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[emcee] As author of a new book,
we today are honored that
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Ms. Shakur chose
Clark Atlanta University
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to share her spirit.
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If you will, please join me
in welcoming
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one affectionately known as
"Dear Mama," Afeni Shakur.
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[cheering and applause]
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[Afeni] A book, any book,
is a sacred item.
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So me, I worship
the written word.
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- You know? But...
- [loud applause]
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First, let me tell you
that I am not
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the author of this book.
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Very important to note,
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Jasmine Guy wrote this book.
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[Jasmine]
She was a brilliant woman.
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I love this woman.
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I love her son.
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There was an intellectual
curiosity that they shared.
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And a sense of
how to tell a story.
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[Afeni] In 1995,
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Jasmine Guy intended
to write a book about my life.
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[Jasmine] And this is all
the stuff, you know,
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the ugly kind of truth.
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All the ups, downs, abandonment,
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abuse, drugs, the trauma.
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[Afeni] I didn't want
to talk about nothing.
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It's just the way I was.
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[Jasmine]
Just because you adapt
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and push through something,
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doesn't mean your body did.
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Doesn't mean your spirit did.
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[Afeni]
It didn't come willingly.
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If I don't like the way things
are going,
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I will run away and leave.
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And Tupac confronted me
on that.
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He taught me
to not
run away anymore.
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And-- and that's him.
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He never, ever, ever
was going to bend his knee
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for five seconds.
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[Allen] So at the time that
Pac was 25,
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and he's scared of Suge,
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he's trying to
get off the label,
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But he's not saying anything,
he's not vocal--
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No, no, no, no. Scared...
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- to get off what label?
Death Row?
- [Allen] Yeah.
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No, no, no, no, no, no.
Let me say this.
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Two weeks before
we went to Vegas,
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Pac was on the phone,
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foaming out of his mouth,
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veins were busting out his
neck, his head--
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Threatened to blow up
Death Row studio.
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And he was fussing about
his music.
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He wanted his masters.
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[Jamal]
Tupac was done with Death Row.
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You know, he had fired
Kenner, the lawyer.
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He was really on his way out.
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[Jamala] He had
fulfilled his obligation.
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And that wasn't his plan
to be there that long.
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[Tupac] No doubt.
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[Jamala] He had a plan.
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[Tupac]
♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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[Jamala] Tupac had
a whole
life mapped out.
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And he was very happy.
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♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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♪ Where everyday we
Try to fatten our pockets ♪
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♪ Us niggas
Hustle for the cash ♪
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♪ So it's hard to knock it ♪
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♪ Everybody got they own thing
Currency chasin' ♪
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♪ Worldwide through the
Hard times, worrying faces ♪
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♪ Shed tears as we bury
Niggas close to heart ♪
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♪ Who was a friend
Now a ghost in the dark ♪
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♪ Cold-hearted 'bout it
Nigga got smoked by a fiend ♪
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♪ Tryin' to floss on him, blind
To a broken man's dream ♪
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♪ A hard lesson, court cases
Keep me guessin' ♪
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♪ Plea bargain ain't an
Option now, so I'm stressin' ♪
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♪ Cost me more to be free
Than a life in the pen ♪
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♪ Makin' money off of
Cuss words, writin' again ♪
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♪ Learn how to think ahead
So I fight with my pen ♪
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♪ Late night down sunset
Likin' the scene ♪
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♪ What's the worst they
Can do to a nigga? ♪
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♪ Got me lost in Hell, to live
And die in L. A. on bail ♪
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[Glo]
Tupac asked me to move
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from Decatur, Georgia,
to California.
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He wouldn't eat nobody else's
fried chicken.
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He say, I'll get you a house.
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Hell, yeah.
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[Tupac]
♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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[Glo] He was our hope
for a better life,
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a different life.
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[Tupac]
♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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He told us to bring his guns.
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We packed up every pistol,
every rifle,
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and we now set off to L. A.
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[Tupac]
♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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[Jamal]
During that same period,
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Suge was doing what he
could do to lure Tupac back in.
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[chorus]
♪ To live and die in L. A. ♪
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Even up to that last day of
the ride up to Las Vegas,
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where Pac didn't
really want to go.
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And he's just
guilt-tripping him.
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- [Suge] "Mike's playing
your song."
- [announcer] Mike Tyson!
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[Jamala] It was the fight night.
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So Pac is--
"Aight, fuck him."
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On our way to Vegas,
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Sunflower seeds, magazines,
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cigarettes, blunts, Sunkist.
You know?
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Checked in
at the Luxor hotel.
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That's when Pac decided that
he didn't want me
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and Kidada to hang out.
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We kept saying,
"This is like Robberween."
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You don't want to be out here.
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At this point,
Pac was always like,
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everywhere he goes, he need to
put his bulletproof vest on.
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Pac had just bought
all his jewelry,
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his dope Makavelli ring,
and the necklace.
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But Suge was
like, "No,
you don't need all that.
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You don't need all that.
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Come on, we're just gonna
go to the fight."
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Suge would keep saying,
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"Pac, are you behind me?"
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and Pac would be like,
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"Motherfucker,
yeah, I'm behind you."
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[chuckles]
Yeah.
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[Glo] The next morning,
my husband and I,
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we're driving through Texas.
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The ra
dio come on,
and it say,
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"Rapper Tupac Shakur shot
in Vegas."
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[reporter] While riding along
the Strip in Las Vegas.
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Shakur is reported in critical
condition this morning,
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in a Las Vegas hospital.
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Oh, God.
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[Allen] You guys good?
e] I want you to make me
look what I am.
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Don't make me look right.
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Make me look what I am.
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[Allen] Um, but I'm first
gonna ask you, like,
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like, whatever the fuck I ask,
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I'm a little goofy, Mike,
so bear with me.
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Go for it. Join the club.
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[Allen] I'm into the parallels
between you and Tupac.
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He's referred to you
as his older brother,
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and I feel like you're
the only one that can speak.
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to someone being from
where he's from, coming from
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the bottom, fame, fortune--
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going through all that stuff
you had to go through.
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Am I sweatin' like a pimp
with one hoe over here?
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- [Allen] I'm gonna say
to Boot to pat down.
- [laughter]
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Can I get a pat-down?
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You know, when it gets closer
to the fight,
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if the energy is still humming,
I'mma start perspiring,
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I start losing weight, I start--
I don't know.
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- It just happened.
- [Allen] Just off the mindset.
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Yeah, it happens naturally.
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Like I could be-- I could be
like having a bad day...
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having bad days.
And it just start-- boom!
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Everything's coming to set.
Boom!
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You know what
you have to do.
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My mind is working,
the elements are working.
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Everything is right.
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You know, I'm a gutter kid.
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I was ju
st a chubby fat kid,
that was-- got disrespected.
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I had pigeons.
I was raising pigeons.
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One day, um, these bullies
came to take my pigeons.
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I said, "Please,
can I have my birds back?"
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And this one guy,
was like, "No, you fat bitch."
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And he popped the neck off,
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hit me with the head,
poured the blood on me,
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hit me with the bird,
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then someone said,
"Fight him back."
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So, I beat the shit out of him.
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And when I hit the guy
and I dropped him,
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I started skipping.
Everybody started clapping.
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And I got-- Oh!
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I got addicted to fighting.
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[laughs]
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Everybody started clapping.
I got addicted to fighting.
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I fought every day.
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Fighting, biting ears,
and fighting in the...
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the legs on--
That was-- that was--
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Ah, I loved it. It got me high.
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It got my...
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I was, um...
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It got me erected.
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My dick got hard.
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Violence got my dick hard. Yeah.
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[Allen] You got off on it.
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I didn't get off.
I didn't come.
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But it got my dick hard.
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[ L'estasi dell'oro
by Ennio Morricone plays]
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[Allen] Wow.
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[Mike]
That's how much violence
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was a part of my life.
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You know, um...
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I'm a different kind of guy
maybe, than Tupac,
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you know, because I-- [stammers]
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I don't feel good saying this.
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You know, um,
that place,
the prison--
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I--I-- for some reason,
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I thrive in places like that.
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I was dark.
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Tupac was really a good kid.
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He had cause
and reasons to fight.
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He was just a beautiful person.
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I'm just-- I'm just selfish.
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We just wanna get
a lot of money.
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The only thing we want,
we only want jewelry,
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we want nice clothes,
and want to get high.
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If browns is in the house,
we sticking up everything.
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We're taking everything.
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We might even kill you.
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Isn't that true, George?
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[ann
ouncer]
It's showtime!
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[Jamal]
The atmosphere
is charged up.
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[Mike] It's chaos like
you can never believe.
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And... How
do I say this?
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[bell dings]
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I'm the baddest motherfucker
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in that element.
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[commentator] That's it!
It's over in the first round.
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[triumphant music playing]
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[Jamal] Mike Tyson destroyed his
opponent in less than a round.
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[Mike] I stopped the gu y
in one minute.
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Right after I get out the ri ng,
I hug Tupac.
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I tell him, "I'm gonna
see you tonight, nigga."
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I'm gonna be at 662,
I tell him. Boom!
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[screams]
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Give me some!
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I told you all we back!
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[Mike] After the fight,
Tupac is still in that mode.
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Hey, hey, hey!
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♪ When Tyson get in the ring ♪
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♪ He knock motherfuckers out! ♪
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♪ Well, that's what
2pac gon' do ♪
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[Jamal]
He was still charged up.
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Because the fight didn't
satisfy that
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gladiator-spectator spirit.
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I told you, everybody that
go to jail come out,
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they got good luck!
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[Mike]
That's very addictive.
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[Tupac] ♪ When niggas come
Against me ♪
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♪ I'ma knock
They punk ass out! ♪
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[Mike] If he didn't have anybody
to fight,
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he'll find
somebody to fight.
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[Jamal]
And then, Pac sees this guy
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and someone says,
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"Isn't that Orlando Anderson?
245
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The Crip that stole our boy's
246
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Death Row medallion
the other day?"
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Pac says, "He did what?
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I'm gonna go jump
on this dude."
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[Jamala]
Every time I saw it, I cringed.
250
00:09:39,985 --> 00:09:43,055
Every time I saw that video,
I cringed.
251
00:09:48,293 --> 00:09:52,231
I was looking at something
that was not real.
252
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You are not a gang member.
253
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How did you get here?
254
00:10:03,175 --> 00:10:04,476
How did you get here?
255
00:10:07,546 --> 00:10:10,382
What was you trying
to prove to who?
256
00:10:13,852 --> 00:10:16,021
How did you go
from believing this thing
257
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to believing that?
258
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How did you get the fuck there?
259
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Got caught up.
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[gunshots]
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[glass clattering]
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[sirens blare]
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[Jamala] Aw, man.
264
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I remember when we got the call
that Pac got shot.
265
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And-- and I froze.
I stuck. Like, what?
266
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Like, because we had just
went through this in New York.
267
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[reporter]
For the
second time in two years,
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a prominent rap artist has
been shot and badly wounded.
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Tupac Shakur
is in critical condition
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in a Las Vegas hospital tonight,
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Shakur was s hot
four times in the chest.
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[Jamala]
I don't know the details
273
00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:21,594
of how the incident went,
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but I remember after the fight,
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Pac come in the room.
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He like, "I just knocked
this nigga out,"
277
00:11:27,734 --> 00:11:30,036
and he took off
the buttoned-up orange shirt
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and threw on a jersey
279
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and then went back downstairs,
280
00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,242
telling me and Kidada,
"Y'all stay in the room."
281
00:11:36,242 --> 00:11:38,211
So we really
pissed off about it
282
00:11:38,211 --> 00:11:40,079
because we didn't
understand that
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these West Coast people
284
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take this gang shit
real serious.
285
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I don't even think
Pac understood it.
286
00:11:46,085 --> 00:11:47,687
[Jamal] You know,
one of the worst things
that you could do
287
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on the street is slap somebody
288
00:11:48,855 --> 00:11:49,989
or stomp somebody.
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That's a act
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of pure humiliation.
291
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You don't do it.
And I think that
292
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Orlando Anderson
is mobbed up
293
00:11:55,561 --> 00:11:57,597
and they went on the hunt.
294
00:11:57,597 --> 00:11:59,599
And there was enough
Crips there and enough eyes
295
00:11:59,599 --> 00:12:01,667
where they were
able to get lucky
296
00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,169
and see Tupac at that light.
297
00:12:03,169 --> 00:12:04,937
That last photo...
298
00:12:06,105 --> 00:12:07,640
of him in that car...
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That just breaks my heart.
300
00:12:11,177 --> 00:12:13,012
Because I wonder if he knew.
301
00:12:13,012 --> 00:12:14,847
[reporter]
The rap star came to Las Vegas
302
00:12:14,847 --> 00:12:17,550
to see a Tyson-Seldon fight
on Saturday.
303
00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:20,753
Afterwards, he was going out
to the 662 club
with some friends,
304
00:12:20,753 --> 00:12:22,822
when a gunman pulled up
alongside in a Cadillac
305
00:12:22,822 --> 00:12:24,223
and opened fire.
306
00:12:24,223 --> 00:12:25,858
Shakur took four bullets...
307
00:12:25,858 --> 00:12:27,593
And that was that.
308
00:12:27,593 --> 00:12:28,828
And then let's say,
an hour later,
309
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me and Kidada,
we in the cab
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going to the hospital.
311
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I'm hoping that when I see Pac,
312
00:12:35,034 --> 00:12:37,203
that this is like
a New York shooting.
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that he's coherent,
314
00:12:38,938 --> 00:12:41,507
that he's walking around
the room, right?
315
00:12:41,507 --> 00:12:43,843
He's-- he's Pac, you know?
316
00:12:44,944 --> 00:12:46,913
But when we got to the room,
317
00:12:46,913 --> 00:12:49,749
this is when I knew
that this was serious.
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[machines be
eping, hissing]
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00:12:54,687 --> 00:12:56,155
It was totally different.
320
00:12:57,890 --> 00:13:00,860
He was connected to all these
tubes up his nose
321
00:13:00,860 --> 00:13:02,995
and his mouth,
arms, everything.
322
00:13:02,995 --> 00:13:04,764
The machine is going off.
323
00:13:04,764 --> 00:13:07,233
[machines beeping]
324
00:13:07,233 --> 00:13:09,902
He is severely injured internally.
325
00:13:09,902 --> 00:13:12,271
He has multiple gunshot wounds
to the chest.
326
00:13:12,939 --> 00:13:15,274
He is not sitt
ing up
and he is not talking.
327
00:13:15,274 --> 00:13:17,577
[Jamala] At that point,
I wanted to make sure
328
00:13:17,577 --> 00:13:20,046
that Kidada was all right
329
00:13:20,046 --> 00:13:22,048
'cause it was just
me and her there.
330
00:13:22,048 --> 00:13:23,649
She's fucked up.
331
00:13:23,649 --> 00:13:24,851
Me, I'm fucked up.
332
00:13:24,851 --> 00:13:26,853
But I'm like the next of kin.
333
00:13:26,853 --> 00:13:28,021
At the hospital.
334
00:13:28,521 --> 00:13:30,923
So
we called my Aunt Feni.
335
00:13:31,324 --> 00:13:33,860
[voice breaks] And I'm like,
"Pac's gonna
have a hard time.
336
00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:35,695
If he's gonna make it,
337
00:13:35,695 --> 00:13:36,929
he's gonna have to fight
real, real hard.
338
00:13:36,929 --> 00:13:38,097
[phone line rings]
339
00:13:38,097 --> 00:13:39,565
[Afeni] I found out about it
340
00:13:39,565 --> 00:13:40,566
when I was in Atlanta.
341
00:13:40,566 --> 00:13:42,101
I took the first plane
342
00:13:42,101 --> 00:13:43,603
that I could get.
343
00:13:44,437 --> 00:13:47,707
But that p
eriod, from the time
you get the news,
344
00:13:47,707 --> 00:13:50,877
when you're trying
to get to your loved one,
345
00:13:50,877 --> 00:13:54,847
is an incredibly long,
horrible period of time.
346
00:13:55,982 --> 00:14:00,186
And I think my mind wanted
to just go into shutdown.
347
00:14:00,186 --> 00:14:02,021
And not accept it.
348
00:14:03,589 --> 00:14:04,724
I was in a fog...
349
00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,661
that I didn't understand.
350
00:14:08,661 --> 00:14:09,862
I understood nothing.
351
00:14:19,906 --> 00:14:23,009
[Jamala]
The next day, once everyone
came to the hospital,
352
00:14:23,009 --> 00:14:26,646
it became a whole new hysteria.
353
00:14:27,313 --> 00:14:30,216
My mom came and I was relieved.
354
00:14:30,883 --> 00:14:32,919
[Glo] I didn't thi
nk it
would be so many people,
355
00:14:32,919 --> 00:14:35,488
so that was disconcerting
for me.
356
00:14:36,122 --> 00:14:38,591
He was in
a medically-induced coma.
357
00:14:38,591 --> 00:14:42,095
He lost a lung
and his ring finger
was shot off.
358
00:14:42,929 --> 00:14:45,765
The first th
ing that goes
through me when I see him,
359
00:14:45,765 --> 00:14:47,533
I can remember this,
360
00:14:47,533 --> 00:14:49,602
is that I thought of my mother
361
00:14:49,602 --> 00:14:51,738
when she was on life support.
362
00:14:52,538 --> 00:14:56,075
I had to give
the consent,
take her off life support.
363
00:14:57,043 --> 00:14:59,779
But then I'm listening
to what people are saying,
364
00:14:59,779 --> 00:15:01,581
that he'll be-- You know,
people have done this before,
365
00:15:01,581 --> 00:15:02,982
he'll be fine.
366
00:15:03,683 --> 00:15:05,618
We
're in a constant
prayer vigil.
367
00:15:05,618 --> 00:15:06,919
- We are...
- [man speaks indistinctly]
368
00:15:06,919 --> 00:15:08,755
praying that God
will spare his life.
369
00:15:10,289 --> 00:15:11,958
[Snoop] Yup, Jesse Jackson
370
00:15:11,958 --> 00:15:13,259
and his mama
was in the hallway.
371
00:15:13,259 --> 00:15:15,028
His mama let me in there.
372
00:15:15,561 --> 00:15:18,064
We didn't talk
the last day and a half
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00:15:18,064 --> 00:15:20,066
before he got shot.
374
00:15:20,066 --> 00:15:22,168
So imagine how I felt
when I go to the hospital
375
00:15:22,168 --> 00:15:24,804
and we ain't right.
376
00:15:25,204 --> 00:15:27,040
Afeni pull
ed me to the side
377
00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,142
and said some encouraging
words for us.
378
00:15:29,142 --> 00:15:32,078
"Get your spirit right, nigga.
He used to seeing you up."
379
00:15:32,078 --> 00:15:34,747
Don't go in there
like a puppy dog
go in there like Snoop Dogg.
380
00:15:34,747 --> 00:15:36,849
And I went there like,
"What's up, nigga?"
381
00:15:36,849 --> 00:15:38,885
And I know he couldn't hear me,
but my spirit was talking
to him...
382
00:15:38,885 --> 00:15:40,019
"Wassup, my nigga?
What's happening?"
383
00:15:40,019 --> 00:15:41,254
I was talking to his spirit.
384
00:15:41,254 --> 00:15:42,555
"I want to apologize, nigga,
385
00:15:42,555 --> 00:15:43,222
for making you mad
386
00:15:43,222 --> 00:15:44,557
the other day."
387
00:15:44,957 --> 00:15:46,859
That's a different kind
of feeling, man,
388
00:15:46,859 --> 00:15:48,494
when it's one of
your friends...
389
00:16:01,307 --> 00:16:03,876
[reporter] We are here at
the University Medical Center
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00:16:03,876 --> 00:16:05,778
in Las Vegas,
where Tupac Shakur
391
00:16:05,778 --> 00:16:07,213
has remained
in critical condition
392
00:16:07,213 --> 00:16:08,614
for over a week.
393
00:16:10,116 --> 00:16:12,018
Doctors felt this is
a crucial weekend,
394
00:16:12,018 --> 00:16:13,953
determining whether
he would survive.
395
00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,155
[Dale] He remai ns
in critical condition.
396
00:16:16,155 --> 00:16:18,858
I've been told this evening
that he is scheduled
397
00:16:18,858 --> 00:16:21,194
for some additional surgery,
which is not unusual
398
00:16:21,194 --> 00:16:23,496
when you have injuries
that are this severe.
399
00:16:24,130 --> 00:16:26,265
[Afeni] The
doctor
put him on dialysis
400
00:16:26,265 --> 00:16:28,668
just in case his kidney failed.
401
00:16:28,668 --> 00:16:30,703
[machines beeping]
402
00:16:30,703 --> 00:16:32,905
But every time they put him
on the machine,
403
00:16:33,906 --> 00:16:35,608
his heart would stop.
404
00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:39,712
[Glo] And they said,
"We resuscitated him
three times,"
405
00:16:39,712 --> 00:16:42,181
and she heard that finally.
"What did you say?"
406
00:16:43,750 --> 00:16:45,618
[Afeni]
Tupac had stopped breathing.
407
00:16:46,419 --> 00:16:48,087
And every time
they revived him,
408
00:16:49,722 --> 00:16:51,524
he just went back.
409
00:16:51,524 --> 00:16:54,594
And I really felt
it was important
410
00:16:54,594 --> 00:16:57,196
for Tupac,
who fought so hard
411
00:16:57,196 --> 00:16:59,532
to have a free spirit,
412
00:16:59,532 --> 00:17:01,968
to be allowed to be free.
413
00:17:02,602 --> 00:17:05,171
Yo
u know?
And so I rejoiced.
414
00:17:05,171 --> 00:17:06,572
With him.
415
00:17:07,306 --> 00:17:09,709
And with the release
of his spirit,
416
00:17:09,709 --> 00:17:12,512
I rejoiced then
and I rejoice now.
417
00:17:12,512 --> 00:17:13,913
When I'm not crying.
418
00:17:20,987 --> 00:17:22,555
[Tupac]
Mama, I really do love you.
419
00:17:22,555 --> 00:17:24,490
I appreciate everything
you've done for me.
420
00:17:26,759 --> 00:17:28,494
I've done a lot of the things
that I wanted to do.
421
00:17:32,265 --> 00:17:33,599
I've led a good life.
422
00:17:35,802 --> 00:17:36,969
I'm not happy here.
423
00:17:39,739 --> 00:17:42,709
If I die tonight, I'm happy.
424
00:17:45,178 --> 00:17:47,647
[Afeni]
I asked him to let him go.
425
00:17:50,683 --> 00:17:52,018
[Tupac]
World's best mom.
426
00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,521
[Afeni]
Well, now, here we are.
427
00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:10,089
The light of our life.
428
00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:14,627
The star in our galaxy...
429
00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:15,995
is now dead.
430
00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:21,434
I said,
"Um, could I go see him?"
431
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:25,304
And Feni said, "Go ahead."
432
00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:28,641
I go in and they got
a big boom box in the room
433
00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,510
playing his music.
434
00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:32,612
[ Vincent by Don McLean plays]
435
00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:34,680
I saw my nephew
laying on the table
436
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,316
with the sheet up to his neck.
437
00:18:39,085 --> 00:18:41,354
And the machines are all off.
438
00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:43,656
I know he's dead.
439
00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:48,394
And I was looking at him
and I'm touching him
440
00:18:48,394 --> 00:18:50,196
and I'm kissing him.
441
00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:51,264
I kissed him at his head.
442
00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:53,132
I kissed his hands.
443
00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,067
I kissed his feet.
444
00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:57,003
And I'm saying to him,
"You just fly."
445
00:18:57,637 --> 00:19:00,206
♪ Starry starry night ♪
446
00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:07,213
♪ Paint your palette
Blue and gray ♪
447
00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,348
♪ Look out on a summer's day ♪
448
00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:10,616
[Glo] Just fly.
449
00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:12,118
♪ With eyes that know ♪
450
00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:14,620
♪ The darkness in my soul ♪
451
00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,622
♪ Shadows on the hills ♪
452
00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:22,695
♪ Sketch the trees
And the daffodils ♪
453
00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:28,034
♪ Catch the breeze
And the winter chills ♪
454
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,504
♪ In colors on
The snowy, linen land ♪
455
00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:34,607
[reporter] It's happeni ng.
The coroner's truck drove up.
456
00:19:34,607 --> 00:19:37,076
♪ Now I understand ♪
457
00:19:39,212 --> 00:19:42,682
♪ What you tried
To say to me ♪
458
00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:47,253
♪ And how you suffered
For your sanity ♪
459
00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:51,457
♪ And how you tried
To set them free ♪
460
00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:55,394
♪ They would not listen They
did not know how
♪
461
00:19:57,697 --> 00:20:00,666
♪ Perhaps they'll listen now ♪
462
00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:04,337
[Glo] My nephew.
My sister's only son.
463
00:20:05,471 --> 00:20:07,473
With all of the controversy,
464
00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:11,477
Tupac was our family's
shining star.
465
00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:17,617
It was difficult for us
to leave that place that day
466
00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:19,652
with Feni
pulling us and saying,
467
00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:22,355
"We're not crying here
with all these people,
468
00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:24,090
and we're not making
no announcements."
469
00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:27,693
♪ But I could have to
ld you
Vincent ♪
470
00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:30,496
♪ This world
was never meant
♪
471
00:20:30,496 --> 00:20:34,300
♪ For one as beautiful as you ♪
472
00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:42,575
[Glo]
We were uprooted completely.
473
00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:48,147
And Feni is now
out of the public eye.
474
00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:50,616
She's now the mother
grieving over her son--
475
00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:53,352
imagine-- who has been murdered.
476
00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:55,655
Every day of her life,
477
00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:57,490
she has to live with that.
478
00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,392
And now that he's murdered,
he's just not--
479
00:20:59,392 --> 00:21:00,793
because it's a lot--
480
00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:03,029
My sister
spoke a lot about this.
481
00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:04,664
A lot of Black women.
482
00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:06,666
A lot of women lost their children
483
00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:08,134
to gun violence.
484
00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:10,169
She's not the only one.
485
00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:13,339
You know?
But her son was famous.
486
00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:14,674
And it was all public.
487
00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:18,311
[intro stinger playing]
488
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:20,446
Hi, I'm Tabitha Soren
with an MTV news brief.
489
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:23,549
Thursday morning's Tupac Shakur
Memorial Service in Los Angeles
490
00:21:23,549 --> 00:21:26,719
has been canceled by
the murdered rapper's label,
Death Row Records,
491
00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:28,688
which says it could not find
a venue big enough
492
00:21:28,688 --> 00:21:30,556
to hold all the fans
and well-wishers
493
00:21:30,556 --> 00:21:31,524
who wanted to attend.
494
00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:33,192
[reporter] His devoted fans,
495
00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:34,794
who believed his rap litany
496
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,562
mirrored their lives,
are mourning.
497
00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:40,166
[Allen]
Where were you i
n your
career when Tupac died?
498
00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:45,605
- Nowhere, absolutely nowhere.
- [Allen laughs]
499
00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:50,476
When I heard that Tupac died,
I was cooking in a restaurant,
500
00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:52,111
and tickets were piling up
501
00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,280
and shit, "I'm like,
I don't care. Fire me."
502
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,148
Like, you know,
I'm saying, like, that,
503
00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,150
man, that was devastating.
504
00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,552
It's just like, oh, my God.
505
00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,755
Tupac was the first rapper to me
506
00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:04,223
that could make you cry.
507
00:22:04,957 --> 00:22:08,327
Like, like,
I felt him that much.
508
00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,296
And you know me
not knowing my dad
509
00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:12,298
and shit was going on with
my mom and the whole shit,
510
00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:14,200
like, it was just like,
"Oh, my God, that's me."
511
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,635
You know?
512
00:22:15,635 --> 00:22:18,037
He was like,
one year older than me.
513
00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,439
You know, he was only
25 years old.
514
00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:22,208
And we was like,
"What the fuck?"
515
00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:25,711
Manhood.
516
00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:28,147
They say a man
ain't a man till he 27.
517
00:22:29,482 --> 00:22:31,350
You still a baby at 25.
518
00:22:33,052 --> 00:22:35,688
Knowing him through growth
and time and healing,
519
00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:37,723
and becoming a grown
and a wiser man,
520
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:40,193
all these re lationships
that he had
521
00:22:40,193 --> 00:22:42,028
with people that wasn't right
was going to get right
522
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,630
because his spirit
was always right.
523
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:47,533
And now here's a war that
nobody can stop.
524
00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,169
[Jamala]
People started calling
my aunt's house,
525
00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:52,038
- all through the day,
through the night.
- [phone rings]
526
00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:53,439
Calls from all
the East Coast callers.
527
00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:55,441
"Is Tupac really dead?"
528
00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:57,310
Calls from the West Coast.
529
00:22:57,310 --> 00:22:58,578
"We're going to get
the motherfuckers
530
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:00,680
that killed your son, yo."
531
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,982
And what happened with Biggie
is just like, "Oh, my God."
532
00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:05,484
[reporter 1] In Los Angeles,
533
00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:06,485
police tonight
are investigating
534
00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:08,020
the gangland-style murder
535
00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:09,188
of gangster rap music star
536
00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:10,356
Biggie Smalls.
537
00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:11,524
[reporter 2] B. I. G.'s West Coast
538
00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:13,359
rival Tupac Shakur was killed
539
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,660
in a similar hail of bullets
540
00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:16,529
six months ago in Las Vegas.
541
00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:18,331
[reporter 3] Police
are investigating rumors
542
00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:21,000
that a feud between rappers
on the East Coast
543
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,070
and West Coast
led to these shootings.
544
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:27,473
[Snoop] So that was all
the misunderstanding
that never had understanding.
545
00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:31,177
The company's going
down the hill.
Everybody's in disarray.
546
00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:35,014
We gotta be strong enough
for each other to know that
that's what they really want.
547
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,782
They don't want us together.
When we were
structuring together,
548
00:23:36,782 --> 00:23:38,784
they tore down
the Panther Party,
549
00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:40,686
then they brainwashed us
to not love each other.
550
00:23:40,686 --> 00:23:42,355
Then we create
the Crips and the Bloods
551
00:23:42,355 --> 00:23:43,589
and then they got us fighting
each other
552
00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:44,790
and break us down.
553
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,058
When we're fighting each other,
554
00:23:46,058 --> 00:23:47,560
they let it live.
555
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,061
[reporter]
Rap artists and producers
556
00:23:49,061 --> 00:23:50,630
called for an end
to the rivalry
557
00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:52,431
and the violence.
558
00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,167
[Snoop] A lot of people
like to say that rap,
559
00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,334
you know, is a--
is a negative.
560
00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:56,302
It's this and that.
561
00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:57,603
But from me to you,
562
00:23:57,603 --> 00:23:59,038
rap saves lives.
563
00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:00,606
So we had to understand that
564
00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:02,575
we only better
when we move as one,
565
00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:05,344
and we learn to un derstand
each other.
566
00:24:05,878 --> 00:24:07,680
And there ain't nothin g
you could really do
567
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,682
but just try to keep doing
what we doing.
568
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:14,320
Everyone else
was also calling my aunt
569
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,389
to appear on a talk show.
570
00:24:16,389 --> 00:24:19,058
What I would like to share
with your viewers
571
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:22,495
is that I am very, very upset
that we are dying
572
00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:25,064
at the rate that we're dying at
573
00:24:25,064 --> 00:24:28,467
because we can't handle
our anger towards each other.
574
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,769
[Jamala]
They want to do an interview.
575
00:24:29,769 --> 00:24:32,338
Whatever it is that
makes us buy things,
576
00:24:32,338 --> 00:24:36,309
you know,
has created a false illusion
577
00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:38,344
of-- of a rift between artists
578
00:24:38,344 --> 00:24:40,379
and between human beings.
579
00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:41,614
I don't want people to think
that there isn't reality.
580
00:24:41,614 --> 00:24:43,382
People are running around,
581
00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:44,750
"We don't like people from the
East Coast,
582
00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:46,118
and we don't like people
from West Coast."
583
00:24:46,118 --> 00:24:47,353
I don't think that's true.
584
00:24:47,887 --> 00:24:49,522
[Jamala] And it's a ll
up in the magazines,
585
00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:51,624
so we didn't have time
to grieve.
586
00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:53,492
We didn't have time to mourn.
587
00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,429
It really became work.
588
00:24:56,429 --> 00:24:59,098
I am hustling every day
589
00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:01,601
with someone
or with some entity.
590
00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:05,204
And then there's money.
591
00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:07,573
We thought we were gonna
stay in Tupac's home...
592
00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:09,509
in L. A.
593
00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:12,378
until Afeni Shakur
594
00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:16,015
found out that he
didn't own that house.
595
00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,617
And he didn't own
any of the things
596
00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:18,684
that he thought he owned.
597
00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:20,486
And she immediately said,
598
00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:22,555
"We're getting out of here."
599
00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:24,690
And that's when
the packing began
600
00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:28,327
and she got a houseboat
in Sausalito.
601
00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:30,229
She needed that for herself,
602
00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:33,399
you know, 'cause
everything takes time.
603
00:25:41,821 --> 00:25:44,256
[Afeni] So here's a really good
thing about this place
604
00:25:44,256 --> 00:25:47,226
is right over there
in one of those houseboats,
605
00:25:47,226 --> 00:25:49,328
That's where
Otis Redding wrote
606
00:25:49,328 --> 00:25:51,263
[singing] ♪ Sitting on the
Dock of the Bay ♪
607
00:25:51,263 --> 00:25:52,998
[laughs]
608
00:25:52,998 --> 00:25:55,835
I like to think
it was actually this pier
609
00:25:55,835 --> 00:25:58,637
that he was sitting on
and-- and, um, writing it.
610
00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:03,075
I stayed here for,
like, three months,
611
00:26:03,075 --> 00:26:04,710
and then I came back
and I stayed for
612
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:06,111
another three months.
613
00:26:06,111 --> 00:26:07,913
And then one of the times
I was here,
614
00:26:07,913 --> 00:26:09,248
that houseboat was for sale.
615
00:26:09,248 --> 00:26:12,785
I was like, "I need this."
[laughs]
616
00:26:13,819 --> 00:26:16,322
I am in a healing process.
And guess what?
617
00:26:16,322 --> 00:26:18,657
That's what
this place is for me.
618
00:26:18,657 --> 00:26:21,093
That's what the people are
around me
619
00:26:21,093 --> 00:26:23,796
is like, part of my healing,
and I'm also now--
620
00:26:23,796 --> 00:26:25,798
I've begun therapy.
621
00:26:25,798 --> 00:26:29,068
You know, which is really
a huge step for me, you know?
622
00:26:29,068 --> 00:26:33,205
But, um... I wish that
my son was here
623
00:26:33,205 --> 00:26:36,408
and that he could go
and lie down in my bed,
624
00:26:36,408 --> 00:26:38,077
and come out of my room,
625
00:26:39,011 --> 00:26:40,779
and say, "Ma, what'd you cook?"
626
00:26:40,779 --> 00:26:42,948
I miss his being.
He was my son.
627
00:26:42,948 --> 00:26:45,251
And I miss him as my baby.
628
00:26:45,251 --> 00:26:49,355
My boy, who I loved,
respected, appreciated.
629
00:26:49,355 --> 00:26:50,956
He was my friend.
He called me up
630
00:26:50,956 --> 00:26:52,324
in the middle of the night
631
00:26:52,324 --> 00:26:54,093
after he done had a hot date
632
00:26:54,093 --> 00:26:56,262
and tell me who he had
a hot date with,
633
00:26:56,262 --> 00:26:58,397
what he did, and how excited.
634
00:26:58,397 --> 00:27:00,399
And I said Tupac,
"Why do you think--"
635
00:27:00,399 --> 00:27:02,334
I miss that.
I miss my son.
636
00:27:03,736 --> 00:27:05,104
[Shock G] Wow.
637
00:27:05,104 --> 00:27:06,338
Tupac Shakur.
638
00:27:07,907 --> 00:27:09,808
We all miss Pac.
639
00:27:09,808 --> 00:27:11,977
Jesus Christ,
I miss him.
640
00:27:11,977 --> 00:27:14,213
I'm so... spoiled by Pac
641
00:27:14,213 --> 00:27:16,081
that I stopped making music.
642
00:27:16,081 --> 00:27:17,817
Who could-- Who do you
put beats under now?
643
00:27:19,251 --> 00:27:22,087
After Pac died,
there was pain and sorrow,
644
00:27:22,087 --> 00:27:25,691
but there was also-- [exhales]
645
00:27:25,691 --> 00:27:27,092
There was a relief.
646
00:27:27,092 --> 00:27:29,261
There was an exhale
that happened.
647
00:27:29,261 --> 00:27:31,931
And there was a calm
that came.
648
00:27:31,931 --> 00:27:34,099
All of his pain,
649
00:27:34,099 --> 00:27:36,969
all the voices in his head,
finally silenced.
650
00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:39,371
There was a small funeral
651
00:27:39,371 --> 00:27:42,308
that Afeni had
on Malibu Beach.
652
00:27:42,808 --> 00:27:46,979
30 t
o 50 friends and family.
653
00:27:46,979 --> 00:27:49,081
We brought drums
and we had fires burning.
654
00:27:50,082 --> 00:27:52,685
But we threw
all the gifts in the ocean.
655
00:27:52,685 --> 00:27:55,087
Chicken wings and the Hennessy
and his favorite pictures.
656
00:27:55,087 --> 00:27:56,121
Jewelry, books.
657
00:27:56,121 --> 00:27:58,190
The water was freezing.
658
00:27:58,924 --> 00:28:01,961
But
Afeni walked in,
deep out there,
659
00:28:01,961 --> 00:28:03,329
to dump the urn.
660
00:28:05,698 --> 00:28:07,733
Afeni said it best.
661
00:28:07,733 --> 00:28:08,868
"Don't cry for my baby.
662
00:28:08,868 --> 00:28:10,636
He was a strong fighter.
663
00:28:11,704 --> 00:28:13,739
And he burned a white flag.
664
00:28:13,739 --> 00:28:15,674
It burned all night."
665
00:28:15,674 --> 00:28:18,711
And Pac lived
an intense, potent,
666
00:28:18,711 --> 00:28:20,646
deadly 25 years.
667
00:28:22,114 --> 00:28:23,649
When something burns
really hot...
668
00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:25,918
[imitates sizzling]
669
00:28:27,386 --> 00:28:28,320
It's gone.
670
00:28:31,857 --> 00:28:34,693
Tupac died
to get his message across.
671
00:28:34,693 --> 00:28:35,961
I believe that.
672
00:28:37,363 --> 00:28:38,931
He was a pre-thinker.
673
00:28:40,833 --> 00:28:43,802
He had a Plan E,
much less a Plan B.
674
00:28:44,737 --> 00:28:48,240
He was always plotting,
"If I died this way,
675
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,142
put this out."
676
00:28:50,142 --> 00:28:51,944
♪ Father
Forgive us for livin' ♪
677
00:28:51,944 --> 00:28:53,078
♪ While all my homies
Stuck in prison ♪
678
00:28:53,078 --> 00:28:54,647
♪ Barely breathin', believin' ♪
679
00:28:54,647 --> 00:28:55,815
♪ That the world is a prison ♪
680
00:28:55,815 --> 00:28:56,816
♪ It's like a ghetto ♪
681
00:28:56,816 --> 00:28:58,217
♪ We can never leave ♪
682
00:28:58,217 --> 00:28:59,351
♪ A broken rose givin' bloom ♪
683
00:28:59,351 --> 00:29:00,719
♪ Through the cracks ♪
684
00:29:00,719 --> 00:29:01,821
♪ Of the concrete ♪
685
00:29:01,821 --> 00:29:02,788
♪ So many other things ♪
686
00:29:02,788 --> 00:29:04,657
♪ For us to see ♪
687
00:29:04,657 --> 00:29:06,325
♪ Things to be
Our history ♪
688
00:29:06,325 --> 00:29:08,194
♪ So full of tragedy
And misery ♪
689
00:29:08,194 --> 00:29:10,129
♪ To all my homies
Never made it home ♪
690
00:29:10,129 --> 00:29:11,330
♪ The dead peers
I shed tattooed tears for ♪
691
00:29:11,330 --> 00:29:13,265
♪ When I'm alone ♪
692
00:29:13,265 --> 00:29:15,000
♪ Picture us inside
A ghetto heaven ♪
693
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,402
♪ A place to rest
Findin' peace ♪
694
00:29:16,402 --> 00:29:18,704
♪ Through this land of stress ♪
695
00:29:18,704 --> 00:29:20,973
♪ In my chest I feel
Pain come in sudden storms ♪
696
00:29:20,973 --> 00:29:23,375
♪ Life full of rain in this
Game, watch for lead thorns ♪
697
00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:26,812
♪ Our unborn never got to grow
Never got to see what's next ♪
698
00:29:26,812 --> 00:29:29,114
♪ In this world full of
Countless threats ♪
699
00:29:29,114 --> 00:29:32,718
♪ I beg God, to make a way for
Our ghetto kids to breathe ♪
700
00:29:32,718 --> 00:29:34,787
♪ Show us sign
Make us all believe ♪
701
00:29:34,787 --> 00:29:37,089
♪ 'Cause I ain't mad at cha ♪
702
00:29:37,089 --> 00:29:39,825
For the homeboys
that passed away,
I ain't mad.
703
00:29:39,825 --> 00:29:41,327
All the homeboys
locked in jail,
704
00:29:41,327 --> 00:29:43,829
all the people that lost
a loved one this year.
705
00:29:43,829 --> 00:29:46,932
Man, you know,
Pac was so on another level,
706
00:29:46,932 --> 00:29:49,969
like he was always somebody
that had a plan, had a idea.
707
00:29:49,969 --> 00:29:52,738
Had a mission, had a goal.
And so he kind of,
708
00:29:52,738 --> 00:29:55,140
in his own weird way,
prepared us for.
709
00:29:55,140 --> 00:29:57,343
[Tupac] We look at death
from the selfish side,
710
00:29:57,343 --> 00:29:59,712
like, you know, that guy died.
Oh, it's so sad.
711
00:29:59,712 --> 00:30:01,947
Why is it sad? He's away
from all of this bad stuff
712
00:30:01,947 --> 00:30:03,816
that's here on Earth.
713
00:30:03,816 --> 00:30:05,117
He's, I mean, at the worst,
714
00:30:05,117 --> 00:30:07,820
he's just somewhere quiet
and no, nothing.
715
00:30:07,820 --> 00:30:11,090
At best, he's an angel
or he's at the next existence,
716
00:30:11,090 --> 00:30:13,225
or he's a spirit somewhere,
you know.
717
00:30:13,225 --> 00:30:15,094
What is so bad about that?
718
00:30:15,094 --> 00:30:17,062
It's only bad for the people
who he left
719
00:30:17,062 --> 00:30:18,831
because you guys are mad.
720
00:30:18,831 --> 00:30:20,099
That's like some crab-
in-the-bucket type stuff.
721
00:30:20,099 --> 00:30:21,934
- [interviewer chuckles]
- I mean,
722
00:30:21,934 --> 00:30:23,969
[chuckles] it's this harsh--
harsh analogy,
723
00:30:23,969 --> 00:30:25,838
- but that's what it's like, though.
- [interviewer] Mm-hmm.
724
00:30:25,838 --> 00:30:28,374
[Afeni] Tupac did talk about
himself not being here.
725
00:30:28,374 --> 00:30:31,343
You know, he really did
look at life and death.
726
00:30:31,343 --> 00:30:34,980
And that is a very odd thing
for a young person.
727
00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:37,316
But for some reason,
people believe
728
00:30:37,316 --> 00:30:40,719
that we are not born to die.
We actually are.
729
00:30:40,719 --> 00:30:43,989
Every one of us
gets here with two dates,
730
00:30:43,989 --> 00:30:47,226
the entry date
and the exit date.
731
00:30:47,226 --> 00:30:49,328
And every human being
732
00:30:49,328 --> 00:30:52,364
has to make peace
with that truth.
733
00:30:52,364 --> 00:30:56,268
Tupac made peace with it
earlier than I would have liked.
734
00:30:56,268 --> 00:30:59,738
But he, as it turns out,
did the right thing.
735
00:30:59,738 --> 00:31:02,341
You know? Because
he did make peace with it.
736
00:31:02,341 --> 00:31:05,244
And an artist is,
generally speaking,
737
00:31:05,244 --> 00:31:08,948
a long time ahead of
the audience,
738
00:31:08,948 --> 00:31:11,083
you know. So...
739
00:31:11,083 --> 00:31:13,185
♪ I kiss my mama goodbye ♪
740
00:31:13,185 --> 00:31:15,354
♪ Wipe the tears
From her lonely eyes ♪
741
00:31:15,354 --> 00:31:17,723
♪ Said I'll return but I gotta
Fight the fate's arrived ♪
742
00:31:17,723 --> 00:31:20,259
♪ Don't shed a tear 'cause
mama I ain't happy here ♪
743
00:31:20,259 --> 00:31:21,961
♪ I'm through trial,
No more smiles ♪
744
00:31:21,961 --> 00:31:23,062
♪ For a couple years ♪
745
00:31:23,062 --> 00:31:24,997
♪ They got me goin' mad ♪
746
00:31:24,997 --> 00:31:26,332
♪ I'm knockin' busters
On they backs ♪
747
00:31:26,332 --> 00:31:28,133
♪ In my cell, thinkin', "Hell ♪
748
00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:29,735
♪ I know one day
I'll be back" ♪
749
00:31:29,735 --> 00:31:32,338
♪ I ain't mad at cha ♪
750
00:31:32,938 --> 00:31:35,674
[Snoop] Well, he just was like
a special motherfucker.
751
00:31:35,674 --> 00:31:37,743
I remember before
he passed away,
752
00:31:37,743 --> 00:31:39,712
'96.
753
00:31:39,712 --> 00:31:41,347
I had gotten into an argument
with my wife.
754
00:31:41,347 --> 00:31:44,083
She was my girlfriend
at the time.
755
00:31:44,083 --> 00:31:45,951
We-- we was on a plane again.
756
00:31:47,353 --> 00:31:50,222
And it was me and all
the Death Row niggas and Tupac.
757
00:31:50,222 --> 00:31:53,058
Everybody was like,
"Man, fuck that bitch.
758
00:31:53,058 --> 00:31:55,828
Nigga, you Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Nigga, you can get any bitch
you want, man."
759
00:31:55,828 --> 00:31:58,397
Tupac was like, "Man, fuck
what they talking about, nigga.
760
00:31:58,397 --> 00:32:01,000
She love you, nigga.
And you love her, nigga.
761
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,235
You need to
make her your wife."
762
00:32:03,235 --> 00:32:05,237
[Tupac rapping]
♪ Congratulations
On the weddin' ♪
763
00:32:05,237 --> 00:32:07,006
♪ I hope your wife know
She got a playa for life ♪
764
00:32:07,006 --> 00:32:08,841
♪ And that's no bullshittin' ♪
765
00:32:08,841 --> 00:32:10,709
Now that I'm thinking about
all the shit that I've done
766
00:32:10,709 --> 00:32:11,977
since he's been gone,
767
00:32:11,977 --> 00:32:13,379
he puts it in the air,
768
00:32:13,379 --> 00:32:14,947
then it becomes a reality.
769
00:32:14,947 --> 00:32:16,916
[E.D.I. Mean]
Nice life, kids.
770
00:32:16,916 --> 00:32:18,317
He might have saw that for us.
771
00:32:18,317 --> 00:32:20,352
I don't think he saw himself
growing old
772
00:32:20,352 --> 00:32:22,321
and being a grandfather.
773
00:32:22,321 --> 00:32:25,324
And all the shit that I am now.
He wasn't gonna bend.
774
00:32:25,324 --> 00:32:28,260
♪ And I can't even trip 'cause
I'm just laughin' at cha ♪
775
00:32:28,260 --> 00:32:30,329
♪ You tryin' hard to maintain
Then go 'head ♪
776
00:32:30,329 --> 00:32:32,832
♪ 'Cause I ain't mad at cha ♪
777
00:32:32,832 --> 00:32:36,101
[Leila]
He never saw himself
living to enjoy his work,
778
00:32:36,101 --> 00:32:37,736
and he always said,
"My work will happen
779
00:32:37,736 --> 00:32:39,705
when I'm not here anymore.
780
00:32:39,705 --> 00:32:42,107
I am leaving a body of work."
781
00:32:42,107 --> 00:32:43,709
I always wanted to
make a book out of my life,
782
00:32:43,709 --> 00:32:45,277
like a fairy tale.
783
00:32:45,277 --> 00:32:48,013
Raised by the Black Panthers
and struck out.
784
00:32:48,614 --> 00:32:50,950
[Leila] Tupac saw hims elf
delivering his script,
785
00:32:50,950 --> 00:32:52,818
and he lived that script,
786
00:32:52,818 --> 00:32:54,720
leaving it for us.
787
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,822
[Afeni] Tupac left about
400 songs.
788
00:32:56,822 --> 00:32:59,658
We spent the first
five years in court
789
00:32:59,658 --> 00:33:01,227
fighting for the rights,
790
00:33:01,227 --> 00:33:03,829
and what we've been
able to do with that
791
00:33:03,829 --> 00:33:06,198
is purchase a 56-acre farm.
792
00:33:06,198 --> 00:33:07,366
[Dante]
That's sweet Feni farm, baby.
793
00:33:07,366 --> 00:33:09,101
We on Fe farm.
794
00:33:09,101 --> 00:33:11,370
She always wanted land.
795
00:33:11,370 --> 00:33:13,239
[Tupac] ♪ Niggas need a spot
Where we can kick it ♪
796
00:33:13,239 --> 00:33:14,807
♪ A spot where we belong
That's just for us ♪
797
00:33:14,807 --> 00:33:16,108
[Afeni] God made humans
798
00:33:16,108 --> 00:33:18,143
so that we would
never be perfect.
799
00:33:18,143 --> 00:33:21,080
Tupac was
an intelligent human being,
800
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,683
but one of Tupac's problems
in the beginning
801
00:33:24,683 --> 00:33:27,186
was that he didn't have
a place to scream and holler.
802
00:33:27,186 --> 00:33:30,856
[Tupac rapping] ♪ A place
To spend my quiet nights
Time to unwind ♪
803
00:33:30,856 --> 00:33:33,092
♪ So much pressure
In this life of mine
I cry at times ♪
804
00:33:33,092 --> 00:33:36,095
♪ I once contemplated suicide
And would've tried ♪
805
00:33:36,095 --> 00:33:39,098
♪ But when I held that .9
All I could see was
My mama's eyes ♪
806
00:33:39,098 --> 00:33:40,399
[Afeni]
And I wish he could stand
807
00:33:40,399 --> 00:33:42,334
in the middle of the farm
808
00:33:42,334 --> 00:33:44,403
and throw things.
And it would be okay.
809
00:33:44,403 --> 00:33:47,273
But if you don't have acres
to throw it at, it's not okay.
810
00:33:47,273 --> 00:33:49,842
[Tupac rapping]
♪ Picture me inside
The misery of poverty ♪
811
00:33:49,842 --> 00:33:52,678
♪ No man alive has ever
Witnessed struggles
I survived ♪
812
00:33:52,678 --> 00:33:55,247
♪ Praying hard for
Better Dayz
Promise to hold on ♪
813
00:33:55,247 --> 00:33:58,083
♪ Me and my dogs ain't have
A choice but to roll on ♪
814
00:33:58,083 --> 00:34:00,085
♪ We finally found
A spot to kick it ♪
815
00:34:00,085 --> 00:34:01,687
♪ Where we can drink liquor
And no one bickers ♪
816
00:34:01,687 --> 00:34:03,222
♪ Over trick shit ♪
817
00:34:03,222 --> 00:34:04,957
[Afeni] So we're
now preparing to open
818
00:34:04,957 --> 00:34:07,726
the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center
819
00:34:07,726 --> 00:34:09,395
in Stone Mountain, Georgia,
820
00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:12,064
because one of the things
that he planned to do
821
00:34:12,064 --> 00:34:14,967
all over the country
was to build
822
00:34:14,967 --> 00:34:17,970
what he called
at the time "thug mansions."
823
00:34:17,970 --> 00:34:19,271
[Tupac rapping]
♪ And in my mind's eye
I see this place ♪
824
00:34:19,271 --> 00:34:21,407
♪ The players go in fast ♪
825
00:34:21,407 --> 00:34:22,741
♪ I got a spot for us all
So we can ball ♪
826
00:34:22,741 --> 00:34:24,276
♪ At Thugz Mansion ♪
827
00:34:24,276 --> 00:34:26,378
[Afeni] Thug Mansion
was all about space,
828
00:34:26,378 --> 00:34:29,315
opportunity and resources
829
00:34:29,315 --> 00:34:31,650
geared to young people
who were trapped
830
00:34:31,650 --> 00:34:34,987
in a violent environment
that they did not invent.
831
00:34:34,987 --> 00:34:36,989
[Tupac rapping] ♪ I need a house
That's full of love ♪
832
00:34:36,989 --> 00:34:38,958
♪ When I need to escape
The deadly places ♪
833
00:34:38,958 --> 00:34:40,259
♪ Slingin' drugs
In Thugz Mansion ♪
834
00:34:40,259 --> 00:34:43,229
[Afeni] We are hoping that our
next Tupac
835
00:34:43,229 --> 00:34:46,832
who's gonna take their family
out of economic oblivion,
836
00:34:46,832 --> 00:34:48,267
is in this audience.
837
00:34:48,267 --> 00:34:50,269
And that we will be able
to help you do that.
838
00:34:50,269 --> 00:34:52,338
[applause]
839
00:34:52,338 --> 00:34:57,009
[Jasmine] This was the Afeni
of the movement.
840
00:34:57,009 --> 00:35:00,246
She really rose
to the occasion
841
00:35:00,246 --> 00:35:03,182
of taking care of
the business of her son.
842
00:35:03,182 --> 00:35:06,719
[Mos Def singing]
♪ The seed that must grow
Regardless ♪
843
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,355
[Glo] She worked from
the moment he died
844
00:35:09,355 --> 00:35:12,391
to elevate him in a way
that wasn't able to be done
845
00:35:12,391 --> 00:35:13,692
when he was alive.
846
00:35:13,692 --> 00:35:15,094
She was war ready.
847
00:35:15,094 --> 00:35:16,795
[Snoop]
Everybody said, "She crazy.
848
00:35:16,795 --> 00:35:18,130
She hard to work with."
849
00:35:18,130 --> 00:35:19,832
No, she ain't,
she a smart Black woman
850
00:35:19,832 --> 00:35:21,100
that know that her
son shit need
851
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,835
to be in her possession.
852
00:35:22,835 --> 00:35:25,137
I'll just fight
till there's no more breath.
853
00:35:25,137 --> 00:35:27,706
And I feel like the spirit
of Tupac has only grown
854
00:35:27,706 --> 00:35:29,375
because people
got a chance to study him
855
00:35:29,375 --> 00:35:30,843
through his mother.
856
00:35:30,843 --> 00:35:33,078
[man]
Tupac left you a message.
857
00:35:33,078 --> 00:35:36,649
And the message was
to keep your head up.
858
00:35:36,649 --> 00:35:40,719
[Mos Def singing]
♪ Can you see the pride
Of the Panther? ♪
859
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:42,655
[Eminem]
After he passed, man,
860
00:35:43,756 --> 00:35:45,024
he had 10 more albums.
861
00:35:46,759 --> 00:35:49,094
I wrote Afeni a note
and drew a picture.
862
00:35:49,094 --> 00:35:52,731
She understood
I was such a huge Tupac fan.
863
00:35:52,731 --> 00:35:54,333
And she's like,
the sweetest lady ever, man.
864
00:35:54,333 --> 00:35:55,968
She was just like,
"Do what you feel."
865
00:35:55,968 --> 00:35:57,970
And gave me all his acapellas.
866
00:35:57,970 --> 00:35:59,972
That was one of the funnest
times of my life.
867
00:35:59,972 --> 00:36:04,143
[Afeni] As long as you keep
Tupac's vision, his music,
868
00:36:04,143 --> 00:36:07,913
and his memory alive,
his spirit will not die.
869
00:36:07,913 --> 00:36:09,081
[cheering]
870
00:36:09,081 --> 00:36:10,783
[Dre] 2012, Coachella.
871
00:36:11,650 --> 00:36:14,820
The wind stopped,
the audience got quiet--
872
00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:16,956
and we're talking about
90,000 motherfuckers.
873
00:36:16,956 --> 00:36:19,925
And when Tupac came up out
of the ground,
874
00:36:19,925 --> 00:36:21,961
"What the fuck is up,
Coachella?"
875
00:36:21,961 --> 00:36:23,229
[cheering]
876
00:36:24,864 --> 00:36:27,099
And the crowd went crazy.
877
00:36:27,099 --> 00:36:29,101
90,000 motherfuckers.
878
00:36:29,101 --> 00:36:30,836
Oh, man. The soldiers,
879
00:36:30,836 --> 00:36:33,272
- the children soldiers.
- [Allen] In Africa?
880
00:36:33,272 --> 00:36:35,808
[Mike]
When they're goin' to war,
they listen to Tupac's music.
881
00:36:35,808 --> 00:36:38,244
Blows my mind.
And I just think,
he probably is
882
00:36:38,244 --> 00:36:40,913
the most famous rapper in
the world, I don't care
how much money you got.
883
00:36:40,913 --> 00:36:42,948
Fuck your billion dollars.
884
00:36:42,948 --> 00:36:44,817
At the end of the day,
it's immortality.
885
00:36:44,817 --> 00:36:46,819
[E.D.I. Mean]
Tupac left an indelible print
886
00:36:46,819 --> 00:36:49,088
where people
from all over the world
887
00:36:49,088 --> 00:36:51,257
that are oppressed, beaten, terrorized,
888
00:36:51,257 --> 00:36:53,125
see him as
their patron saint.
889
00:36:53,125 --> 00:36:54,827
[Snoop] And while many
remember him
890
00:36:54,827 --> 00:36:56,929
as some thugged-out
superhero,
891
00:36:56,929 --> 00:36:59,098
Tupac knew he was
only human.
892
00:36:59,098 --> 00:37:02,134
To be human is to be
many things at once,
893
00:37:02,134 --> 00:37:04,236
strong and vulnerable,
894
00:37:04,236 --> 00:37:06,372
hardheaded and intellectual,
895
00:37:06,372 --> 00:37:08,841
courageous and afraid,
896
00:37:08,841 --> 00:37:12,244
loving, and vengeful, revolutionary.
897
00:37:12,244 --> 00:37:16,182
And, oh, yeah, don't get it
fucked up. Gangster.
898
00:37:16,182 --> 00:37:17,950
Welcome to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
899
00:37:17,950 --> 00:37:19,318
- Thug life!
- [cheering]
900
00:37:19,885 --> 00:37:21,787
You know
you gonna
live forever.
901
00:37:21,787 --> 00:37:23,956
'Cause legends always do.
902
00:37:23,956 --> 00:37:26,692
They can't take this away
from you, homie.
903
00:37:26,692 --> 00:37:28,794
[Mos Def] ♪ Can you see
the pride in the Panther ♪
904
00:37:30,029 --> 00:37:31,897
♪ As he glows
In splendor and grace? ♪
905
00:37:33,132 --> 00:37:35,668
♪ Toppling the obstacles
Placed ♪
906
00:37:35,668 --> 00:37:38,337
♪ In the way of
The progression of his race ♪
907
00:37:38,337 --> 00:37:41,740
[Afeni] I believe still,
in the depths of my heart,
908
00:37:41,740 --> 00:37:44,743
you can kill a revolutionary,
909
00:37:44,743 --> 00:37:47,213
- but you cannot kill
a revolution.
- [crowd cheering]
910
00:37:47,213 --> 00:37:50,082
Keep loving, keep creating.
911
00:37:50,082 --> 00:37:52,084
Keeping making music.
912
00:37:52,084 --> 00:37:53,352
Keep dancing!
913
00:37:53,352 --> 00:37:56,322
Keep living! Loud!
914
00:37:56,322 --> 00:37:58,924
Peace! We outta here!
915
00:37:58,924 --> 00:38:01,227
[Mos Def singing]
♪ Can you see
the pride in the Panther ♪
916
00:38:01,227 --> 00:38:04,129
♪ As she nurtures her young
All alone? ♪
917
00:38:04,129 --> 00:38:06,999
♪ The seed must grow
Regardless ♪
918
00:38:06,999 --> 00:38:08,400
♪ Of the fact that it's been
Planted in stone ♪
919
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,669
[Glo] Awesome.
920
00:38:10,669 --> 00:38:11,370
♪ Can't you see the pride
n the panthers ♪
921
00:38:11,370 --> 00:38:12,972
[Glo] Awesome.
922
00:38:12,972 --> 00:38:14,240
♪ As they unify, as one? ♪
923
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,108
[Glo] Awesome.
924
00:38:16,108 --> 00:38:17,977
♪ The flower blooms
With brilliance ♪
925
00:38:17,977 --> 00:38:19,378
♪ And outshines all
The rays of the sun ♪
926
00:38:19,378 --> 00:38:21,313
[Glo] Awesome.
927
00:38:21,313 --> 00:38:23,349
♪ Shines bright
Like rays of the sun ♪
928
00:38:23,349 --> 00:38:25,351
[Glo] That's how I feel
talking about my sister,
929
00:38:25,351 --> 00:38:27,253
and my nephew.
930
00:38:27,253 --> 00:38:31,323
Yes, I only had one.
One sister and one nephew.
931
00:38:31,323 --> 00:38:34,927
But, boy, did I hit the jackpot.
932
00:38:34,927 --> 00:38:37,263
You know what I mean?
'Cause look at me.
933
00:38:37,263 --> 00:38:38,731
They couldn't be here.
934
00:38:38,731 --> 00:38:39,932
They had to go,
935
00:38:39,932 --> 00:38:41,700
so we can tell the story.
936
00:38:43,235 --> 00:38:46,105
Ain't that something?
So we can tell the story.
937
00:38:46,105 --> 00:38:48,707
'Cause Afeni
wanted the story told.
938
00:38:48,707 --> 00:38:50,809
Everybody knew that.
939
00:38:55,381 --> 00:38:57,316
and she covered her people.
940
00:39:00,591 --> 00:39:04,027
I remember a t
ime that we went
and did a benefit in Richmond,
941
00:39:04,027 --> 00:39:07,998
and my whole job
was to protect Afeni.
942
00:39:07,998 --> 00:39:11,001
And she's-- takes off
soon as she gets out the car.
943
00:39:11,001 --> 00:39:14,004
She walks right past me,
security, the police.
944
00:39:14,004 --> 00:39:16,306
She's just freely walking,
and I'm like,
945
00:39:16,306 --> 00:39:18,008
"I'm trying to protect you."
946
00:39:18,008 --> 00:39:20,544
And she laughed.
She said, "You can't protect me.
947
00:39:21,445 --> 00:39:23,247
I'm protecting you."
948
00:39:24,148 --> 00:39:26,416
They said that Tupac in the car
with Suge
949
00:39:26,416 --> 00:39:27,985
when they was getting shot at,
950
00:39:27,985 --> 00:39:31,255
Tupac dove over Suge
and covered him.
951
00:39:32,689 --> 00:39:35,726
There's a story about Mutulu
when he was 13.
952
00:39:35,726 --> 00:39:37,728
Somebody shot up
a church and he dove
953
00:39:37,728 --> 00:39:40,998
on top of old ladies
and covered them.
954
00:39:40,998 --> 00:39:42,666
This is who these people are.
955
00:39:44,034 --> 00:39:46,170
They-- they don't know
anything else.
956
00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:48,105
They don't do
anything else but that.
957
00:39:51,041 --> 00:39:54,011
The last year of Afeni's life,
958
00:39:54,011 --> 00:39:56,580
I got to spend
a lot of time with her.
959
00:39:56,580 --> 00:39:59,416
We were on
the houseboat in Sausalito,
960
00:39:59,416 --> 00:40:02,519
hanging out, having a good day.
961
00:40:02,519 --> 00:40:03,987
Fe wasn't feeling well.
962
00:40:06,223 --> 00:40:09,393
Then I went to go get
medicine for her.
963
00:40:09,393 --> 00:40:12,029
And when
I got back to the house,
964
00:40:13,564 --> 00:40:16,233
she, um, was unconscious.
965
00:40:17,601 --> 00:40:22,406
And so I put her on the floor
and began CPR...
966
00:40:22,406 --> 00:40:24,541
while we waited for
the ambulance to come.
967
00:40:26,043 --> 00:40:26,677
Um...
968
00:40:36,687 --> 00:40:40,991
[softly] Yeah, I think
that's about all I can do
right now.
969
00:40:43,193 --> 00:40:46,029
[Glo]
She passed away May 2nd.
970
00:40:46,029 --> 00:40:49,433
She had a heart attack
at 69 years old.
971
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,669
I had no sign.
None of us did.
972
00:40:52,669 --> 00:40:55,706
[Allen] Did she find
a peace of mind
in that 20 years?
973
00:40:55,706 --> 00:40:58,675
My sister never
had peace of mind.
974
00:40:58,675 --> 00:41:02,079
My sister never felt
that she had done it right.
975
00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:05,015
My sister was in pain
till the day she died.
976
00:41:05,015 --> 00:41:06,683
Now, you're going to
get a tear or two,
977
00:41:06,683 --> 00:41:08,685
but you asked me,
and here it go.
978
00:41:08,685 --> 00:41:11,255
My sister
never had peace of mind.
979
00:41:11,255 --> 00:41:15,058
My sister never felt like
she had done the best she could.
980
00:41:15,058 --> 00:41:17,427
My sister had tremendous guilt
981
00:41:17,427 --> 00:41:20,664
about some of the decisions
that she had made in her life.
982
00:41:20,664 --> 00:41:24,535
But that's just human,
and the fact that she existed
983
00:41:24,535 --> 00:41:27,037
and that she lived
and she did what she did
984
00:41:27,037 --> 00:41:29,006
and she had that boy.
985
00:41:29,006 --> 00:41:32,042
And she did what
she had to do for him.
986
00:41:32,042 --> 00:41:35,679
She tried to do it for us,
too, just like he did.
987
00:41:35,679 --> 00:41:38,348
The smartest woman that I knew,
988
00:41:38,348 --> 00:41:41,185
the most compassionate
and all of that...
989
00:41:41,185 --> 00:41:43,053
For that.
990
00:41:43,053 --> 00:41:46,657
I want my sister recognized
for the most powerful,
991
00:41:46,657 --> 00:41:49,693
beautiful person that she was.
992
00:41:49,693 --> 00:41:52,029
I want this to be her gift.
993
00:41:53,230 --> 00:41:55,365
- From me sitting here...
- [tapping chest]
994
00:41:57,434 --> 00:42:00,671
that she left her sister
to tell her story.
995
00:42:01,705 --> 00:42:05,676
And that her sister--
I pray, did a hell of a job
996
00:42:07,711 --> 00:42:10,147
talking about my baby sister.
997
00:42:10,147 --> 00:42:12,749
My one and only. Okay, cut.
998
00:42:12,749 --> 00:42:15,185
I can't take no more 'cause
I'll start crying for real
999
00:42:15,185 --> 00:42:16,386
- and I'm choking up.
- [Allen] You got me crying.
1000
00:42:16,386 --> 00:42:18,288
Yeah, I don't like that.
1001
00:42:18,288 --> 00:42:20,424
I don't like-- I don't like
crying in the public.
1002
00:42:20,424 --> 00:42:22,559
[laughter]
1003
00:42:22,559 --> 00:42:24,728
[Afeni] I thank y'all for
being patient with me here.
1004
00:42:24,728 --> 00:42:27,397
I'm gonna read
a little bit from the book.
1005
00:42:27,397 --> 00:42:30,300
My favorite chapter,
which is the end.
1006
00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:33,003
"The five women of
Sweet Honey in the Rock
1007
00:42:33,003 --> 00:42:34,738
were alive with fire.
1008
00:42:34,738 --> 00:42:37,674
An explosion of
beauty and soul.
1009
00:42:37,674 --> 00:42:40,144
Each woman is so different,
1010
00:42:40,144 --> 00:42:43,413
but their power
transcends the Atlantic."
1011
00:42:43,947 --> 00:42:47,684
Afeni knows every wo rd,
every inflection.
1012
00:42:47,684 --> 00:42:49,520
Bernice Johnson-Reagon
delivers.
1013
00:42:54,291 --> 00:42:59,696
[singing]
♪ We who believe in freedom
Cannot rest ♪
1014
00:43:00,731 --> 00:43:02,666
[Glo] Afeni sings right along.
1015
00:43:02,666 --> 00:43:06,670
♪ We who believe in freedom ♪
1016
00:43:06,670 --> 00:43:11,275
♪ Cannot rest until it comes ♪
1017
00:43:11,275 --> 00:43:16,046
"In my ear to my left,
I hear Afeni sing.
1018
00:43:16,046 --> 00:43:20,617
She raises her hands
towards Sweet Honey and sings
1019
00:43:20,617 --> 00:43:23,387
through her pain
and her trials."
1020
00:43:23,387 --> 00:43:25,155
♪ Cannot rest ♪
1021
00:43:25,155 --> 00:43:27,391
[Glo] She sings through
the death of her son
1022
00:43:29,092 --> 00:43:32,496
♪ Until the killing
of Black men ♪
1023
00:43:33,730 --> 00:43:37,301
♪ Black mothers' son ♪
1024
00:43:37,301 --> 00:43:42,973
♪ Is as important
As the killing of white men ♪
1025
00:43:43,707 --> 00:43:47,411
♪ White mothers' son ♪
1026
00:43:47,411 --> 00:43:53,116
♪ We who believe in freedom
Cannot rest ♪
1027
00:43:54,151 --> 00:43:56,687
[Glo]
She sings through
her Panther years.
1028
00:43:59,556 --> 00:44:05,028
[Afeni singing]
♪ That which touches me most
Is that I had a chance ♪
1029
00:44:05,028 --> 00:44:07,431
♪ To work with people ♪
1030
00:44:08,565 --> 00:44:12,469
♪ Passing on to others ♪
1031
00:44:12,469 --> 00:44:17,274
♪ That which
Was passed on to me ♪
1032
00:44:17,274 --> 00:44:21,011
[Glo] Through the healing
of her daughter's spirit.
1033
00:44:21,011 --> 00:44:25,149
[Afeni singing]
♪ To me, young people
Come first ♪
1034
00:44:25,149 --> 00:44:29,253
♪ They have the courage
Where we fail ♪
1035
00:44:29,253 --> 00:44:32,422
[Glo]
Through realizing the dream of
Tupac Amaru Shakur
1036
00:44:32,422 --> 00:44:35,025
Performing Arts Center,
1037
00:44:35,025 --> 00:44:37,194
where little children like
young Tupac
1038
00:44:37,194 --> 00:44:39,696
can go for artistic nourishment.
1039
00:44:40,397 --> 00:44:44,468
[Afeni singing]
♪ Is when the rei ns
Are in the hands of the young ♪
1040
00:44:44,468 --> 00:44:49,706
♪ Who dare to run
Against the storm ♪
1041
00:44:50,741 --> 00:44:54,278
♪ We who believe in freedom ♪
1042
00:44:54,278 --> 00:44:58,282
[Glo] The chorus swells
and I close my eyes.
1043
00:44:58,282 --> 00:45:01,552
Afeni's voice
is the only voice I hear.
1044
00:45:01,552 --> 00:45:05,522
[Afeni singing]
♪ We who believe in freedom ♪
1045
00:45:05,522 --> 00:45:07,658
♪ Cannot rest ♪
1046
00:45:07,658 --> 00:45:09,693
♪ Until it comes ♪
1047
00:45:09,693 --> 00:45:12,162
"She possesses the next verse
1048
00:45:12,162 --> 00:45:14,665
as if it were written
just for her.
1049
00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:19,203
It is her testimony."
1050
00:45:19,203 --> 00:45:23,240
[singing] ♪ I am a woman
Who speaks in a voice ♪
1051
00:45:23,874 --> 00:45:27,544
♪ And I must be heard ♪
1052
00:45:28,312 --> 00:45:33,417
♪ A
t times I can be
Quite difficult ♪
1053
00:45:33,417 --> 00:45:36,553
♪ I bow to no man's word ♪
1054
00:45:37,554 --> 00:45:39,523
"This is Afeni.
1055
00:45:39,523 --> 00:45:41,558
This song is written for her."
1056
00:45:41,558 --> 00:45:45,395
[singing]
♪ We who believe in freedom ♪
1057
00:45:45,395 --> 00:45:47,264
♪ Cannot rest ♪
1058
00:45:47,264 --> 00:45:48,665
[Glo] As Afeni's story
is written for me.
1059
00:45:48,665 --> 00:45:52,703
♪ We who believe in freedom ♪
1060
00:45:52,703 --> 00:45:56,974
♪ Cannot rest
Until it comes ♪
1061
00:45:58,375 --> 00:45:59,443
You're welcome.
1062
00:46:00,477 --> 00:46:03,247
- [cheering and applaud
ing]
- [ Until the End of Time
by 2pac plays]
1063
00:46:07,351 --> 00:46:10,654
♪ Hey, hmm, better days ♪
1064
00:46:13,490 --> 00:46:19,129
♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm, yeah ♪
1065
00:46:19,129 --> 00:46:21,265
♪ Perhaps I was addicted
To the dark side ♪
1066
00:46:21,265 --> 00:46:23,600
♪ Somewhere inside my childhood
Witnessed my heart die ♪
1067
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,036
♪ And even though we both came
From the same places ♪
1068
00:46:26,036 --> 00:46:28,405
♪ The money and the fame made
Us all change places ♪
1069
00:46:28,405 --> 00:46:30,307
♪ How could it be? Through the
Misery that came to pass ♪
1070
00:46:30,307 --> 00:46:32,075
♪ The hard times
Make a true friend ♪
1071
00:46:32,075 --> 00:46:34,278
♪ Afraid to ask for currency ♪
1072
00:46:34,278 --> 00:46:36,413
♪ But you could run to me when
You need and I'll never leave ♪
1073
00:46:36,413 --> 00:46:38,415
♪ Honestly, someone to believe
In, as you can see ♪
1074
00:46:38,415 --> 00:46:40,551
♪ It's a small thing to a true
What could I do? ♪
1075
00:46:40,551 --> 00:46:42,653
♪ Real homies
Help you get through ♪
1076
00:46:42,653 --> 00:46:44,988
♪ And come to knew he'd do
The same thang if he could ♪
1077
00:46:44,988 --> 00:46:46,990
♪ 'Cause in the hood, true
Homies make you feel good ♪
1078
00:46:46,990 --> 00:46:49,293
♪ And half the times
We be actin' up call the cops ♪
1079
00:46:49,293 --> 00:46:51,528
♪ Bringin' a cease to the peace
That was on my block ♪
1080
00:46:51,528 --> 00:46:54,131
♪ It never stops, when my mama
Ask me will I change? ♪
1081
00:46:54,131 --> 00:46:56,166
♪ I tell her, "Yeah, but it's
Clear I'll always be the same ♪
1082
00:46:56,166 --> 00:46:57,668
♪ 'Til the end of time ♪
1083
00:46:57,668 --> 00:47:00,404
♪ Take these broken wings ♪
1084
00:47:00,404 --> 00:47:04,541
♪ I need your hands to come
And heal me once again ♪
1085
00:47:05,008 --> 00:47:07,444
- ♪ So I can fly ♪
- ♪ Unt
il the end of time ♪
1086
00:47:09,613 --> 00:47:13,183
♪ 'Til the end of time ♪
1087
00:47:14,318 --> 00:47:16,620
♪ Take these broken wings ♪
1088
00:47:17,020 --> 00:47:19,022
The firs
t one I'm gonna do
1089
00:47:19,022 --> 00:47:21,125
is called,
Us Killing Us Equals Genocide.
1090
00:47:21,125 --> 00:47:23,026
It's about youth killing youth.
1091
00:47:23,026 --> 00:47:25,129
[singer] ♪ Yeah, hmm
Better days ♪
1092
00:47:25,129 --> 00:47:27,431
♪ Listen, everybody
'Cause you're all involved ♪
1093
00:47:27,431 --> 00:47:29,533
♪ There's a problem
In the nation
That must be solved ♪
1094
00:47:29,533 --> 00:47:31,535
♪ What's my attitude
With that ♪
1095
00:47:31,535 --> 00:47:34,004
♪ To this I swear
As long as I didn't get shot ♪
1096
00:47:34,004 --> 00:47:35,405
♪ I just didn't care
Let me tell you
About Roger ♪
1097
00:47:35,405 --> 00:47:37,207
♪ 'Cause he was smart ♪
1098
00:47:37,207 --> 00:47:39,276
♪ Wanted to be a doctor
An operator on hearts ♪
1099
00:47:39,276 --> 00:47:41,545
♪ Got, gots to go
To a real good college ♪
1100
00:47:41,545 --> 00:47:43,714
♪ He didn't want to get high
He wanted to get knowledge ♪
1101
00:47:43,714 --> 00:47:46,183
♪ Now Roger was at home
One fateful night ♪
1102
00:47:46,183 --> 00:47:48,552
♪ Cause right next door
To Roger was a gang
On violence ♪
1103
00:47:48,552 --> 00:47:51,021
♪ Knew the girl
That lived there
So he was concerned ♪
1104
00:47:51,021 --> 00:47:53,123
♪ Stepped out to see
What happened
But never returned ♪
1105
00:47:53,123 --> 00:47:56,160
♪ Why he was shot six times
He never revealed ♪
1106
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,195
♪ That poor Black man
His hopes and his dreams ♪
1107
00:47:58,195 --> 00:48:00,397
♪ Let me tell you about Romy
He was mad as bad ♪
1108
00:48:00,397 --> 00:48:02,399
♪ He got strength with Rocky
With Philly effect ♪
1109
00:48:02,399 --> 00:48:04,735
♪ Knew what, begin to rock that
He does with the what ♪
1110
00:48:04,735 --> 00:48:07,271
♪ Like I said he was affected
Now he wanted to fight ♪
1111
00:48:07,271 --> 00:48:09,406
♪ I done told him to calm down
And play it cool ♪
1112
00:48:09,406 --> 00:48:11,708
♪ Romy paid no mind
Wanted to act a fool ♪
1113
00:48:11,708 --> 00:48:14,144
♪ Reinventing of the word
That's like of what I said ♪
1114
00:48:14,144 --> 00:48:16,547
♪ First Roger was killed
Now Romy is dead ♪
1115
00:48:16,547 --> 00:48:19,016
♪ Stop the killing, start
Telling better things to do ♪
1116
00:48:19,016 --> 00:48:21,351
♪ Listen close to the message
I'm beating for you ♪
1117
00:48:21,351 --> 00:48:23,520
♪ Because the Black population
Is becoming endangered ♪
1118
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,256
♪ So before you
Pull the trigger
Stop and think ♪
1119
00:48:26,256 --> 00:48:28,525
♪ Because you could
Kill from acting
With the dark of the night ♪
1120
00:48:28,525 --> 00:48:31,195
♪ But you can never forget the
Day you thought it was right ♪
1121
00:48:31,195 --> 00:48:33,330
♪ Now we mourn this stuff
Together, we must unite ♪
1122
00:48:33,330 --> 00:48:35,532
♪ 'Cause that's the deadly
Enemy that we must fight ♪
1123
00:48:35,532 --> 00:48:38,001
♪ We gotta deal
With the problem
Without a bust ♪
1124
00:48:38,001 --> 00:48:40,270
♪ Please stop the killing
Now support, now stop now ♪
1125
00:48:40,270 --> 00:48:42,539
♪ Fellas stay in school
And cop the gold ♪
1126
00:48:42,539 --> 00:48:44,708
♪ Get the ruckus of hands
And the know after know ♪
1127
00:48:44,708 --> 00:48:47,277
♪ Young lady you a repping
And that you know ♪
1128
00:48:47,277 --> 00:48:49,480
♪ But when your man wants to
Make love, you birth control ♪
1129
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,149
♪ But you people get
The message in my rhyme ♪
1130
00:48:52,149 --> 00:48:54,351
♪ Remember us killing us
Equals genocide ♪
1131
00:48:54,351 --> 00:48:56,520
[cheering, applauding]