The "Huey" that 2Pac mentions in the song ("two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead") is Black Panther Party activist Huey P.
There is also a notable remix of the song mashed up with Nelly Furtado's "All Good Things (Come to an End)". One verse in "Changes" was first featured in his previous release "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto". "Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000 it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. Lesane Crooks was born to Afeni Shakur (ne Alice Faye Williams), a member of the Black Panther Party, and she. Newton, and a narration of what it is like to be an underprivileged Black youth in Ghetto America.
The scathing lyrics take well-placed shots at the police and government, reminding us of the murder of Black Panther founder: Huey P. And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs So the police can bother me And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do But now I'm back.
2PAC CHANGES FULL
The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos 2Pac released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures. Tupac Shakur, in full Tupac Amaru Shakur, original name Lesane Parish Crooks, bynames 2Pac and Makaveli, (born June 16, 1971, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.died September 13, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada), American rapper and actor who was one of the leading names in 1990s gangsta rap. Changes is one of the more referenced Tupac songs. You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do What we gotta do, to survive. In addition, the song heavily samples the 1986 hit "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Released initially posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song addresses issues close to 2Pac's era of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs, gang violence and the prospect of a black president. Changes is all about facing up to stereotyping, hate to black people and treating someone different because they dont look like you, ect. If you like Changes, you might also like Return of the Mack. It is one of his most notable and popular songs. Changes is a Hip hop song by 2Pac, released on January 1st 1998 in the album Greatest Hits. The song was a #1 hit in Norway and in The Netherlands and reached the top ten in the singles charts of several other countries. "Changes" is a hip hop song by the late Tupac Shakur originally recorded during his tenure at Interscope records which was rerecorded and remixed between 1995-96.
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