Mama tell me am I wrong, is God just another cop
Waitin to beat my ass if I don't go pop?

from 2Pac – Blasphemy Lyrics on Rap Genius

Again, Tupac applies the Bible and it’s old stories to his modern struggle. God is often described as someone we should fear. Tupac sees this type of authority figure on a daily, the police. The implication in this rhetorical question is Tupac’s hope that God is on his people’s side and not another judgmental authority figure enforcing rules that mostly work against the poor and force those at the bottom to constantly fight, i.e. “pop”, meaning to “shoot” their guns

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