Poem - Just a breath of Freedom (4 Nelson Mandela)

by Tupac Shakur - from 'the rose that grows from concrete'

Just a breath of Freedom (4 Nelson Mandela)


Held captive 4 your politics
They wanted 2 break your soul
They ordered the extermination
of all minds they couldn't control
4 u the fate was far worse
than just a brutal homicide
They caged u like an animal
and watched u slowly die inside
As u Breath your first air of freedom
On the day you became a free man
Raise your Regal Brown in Pride
4 now you R in God's Hands
The life of many were given
So that day would one day come
That the devils in Power in Pretoria
would pay for the evil crimes they've done.

Poem: Sometimes I cry

by Tupac Shakur - from 'the rose that grows from concrete'

Sometimes I cry


Sometimes when I'm alone
I cry because I'm on my own
The tears I cry R bitter and warm
They flow with life but take no form
I cry because my heart is torn
and I find it difficult 2 carry on
If I had an ear 2 confide in
I would cry among my treasured friends
But who do u know that stops that long to help another carry on
The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by
Than 2 stop and C what makes you cry
It's painful and sad and sometimes I cry
and no one cares about why.