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"Changes." - 2Pac

Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 08:07 am

Album: Immortal

Track No: 11

Gonna make a change
It's like that
And that's the way it is
It's like that
And that's the way it is
I see no changes
Wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I'm tired of being poor, and even worse, I'm black
My stomach hurts, so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a ****, he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?
One less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope, let 'em deal to brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back, that's what Huey said
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
I got love for my brothers
But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
We gotta start making changes
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
And that's how we're supposed to be
How can the devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to where we played as kids
But things changed, and that's the way it is
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
I see no changes
All I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right
'Cause both black and white are smoking crack tonight
And the only time we chill is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready to see a black president
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
The penitentiary's packed and it's filled with blacks
But some things will never change
Try to show another way, but they're staying in the dope game
Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
Being real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
(I made cheese today)
But you made it in a sleazy way
Selling crack to the kids
(I gotta get paid) (Go ahead)
But that's the way it is
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
Gotta make changes
In '92 it's time for us as a people to start making changes
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
And let's change the way we treat each other
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us
To do what we gotta do to survive
And still I see no changes
Can't a brother get a little peace
There's war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty
They got a war on drugs, so the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back kicking facts, giving it back to you
Don't let 'me jack you up, back you up
Crack you up and pimp smack you up
You gotta learn to hold your own
They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this
I trust it, it's when they try to rush, I bust this
That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool
But mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back
'Cause I always gotta worry 'bout the payback
Some buff that I roughed up way back
Coming back after all these years
Rat-a-tat-tat, that's the way it is
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Ah, yeah

Writer(s): 2Pac, Big D The Impossible, Bruce Hornsby.

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