Post #11

I listened to Tupac Shakur’s song Dear Mamma and was moved. Tupac raps about his mother’s devotion to him and his siblings. This song is first person narrative about all his mother did to make his life easier despite being a poor black family. His mother was single working hard and just trying to survive. The song parallels many of the realities that we have read thus far throughout the class. The song touches on poverty, single parents, hunger, and drugs. It is a sad song to listen to knowing Tupac has passed away, I couldn’t imagine being a parent listening to my deceased child’s message. The song is a great tool in discovering some of the things we otherwise wouldn’t understand. The message is a good one. Most of us have great parents that would do any and everything to make our lives better. We don’t often realize what we have until its gone so we need embrace our parents, and as parents do what we can to make our children’s lives happy and healthy ones. Sometimes we need a reminder, and this song did that for me. Thank You Mom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBGGV3YFMY