I’ve been having a bad week. Just one of those weeks,  ya know?  And, it’s not often I voice my displeasure with my situations, but today is different. I’m tired, shit just happened, and I want this week to be over. In case you didn’t know, I listen to Tupac when I’m feeling the way I am right now. I’m not going to go on and discuss why I love Tupac or why I only listen to him when I’m like this.

I started going through my playlist and the song below was the first to play. I can’t tell you how much this song means to me. It’s exactly how I feel: It’s just me against the world. That’s basically my mindset for everything. When I listen to this track, it brings out the little rebel in me. Tupac’s last verse speaks volume:

With all this extra stressin’
The question I wonder is after death, after my last breath
When will I finally get to rest? Through this suppression
they punish the people that’s askin questions
And those that possess, steal from the ones without possessions
The message I stress: to make it stop study your lessons
Don’t settle for less – even the genius asks-es questions
Be grateful for blessings
Don’t ever change, keep your essence
The power is in the people and politics we address
Always do your best, don’t let the pressure make you panic
And when you get stranded
And things don’t go the way you planned it
Dreamin of riches, in a position of makin a difference
Politicians and hypocrites, they don’t wanna listen
If I’m insane, it’s the fame made a brother change
It wasn’t nothing like the game
It’s just me against the world

One of the most poetic verses you’ll ever find. He doesn’t stop there, he finishes the song with one of my favorite quotes:

Remember one thing:
Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that
So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out
Keep your head up, and handle it

 

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