"Me Against the World Response"

Andrew NguyenEnglish 2018-8:50AM
Response to Tupac's - "Me Against the World"
Tupac Shakur's inspiring song, "Me Against the World" shows his view of the world and the people who are struggling within it. The song describes how life is for Tupac. That includes poverty, guns, deaths, and of course, politics. The title of the song "Me Against the World" shows a sort of rise against these issues. With Tupac, he wants to rise against these issues and continue to face life's struggles. One of the issues Tupac wants to rise against, is the violence within his life.


Tupac descrbies many issues that roams the world in his song. One of the many issues including, is the rising deaths in the community. Tupac describes his community with "projects is full of bullets, the bodies is droppin... Witnessin killings, leavin dead bodies in abandoned buildings" (Shakur). With that in mind, it is almost a constant look-out. People want to survive and they have to remain alert. In this "dog eat dog" world, one needs to protect oneself against others to live:


I'm headed for danger, don't trust strangers/Put one in the chamber whenever I'm feelin this anger/Don't wanna make excuses, cause this is how it is/What's the use unless we're shootin no one notices the youth (Shakur)