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Dear Mr. Clinton, It's gettin harder and harder for a motherf**ker to make a dollar in these here streets. I mean s**t, I hear you screamin peace, but we can't find peace til my little ni**az on these streets get a piece. I know you feel me cause you too near me not to hear me. So why don't you help a ni**a out? Sayin you cuttin welfare. That got us ni**az on the street, thinkin who in the hell care? s**t, y'all want us to put down our glocks and our rocks, but y'all ain't ready to give us no motherf**kin dollars. What happened to our 40 acres and a mule fool? We ain't stupid. Think you got us lookin to lose tryin to turn all us young ni**az into troops. You want us to fight your war. What the f**k I'm fightin for? s**t, I ain't got no love here. I ain't had a check all year. Taxin, all the blacks and police beatin me in the streets. f**k peace.

Tupac Shakur#211

JusticePeacePoliticsEconomy

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker demands economic support from leadership instead of just peace talk, citing poverty, tax burdens, and lack of resources for young people.
In plain terms
We need money and resources from leaders not just speeches about peace.
What can you take from it?
Peace requires economic stability and fair resource distribution.

Where it applies

  • political advocacy
  • community organizing
  • economic debate

Putting it to work

  • demand fair policy
  • advocate for resources
  • challenge leaders

Questions to consider

  • What does peace actually require?
  • How do leaders justify inaction?

Another view

This frames the issue as purely financial without addressing other factors.

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  2. What they want from us motherf**kin thug niggaz?/Used to love niggaz now I plug niggaz, and slug niggaz

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  3. Down to die, for everything I represent/Meant every word, in my letter to the President

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