We back for everything you owe, no longer oppressed/cause now we overthrow those that placed us in this rotten mess
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker declares that oppression has ended and those who caused it are being overthrown.
- In plain terms
- We are no longer oppressed; we are overthrowing those who made our lives hard.
- What can you take from it?
- Oppressed groups can reclaim power from their oppressors.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who holds power in your community?
- How do you resist injustice?
Another view
It may oversimplify complex social changes.
More from Tupac Shakur
Gettin raw till the day I see my casket/Buried as a g while tha whole world remembers me
Permalink to quote #313 But let's agree on strategy and pick out enemies right/Who stands accused of the abuse my own, kind do right
Permalink to quote #315 Remember me, as an outcast outlaw/Another album out that's what I'm about, more
Permalink to quote #312
Related quotes
An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
Henry ClayHenry Clay quote #4 I have already mentioned that I was one of the persons who helped to form Umkhonto. I, and the others who started the organization, did so for two reasons. Fir…
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela quote #11 Even though you can destroy a man, destroying him does not make him cease to exist. On the contrary, if I can put it this way, he begins to exist all the more.…
Ryszard KapuscinskiRyszard Kapuscinski quote #12