It is easy to appreciate only the gangsta part of the song, but to me this song speaks a lot more:
When I get free, motherfuckers better watch they ass
Soon as I get released, I'ma clock some cash
'Clock some cash' - He has no plans to open a business, or be good at some skill. Those are thoughts for simpler people who haven't faced the ugliness of prison. 2Pac knows what matters in this world - cash - and how to get it - a job that requires little use of intellect.
Did some time locked down, but I'm back on the street
There'll be trouble when they see me
Prison came and went - now he am back. Yeah, he did some time now lets move on. I guess it was too painful, and now that he is out on the street, too grim and otherworldly to even try to understand it. 2Pac doesn't accept his position of a hardened criminal while those who sent him are free, and maintains his original persona. There will, indeed, be trouble.
These are lessons that I learned in jail
Rule one: fuck a busta he can burn in Hell
Isn't that true. As a child you start with a bunch of like-minded friends. Then you find some who cheat, then some who manipulate, then some who disappoint and by the time you are married it is you and your family. Nation, religion, community are for those who have the luxury of pride not yet trampled. For 2Pac it is just about him, and the rest can go to hell.
Awesome song! As I said, the gangsta part is the dress, the metaphorical part about being institutionally repressed and what happens after getting 'free', is the meat.
It is easy to appreciate only the gangsta part of the song, but to me this song speaks a lot more:
When I get free, motherfuckers better watch they ass Soon as I get released, I'ma clock some cash
'Clock some cash' - He has no plans to open a business, or be good at some skill. Those are thoughts for simpler people who haven't faced the ugliness of prison. 2Pac knows what matters in this world - cash - and how to get it - a job that requires little use of intellect.
Did some time locked down, but I'm back on the street There'll be trouble when they see me
Prison came and went - now he am back. Yeah, he did some time now lets move on. I guess it was too painful, and now that he is out on the street, too grim and otherworldly to even try to understand it. 2Pac doesn't accept his position of a hardened criminal while those who sent him are free, and maintains his original persona. There will, indeed, be trouble.
These are lessons that I learned in jail Rule one: fuck a busta he can burn in Hell
Isn't that true. As a child you start with a bunch of like-minded friends. Then you find some who cheat, then some who manipulate, then some who disappoint and by the time you are married it is you and your family. Nation, religion, community are for those who have the luxury of pride not yet trampled. For 2Pac it is just about him, and the rest can go to hell.
Awesome song! As I said, the gangsta part is the dress, the metaphorical part about being institutionally repressed and what happens after getting 'free', is the meat.