Some Of Tupac's Most Inspirational Songs

Honoring Pac's 43rd birthday with these uplifting tracks.

"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" - Pac originally dropped this gem as a B-side single to "Keep Ya Head Up" in 1993 and it was re-released in 1997 on the posthumous album R U Still Down? (Remember Me). A posthumous video was also released as Pac called for the streets to stand up and wondered what the pearly gates would be like for the boyz n da 'hood. Addressing social ills, Pac holds a mirror to America's face as he proclaims, "It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact, the penitentiary's packed and it's filled with Blacks."(Photo: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
"Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" - Pac and The Outlawz supplied another women's anthem here as they discussed a teenager's rape and deadbeat fathers. "For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me/Four n----s violated, they chased and they raped me/Even though it wasn't me, I could feel the grief," he spit.Straight to the point here, Pac and the Outlawz encourage men to treat women with respect, and let women know they should leave if it gets too hectic.  (Photo: Death Row Records)
"My Block" - Arguably one of Tupac's best tracks, the song was originally featured on the 1995 soundtrack to the hip hop film Russell Simmons Presents The Show. A remix version was also released on the posthumous 2002 release Better Dayz. Giving a rundown of all the 'hoods that raised him, Pac's mission was clear: He wanted to save the communities we came from but also knew about the hurdles and roadblocks. "Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers/Time changes us to stone, them crack pipes/All up and down the block, exterminating Black life."(Photo: Death Row Records)
"Until the End of Time" - This track was unveiled as the title and lead single in 2001 for Makaveli's third release after his death. With R.L. from Next supplying the hook and re-singing the pulsating vocals from the '80s classic "Broken Wings," Pac compared his life to an injured bird still fighting to survive and in his case the ghetto was Pac's roadblock as he tries to soar. "This all night money making got me outta touch, s--t/Ain't flashed a smile in a long while/An unexpected birth, worst of the ghetto childs."(Photo: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)"Never Had a Friend Like Me" - Pac dropped a blueprint of how friends remain true on this rolling till the wheels fall off hidden gem. Featured on the Gridlock’d soundtrack, Makaveli states his case with, "Just me and you evading enemies/Let you get my last shot of Hennessy/Ain't never had a friend like me."(Photo: Public Domain)

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"Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" - Pac and The Outlawz supplied another women's anthem here as they discussed a teenager's rape and deadbeat fathers. "For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me/Four n----s violated, they chased and they raped me/Even though it wasn't me, I could feel the grief," he spit.Straight to the point here, Pac and the Outlawz encourage men to treat women with respect, and let women know they should leave if it gets too hectic. (Photo: Death Row Records)

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