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Ironic that while the United States has a supposed war against Muslim countries, Jesus is, in fact, one of the most respected prophets in Islam.
The most mentioned prophet in the Qur'an is Moses (commonly transliterated as Musa; موسى, pronounced “Mūsā”), as he is mentioned 136 times. Jesus, whose name is commonly transliterated as Isa (but also known as Al-Masih, the Messiah; or Ibn Maryam, the Son of Mary) is mentioned in the Qur'an a total of 59 times.
That being said, in terms of who was quoted the most, there is a possibly that it is indeed Jesus.
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We was poorer than the other little kids 2Pac – Dear Mama
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Referring to his half-sister Sekyiwa Shakur. She is two years younger than Pac.
For a woman, it ain't easy tryin' to raise a man
You always was committed
A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how you did it 2Pac – Dear Mama
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All children need a strong father figure present in their lives when it’s most important, and the mother oftentimes has the burden of taking care of their children while also being the financial provider all by themselves; refer to the second line in the second verse.
SIDE NOTE: When this song was recorded in 1994, City-Journal put out the following statistics:
-Child poverty stayed close to 20% in the 1980’s, and worsening in the early 90’s with a peak of 22.7% (in 1993).
-Welfare dependency continued to rise, soaring from 2 million families in 1970 to 5 million by 1995.
-By 1990, 65% of all Black children were being born to unmarried women.
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Give me TLC 'cause you know I be too proud Ludacris (Ft. Shawnna) – What’s Your Fantasy
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Seventeen years old, kicked out on the streets 2Pac – Dear Mama
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The song begins with an anecdote about Pac and his mother, Afeni Shakur:
When Tupac first started rapping, he had a reasonably stable life in Baltimore, MD. While attending the Baltimore School for the Arts, he had the opportunity to study theater, ballet, and other forms of art; it was the first time he felt like he actually “loved his classes”.
While this was happening, his mother was having a difficult time securing a job; it has been claimed that this was due to her involvement with the Black Panther Party and being labeled as one of the infamous New York 21.
Two years later, before having the privilege of graduating from this reputable school, the Shakur family was evicted from their house. Pac’s mom decided to send him to Marin City, CA to live with a family friend.
(It wasn’t until he moved in with a neighbor when he started living the street life.)
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Love = Evol … Em seems to have added (slightly incorrect) palindromes to his repertoire for this album. (See, “Almost Famous.”)
Nas rapped something similar to this on AZ’s song “Everything is Everything”:
Never play with love
Love is evil spelled backwards
FUN FACT: This is an idea that goes back to Amiri Baraka’s poem “In Memory of Radio” (which was published in 1961):
& love is an evil word.
Turn it backwards/see, see what I mean?
An evol word.
On another note, it could also be him saying to spell evil backwards (live), implying to live and you’ll soon find out that “love is evil”.
Love is evil which he means that if one falls in love for someone that they could get hurt emotionally or physically so that’s why he says love is evil if you spell it backwards and say it, it will sound like evil
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