Near the end of the song he mentions LaTasha, a little girl who never got to see the bullet but just heard the shot, then dropped. This is a reference to LaTasha Harlins, a 15-year-old black girl who was shot and killed by a shop owner in Los Angeles. LaTasha was unarmed and the shop owner shot her in the head while her back was turned, and the shop owner got a very light sentence. This happened only a couple weeks after the Rodney King videotape appeared in 1991, which increased racial tensions in the area. Tupac has often rapped about the oppression of blacks, so LaTasha's death and the light punishment of her murderer surely reaffirmed his perception of racism in the justice system.
Near the end of the song he mentions LaTasha, a little girl who never got to see the bullet but just heard the shot, then dropped. This is a reference to LaTasha Harlins, a 15-year-old black girl who was shot and killed by a shop owner in Los Angeles. LaTasha was unarmed and the shop owner shot her in the head while her back was turned, and the shop owner got a very light sentence. This happened only a couple weeks after the Rodney King videotape appeared in 1991, which increased racial tensions in the area. Tupac has often rapped about the oppression of blacks, so LaTasha's death and the light punishment of her murderer surely reaffirmed his perception of racism in the justice system.