter 1
