

It feels good puttin’ money in your mailbox I ain’t guilty, ‘cause even though I sell rocks I needed money of my own, so I started slangin’ They say I’m wrong and I’m heartless, but all along He passed away and I didn’t cry, ‘cause my anger No love from my daddy, ‘cause the coward wasn’t there

Sweet lady, place no one above ya ( You are appreciated) Lady, don’t you know we love ya? ( Dear Mama) Is to show you that I understand: you are appreciated There’s no way I can pay you back, but the plan Mama catch me, put a whoopin’ to my backsideįor a woman it ain’t easy tryin’ to raise a manĪ poor single mother on welfare, tell me how you did it I reminisce on the stress I caused, it was hellĪnd runnin’ from the police, that’s right I shed tears with my baby sister, over the yearsĪnd even though we had different daddies, the same drama Suspended from school, and scared to go home, I was a fool Though back at the time I never thought I’d see her faceĪin’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s place Seventeen years old, kicked out on the streets When I was young, me and my mama had beef Number of studio albuns: 4 alive, 6 posthumous This song is a slow-pace jewel from his third album “ Me Against The World”, which talks about his life and his relationship with his mother. On April 7, 2017, Shakur was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tupac is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, and he has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of any genre by many publications, including Rolling Stone, which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, and Pac, was an American rapper and actor. His double disc albums All Eyez on Me (1996) and his Greatest Hits (1998) are among the best-selling albums in the United States.

when Tupac comes in the studio very upset and proceeds to explain to us that we had to take out Yo-Yo’s part because a person by the name of Pat Charbonet would not give us the clearance to use that part in the song, so we had no choice but to take it out and that’s where even the Richard Pryor excerpt, which you will hear, is completely off the released version of the song.Tupac’s third studio album “Me Against The World” (released in 1995) TUPAC: THE LEGEND OF THE SILVER ERA The day after we had finished up on everything we were in Echo Sound in L.A. The sample was ‘Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman,’ which was taken from the original song from Ice Cube’s ‘This Is A Man’s World,’ with the scratching done, of course, by yours truly DJ King Assassin. “Originally, the hook was a sample of a song from the legendary rapper and friend of both of ours named Yo-Yo, from Ice Cube’s Lench Mob. “The original version of ‘Dear Mama’ was far different than the version that was released, as far as the hook was constructed,” DJ King Assassin explained in a note with the track via Ambrosia for Heads. The original version of “Dear Mama” includes vocals from Yo-Yo and some other samples unknown previously. Now a version of the song that is said to predate the popular recording has surfaced courtesy of Tupac’s early collaborator DJ King Assassin.
