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I was feeling U since "Brenda Got A Baby" / and "KEEP Ya Head Up"

Contradictory belief systems / made your path rough

 

 

 

Books by Thomas Long

Reflections of My Soul  Papa Don't Preach / A Thug's Life  / Cash Rules / Around the Way Girls

DVD:  4 Life ( a film based on the novel A Thug's Life)

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U  Made Sense 2 Me

(1971-1996)

By Thomas Long

In spite of the death threats

U walked proud and strong

it's only been a few years

yet it seems twice as long

 

Taken in your prime

from amongst your Nation of Thugs

Only us lost souls

could understand your brand of love

 

I was feeling U since "Brenda Got A Baby"

and "KEEP Ya Head Up"

Contradictory belief systems

made your path rough

 

Never giving it up

U made time stand still

U changed the rules of the rap game

with your lyrical skill

 

Only U could claim "Thug Life"

and explain it so eloquent

So many wannabe Pac's

done came and went

 

It's only one Tupac Shakur

to be remembered in history

Confusing to many

but U made sense 2 me

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posted 4/21/04

 

 

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