The late Tupac was an African American rapper who was shot dead in 1996. The piano and chorus are sampled from The Way It Is. Changes has remained one of Tupacs most notable and popular songs in hip hop history. The piano and chorus are sampled from The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and.
You see the old way wasn’t working so it’s on us to do what we gotta do, to survive.” This is inspirational as he wants a completely different outlook by black people. 2Pac Changes Lyrics Genius Lyrics Changes 2Pac Track 17 on Greatest Hits Changes is Pac’s timely meditation on race, class and politics. Changes is Pac’s timely meditation on race, class and politics. Let’s change the way we eat, let’s change the way we live and let’s change the way we treat each other. He states,”It’s time for us as a people to start makin’ some changes. Changes samples the drum loop from the 1984 song 'Set It Off by Strafe. rap entrepreneur Suge Knight offered to pay his 3 million bail on the condition he. Polo G interpolated 'Changes' on his 2020 song 'Wishing for a Hero'. In 1995, Tupac Shakur was in Rikers Island on sexual assault charges when L.A. Nas sampled the song for his song 'Black President'. No one cares about the black person and that is why it is challenging for them to live. Shakur wants all of the black community to unite and stop the hatred and change for the better. The Tupac 'Changes' instrumental was used by Insane Clown Posse in 'Mom Song', a Mother's Day song. Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races we under.” The overall theme is that there is still racism against the black people and that they are still low on the social hierarchy. “Changes” is based on the black person’s ongoing social problems and struggle in society. Shakur opens up the song by saying,”I’m tired of bein’ poor and even worse I’m black, my stomach hurts, so I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch.” In saying this he expresses the problems of the black people in that they aren’t given many opportunities and have to divert to crimes to survive. Shakur also notes, “I see no changes.