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- [man 1] Wait, hold on
- [man 2] No, it's okay.
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[man 3] We're rolling.
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[man 4] Glo, day two, take one,
comma marker.
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[Allen] This a random question,
Glo, the first one...
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[man 3] All right, here we go.
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[Allen]
Everyone talks about, um,
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- how there were two Tupacs.
- Yeah.
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There's like two different
extremes of, like, him,
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getting back.
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That he had multiple personality
disorder, essentially?
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Bullshit. He did not have
multiple personality nothing.
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It was a kid, a young man,
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who was-- some days you saw him,
he was excited.
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Some days you saw him,
he was angry.
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And some days you saw him,
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he was the sweetest thing
in the world.
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And maybe because, astrologically,
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being a Gemini,
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I can see the duality
of the personality,
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but not in terms of being
psycho nothing.
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He wasn't bipolar.
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He was full of anxiety.
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- [Allen] Mm-hmm, why?
- He was--
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Well, his life.
Look at his life.
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Look what was happening to him.
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You know, his life
wasn't running smooth.
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He wanted to do music.
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[Gloria]
He moved with the feeling.
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[Donald] Feelings unite us.
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Thoughts kind of separate us,
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but no matter
what we may think,
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we all feel the same things
the same way.
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And it kind of is
what makes art work.
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But showing emotion
for a boy is, you know,
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we was conditioned
from childhood, you know,
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big boys don't cry.
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And I don't think Tupac
had any fear
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of expressing his feelings.
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For whatever reason,
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that barrier just didn't
exist for him.
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He had a pretty open channel.
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♪ I hear Brenda's got a baby ♪
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♪ But Brenda's
Barely got a brain ♪
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♪ A damn shame ♪
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♪ The girl can hardly
Spell her name ♪
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♪ That's not our problem
That's up to Brenda's family ♪
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♪ Well, let me show you how it
Affects our whole community ♪
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♪ Now Brenda never really knew
Her moms ♪
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♪ And her dad was a junkie
Puttin' death into his arms ♪
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♪ It's sad 'cause I bet
Brenda doesn't even know ♪
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♪ Just 'cause
You're in the ghetto ♪
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♪ Doesn't mean you can't grow ♪
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♪ But oh, that's a thought
My own revelation ♪
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♪ Do whatever it takes
To resist the temptation ♪
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♪ Brenda got herself
A boyfriend ♪
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♪ Her boyfriend was her cousin
Now let's watch the joy end ♪
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♪ She tried
To hide her pregnancy ♪
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♪ From her family ♪
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♪ Who really
Didn't care to see ♪
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♪ Or give a damn if she ♪
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♪ Went out and had a church
Of kids ♪
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♪ As long as
When the check came ♪
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♪ They got first dibs ♪
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[Karen] Tupac was living
in the valley off of Coldwater.
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And when Afeni
got out of rehab,
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there was happiness,
a lot of emotion, and relief
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because he knew his mother
was on the road to recovery.
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And that made him really happy.
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And he wanted her
to be a part...
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of his success.
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♪ Now Brenda's belly's
Getting bigger ♪
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♪ But no one seems to notice
Any change in her figure ♪
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♪ She's 12 years old
And she's having a baby ♪
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♪ In love with the molester
Who's sexing her crazy ♪
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[interviewer 2]
Let's talk a little bit about
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the song that's hitting
real big right now.
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"Brenda's Got a Baby." Oh, God.
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"Brenda's Got a Baby"
is based on a true story,
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and it started out big...
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[reporter] A bizarre story
of child abandonment,
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incest, and attempted suicide.
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A newborn was thrown into the
garbage of Brooklyn yesterday.
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The mother was just
12 years old.
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And today, the father,
her cousin,
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was arrested
after he tried to kill himself.
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♪ He left her and she had
The baby solo ♪
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♪ She had it
On the bathroom floor ♪
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♪ And didn't know so ♪
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♪ She didn't know what
To throw away ♪
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♪ And what to keep ♪
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♪ She wrapped the baby up ♪
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♪ And threw him
In the trash heap ♪
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Everything about
that song was new,
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because at that time,
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either you
were making a party song
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or aggressive gangster music.
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But Pac read the story
and he was so moved by it,
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he wrote the song.
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♪ I guess she thought
She'd get away ♪
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♪ Wouldn't hear the cries ♪
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♪ She didn't realize ♪
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♪ How much the little baby
Had her eyes ♪
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♪ Now the baby's
In the trash heap bawlin' ♪
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♪ Mama can't help her ♪
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♪ But it hurts
To hear her calling ♪
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[Phillips]
The infant boy was found
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in the building's
trash compactor yesterday.
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This maintenance worker
was just about
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to turn the compactor on.
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♪ Brenda wants to run away ♪
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♪ Mama say
"You making me lose pay ♪
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♪ And social workers here
Every day" ♪
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[reporter]
Hospital officials say
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they will turn the infant over
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to the Bureau of Child Welfare.
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[Tupac] It was like
a week-long series.
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The mother has been charged
with juvenile delinquency
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[Tupac] And I was like,
"That's so wild,
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the media was
pimping that little,
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small, poor, helpless girl."
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And no changes was made.
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She was nothing more
than a story to them.
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And it was getting
smaller and smaller.
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♪ Now Brenda's gotta make
Her own way ♪
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♪ Can't go to her family
They won't let her stay ♪
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♪ No money, no babysitter
She couldn't keep a job ♪
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♪ She tried to sell crack
But end up gettin' robbed ♪
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So now, same story they
reported on, I'm reporting on.
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♪ So she sees sex
As a way of leaving hell ♪
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♪ It's paying the rent
So she really can't complain ♪
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♪ Prostitute found, slain ♪
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♪ And Brenda's her name
She's got a baby ♪
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[Berman] You don't know where
the journey's gonna take you
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when you begin with an artist.
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And I remember with Tupac,
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with "Brenda's Got a Baby,"
it all changed.
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[Tupac] My publicist sent
a gang of letters to my house.
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People writing me,
"Keep your head up."
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Or, "My mother smoke crack,
I just need a big brother."
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Or, "My cousin
in that situation,
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we don't know what to do,
should she get an abortion?"
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And a lot of it,
is you see a lot of evil things
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and it's like, I wanna get
involved in everything
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and my publicist and my
manager's like, "You can't..."
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[Gloria]
Genius comes with a price.
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I want to be everywhere.
I want to go everywhere.
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I want to expand and blow up.
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[Berman] The urgency
for things to move.
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If it was hard for us,
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I can only imagine
how hard it was for him.
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What I'm trying to encourage
is for people to make a change.
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- He had so much to say.
- [Tupac] 'Cause we can do that.
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[Berman] So much to do.
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We got brains.
We can reeducate.
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- [woman]
And he was hopped up.
- [Tupac] I mean, I think
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that's what my moms
was talkin' about
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what makes you a man, responsibility.
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[woman]
The album was doing good.
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"2pacalypse Now"
Powerful, powerful stuff.
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[woman] Juice is coming out.
He was hot.
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[reporter] The new movie
comes out this Friday.
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[Gloria] He knew
he nailed Juice.
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...and I like that reaction
from the crowd.
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[Gloria] And all of a sudden,
we got money.
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[Tupac] Juice is respect, power.
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How far will you go to get it?
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[Karen]
People in the film business
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saw his talent as an actor,
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but he wasn't prepared...
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- [gunshot]
- [screaming]
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...for the reaction
at the theaters.
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[man] Freeze, motherfucker!
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Turn around hit the wall!
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[reporter] Juice opened
around the country
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to the sound of gunfire
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inside and outside a number
of theaters where it played.
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[Karen] I got so many calls.
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[woman] "What's he thinking
about the violence
in the theaters?"
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[Karen] He doesn't have
anything to do
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with the violence happening
in the theaters.
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[reporter] Police say much
of the violence was random,
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although most of it
involved moviegoers.
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[Karen] He said,
"They want to talk to me."
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No! You don't talk to everybody
who wants to talk to you.
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But Pac didn't listen
all the time.
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[Tupac] What we're doing
is using our brain
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to get out of the ghetto,
any way we can.
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So, we tell these stories.
And they tend to be violent,
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because our world tends
to be filled with violence.
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[Karen] He wanted to get
the attention he needed
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for the goals
that he wants to reach.
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So, if this is reality,
the next question becomes...
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How do we change it?
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[Karen] And he wanted attention
for that assault case.
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[Tupac] ...these are
"learn to be a nigga" scars.
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- [interviewer] Who did that?
- [Tupac] Oakland Police Department.
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- [interviewer]
You're suing them?
- [Tupac] Ten mil.
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What else can I do?
'Cause you know how that go.
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Rodney King
is still fighting for his,
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and they got it on tape.
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You know what I'm saying?
They got it on tape!
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[Karen] The Rodney King thing
had a tremendous effect on him.
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[man] That's fucked up
how they doing a nigga.
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Look how they doing him.
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[Snoop Dogg] Nigga, fuck that!
Show me help, nigga.
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A Black man being done wrong
by police officers,
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which happen to be White,
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we don't just film shit
and let a nigga get killed.
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Fuck all that!
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What's happening? What it do?
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That's Tupac. That's the cloth
that he was cut from.
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♪ They claim that I'm violent ♪
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♪ Just 'cause I refuse
To be silent ♪
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♪ These hypocrites
Are havin' fits ♪
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♪ 'Cause I'm not buyin' it ♪
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♪ Defyin' it ♪
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♪ Envious because I will
Rebel against any oppressor ♪
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♪ And this is known
As self-defense ♪
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[reporter] 2pacalypse Now,
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a rap album that has some songs
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about Blacks who kill cops.
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♪ I told 'em fight back
Attack on society ♪
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♪ If this is violence ♪
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♪ Then violent's
What I gotta be ♪
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You have a list of titles
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First one, "I Don't Give a F."
"Crooked Ass Nigga."
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♪ If you investigate ♪
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♪ You'll find out
Where it's coming from ♪
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♪ Look through our history
America's the violent one ♪
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[reporter] Many of the titles suggest
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violence, sex, drug use.
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- Let's pick... violent.
- [reporter] ...and profanity.
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♪ In every jeep and every car
Brothers stomp this ♪
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♪ I'm never ignorant
Getting goals accomplished ♪
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[reporter 1] The album
was playing in a stolen car
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when Texas Trooper
Bill Davidson stopped it.
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[reporter 2] He was
a family man.
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♪ He had the nerve
To say I had a curfew ♪
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♪ Get out the car
Or I'll hurt you ♪
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A cop from
the country was shot dead
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by a teenager
from the inner city.
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[reporter 3] Nineteen-year-old,
Ronald Howard...
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♪ Before I knew it ♪
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♪ I was beatin' the cop
Senseless ♪
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♪ The other cop dropped his gun
He was defenseless ♪
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[lawyer] He believes the music
he was listening to,
from Tupac,
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probably did influence him
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and caused him
to shoot that trooper.
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♪ Now I'm against this
Cop who was racist ♪
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♪ Givin' him a taste of
Trading Places ♪
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[reporter 1]
Did the music make him do it?
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[reporter 2] It proved to be
the perfect campaign issue
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for Dan Quayle yesterday.
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♪ This is a lesson to the
Rednecks and crooked cops ♪
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♪ You fuck with real niggas
Get 'ya fuckin' ass dropped ♪
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There is absolutely no reason
for a record like this
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- to be published.
- It is sick.
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♪ You wanna sweat me
Never get me to be silent ♪
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♪ Givin' them a reason ♪
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♪ A reason to claim
That I'm violent ♪
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[gunshots]
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♪ Just because we play
What the people want ♪
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♪ Fuck a damn cop ♪
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♪ Just because we play
What the people... ♪
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♪ Violence ♪
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[Tupac] Fuck a damn cop,
you understand?
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Some of it is cuts.
We got a cut that goes,
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F-F-Fuck a damn cop.
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[gunshot]
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[Allen] When did you first come
to learn of Tupac, as an artist?
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Uh, wow...
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I don't even know if it was
"Brenda's Got a Baby," it was--
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I think it was the first one.
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My impression of him was
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he was gangsta as
a motherfucker, first of all.
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'Cause he would say shit
other rappers wasn't saying.
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But he was known
for shit happening with him.
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[Allen] What do you think
that was with Tupac,
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where he would run
into fire like that?
280
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What was he looking for?
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Mainly, he was looking
for understanding.
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[lawyer] You are here under
a court-ordered deposition
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for the case of Linda Davidson
and the estate of Bill Davidson
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who are suing Time Warner, you,
and other record companies.
285
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Now, what knowledge do you have
about this lawsuit?
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Uh, I know that
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an officer was killed
in the line of duty,
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by a-- a young male
who's on death row currently.
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His defense to save himself
from the chair was that
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my music somehow induced him
to commit this crime.
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And the widow of the slain
officer and his children
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are suing everybody involved.
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[host]
"The music made me do it."
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That's what Ronald Ray Howard claimed.
295
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Now, the officer's widow
is suing Tupac
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and his record company
for $100 million.
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What do the people
claim, though?
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'Cause there were some lyrics
in the song about cop-dusting
299
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- or something like that, right?
- [Tupac] Well, actually,
300
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the story that they were
talking about
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is called "Soulja's Story."
302
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And it wasn't about killing
cops at all.
303
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That's just what the media took,
304
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'cause they're gonna
take what they want.
305
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It was about somebody who was
so scared of police brutality
306
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that he panicked
when they pulled him over...
307
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...and it shows how his life
fell apart.
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At the end of the story,
he died.
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♪ Caught a bullet in my head ♪
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♪ The screams never left
My mind ♪
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♪ My brother
Caught a bullet too ♪
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♪ But I think he gonna
Pull through ♪
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♪ 'Cause he deserves to ♪
314
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♪ This fast life ain't
everything they told you ♪
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♪ They never get much older ♪
316
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♪ Following the tracks
Of a soulja ♪
317
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But they didn't say that.
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They didn't talk about that.
They just took what they want.
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[woman] The media generally
has portrayed Tupac
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in basically a negative light.
321
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Your song,
"I Don't Give an F--"
322
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I start the song out sitting
in a paddy wagon,
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and the cops are bragging about
beating up another brother.
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[woman] What that shows
is what the media on any day
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is able to show you
about anyone's life.
326
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In reality, people live their
life on a day-to-day basis.
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So, I feel like my job is to
tell the story, the whole story,
328
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and I can't censor,
or whatever you say,
329
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censor it or making it right.
330
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It's still censoring it,
you know.
331
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We all gotta have the knowledge
of what's going on,
332
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and that's what
I'm trying to do.
333
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Okay, so you don't advocate
cop killing?
334
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Not at all. I don't advocate
violence in any way.
335
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My music deals
with self-defense.
336
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I'm curious whether the song
he was listening to
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had anything to do with
cop killing, or...
338
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- No. Not-- I'm--
- Not at all?
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I just said I don't write songs
about cop killing.
340
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[woman]
But it did have the lyrics--
341
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[man] Don't six of the songs
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- mention cop killing?
- [Tupac] No.
343
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- [man] They don't?
- [woman] Oh, that's not true.
344
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Nope. All my songs talk about
345
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police brutality
and self-defense.
346
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Now, that's something different.
347
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[audience cheers]
348
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[man] If we're gonna talk about
police, this man over here
349
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is in a really rough area,
350
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and he puts his life
on the line every day.
351
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[Tupac] I got so much respect
for him for that,
352
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but look, we have to live
in the same neighborhoods
353
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without bulletproof vests,
without backup,
354
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without walkie-talkies,
without guns,
355
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without tear gas, without
pepper spray, without batons.
356
00:13:34,427 --> 00:13:36,099
So, now we have to fix
the problem.
357
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[man] Pac knew that media
is a machine
358
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that you either work with it,
or against it.
359
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So he worked with it.
360
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These people don't see it
every day--
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But what I would like to see
is for children in our country
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to have a better future
than what you guys have.
363
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And that's not gonna happen when
he's repressing his generation
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and his people by saying
they have no hope.
365
00:13:53,183 --> 00:13:54,956
What do you know
about my people?
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- I know a lot about your people.
- What do you know about my--
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[audience shouts and boos]
368
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[Tupac]
Just because you give charity,
369
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,378
give money to wipe
the guilt away
370
00:14:02,478 --> 00:14:04,283
does not mean you know
about the young Black males
371
00:14:04,384 --> 00:14:07,125
and females in today's society.
372
00:14:07,225 --> 00:14:08,898
What would you say
is the answer to that? Violence?
373
00:14:08,998 --> 00:14:11,873
No, it's making music.
It's what I'm doing now.
374
00:14:11,973 --> 00:14:14,213
It sparks dialogue,
and that's how laws get made.
375
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That's how change get made.
376
00:14:16,252 --> 00:14:18,994
♪ I see no changes
All I see is racist faces ♪
377
00:14:19,094 --> 00:14:21,067
♪ Misplaced hate makes
Disgrace to races ♪
378
00:14:21,167 --> 00:14:23,273
♪ We under, I wonder
What it takes to make this ♪
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00:14:23,374 --> 00:14:25,414
♪ One better place
Let's erase the wasted ♪
380
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♪ Take the evil out the people
They'll be actin' right ♪
381
00:14:27,988 --> 00:14:30,027
♪ 'Cause both Black and White
Are smokin' crack tonight ♪
382
00:14:30,127 --> 00:14:32,100
♪ And the only time we chill
Is when we kill each other ♪
383
00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,373
♪ It takes skill to be real
Time to heal each other ♪
384
00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:36,815
Guys, get serious, all BS aside,
385
00:14:36,915 --> 00:14:40,191
it all comes down to, we got
to survive here in this country,
386
00:14:40,291 --> 00:14:41,997
'cause I'm not going back
to Africa.
387
00:14:42,097 --> 00:14:43,802
I mean, if this is truly
a melting pot,
388
00:14:43,902 --> 00:14:45,373
then we really need
to be like that.
389
00:14:45,474 --> 00:14:47,547
White folks, Black folks,
Korean folks,
390
00:14:47,648 --> 00:14:50,489
Mexican folks, Puerto Ricans,
we gotta understand each other.
391
00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:52,796
[Snoop Dogg] He was teaching us
to understand each other
392
00:14:52,896 --> 00:14:54,802
and to communicate,
making more of an impact
393
00:14:54,902 --> 00:14:56,975
on the people coming behind us.
394
00:14:57,075 --> 00:14:58,981
He got that from
the Panther Party.
395
00:14:59,081 --> 00:15:01,154
[man] The person that
I'm gonna talk about next
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00:15:01,254 --> 00:15:03,260
is a second-generation
revolutionary.
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00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,399
[Snoop Dogg] He couldn't
bring gangbanger to hip-hop.
398
00:15:05,501 --> 00:15:07,372
What he could bring
was a military mind
399
00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,244
and being war-ready.
400
00:15:09,345 --> 00:15:10,917
[man] His mother was one
of the New York Panther 21,
401
00:15:11,017 --> 00:15:12,856
- Afeni Shakur.
- [Snoop Dogg] And to know
402
00:15:12,956 --> 00:15:14,259
what you're talking about
when you're speaking.
403
00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,265
I talked to you earlier
about Dr. Mutulu Shakur,
404
00:15:16,366 --> 00:15:18,907
one of my young brothers
in congress.
405
00:15:19,007 --> 00:15:23,186
A person who I've known all
his life, brother Tupac Shakur.
406
00:15:23,286 --> 00:15:25,427
[Karen] Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement.
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00:15:25,528 --> 00:15:27,868
First, I want to say
peace to my mother.
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00:15:27,968 --> 00:15:30,543
That's where I saw
the Black Panther part of him
409
00:15:30,643 --> 00:15:31,880
[Tupac] 'Cause I wouldn't
have been here
410
00:15:31,980 --> 00:15:33,552
if it wasn't for my mother.
411
00:15:33,652 --> 00:15:35,457
And I looked on the front
of this thing and it said,
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00:15:35,625 --> 00:15:38,098
"Start from within to rebuild
our original greatness," right?
413
00:15:38,198 --> 00:15:39,904
Okay, well, that's what
my mother did.
414
00:15:40,004 --> 00:15:41,910
During the time when women
were scared to speak up,
415
00:15:42,010 --> 00:15:45,119
but a Black Panther, she spoke
at Harvard, Yale, everywhere,
416
00:15:45,219 --> 00:15:47,961
and now, it ain't time to cool
out and banquets and all that.
417
00:15:48,061 --> 00:15:50,334
It's still on, just like it was
on when you was young
418
00:15:50,434 --> 00:15:52,073
and you wanna say,
"Fuck that."
419
00:15:52,173 --> 00:15:53,343
Just like you said "fuck that"
back then.
420
00:15:53,443 --> 00:15:55,082
[Karen] Pac was speaking,
421
00:15:55,182 --> 00:15:56,955
and a woman next to him
leaned over and said,
422
00:15:57,055 --> 00:15:59,194
"Watch your language, please."
And Pac said...
423
00:15:59,294 --> 00:16:02,070
I apologize, I apologize,
but check this out.
424
00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,542
You can't be no more offended
by my cursing
425
00:16:03,642 --> 00:16:05,515
than what's really going on.
426
00:16:05,615 --> 00:16:09,124
[Karen] The room went silent,
because he was right.
427
00:16:09,224 --> 00:16:13,103
The thing about Tupac is,
it didn't matter who it was,
428
00:16:13,203 --> 00:16:15,009
you couldn't tell him anything.
429
00:16:15,109 --> 00:16:17,551
How come now I'm 20 years old
and ready to start some shit up,
430
00:16:17,651 --> 00:16:19,421
everybody telling me
to calm down?
431
00:16:19,523 --> 00:16:21,729
When you tell him to calm down,
that was the trigger word.
432
00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:23,466
Well, fuck that!
433
00:16:23,569 --> 00:16:25,406
[Leila] He was fighting
with the elders.
434
00:16:25,508 --> 00:16:27,581
[Tupac] If we keep looking for
who got the most colors on
435
00:16:27,681 --> 00:16:30,154
and who got the baddest dashiki,
we still gonna get--
436
00:16:30,254 --> 00:16:31,759
excuse my language, fucked!
437
00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:34,333
Because we coming up
in a totally different world.
438
00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:37,141
This is not the same world
that you had.
439
00:16:37,242 --> 00:16:39,550
He didn't wanna be
another KRS-One and Chuck D,
440
00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:41,420
and Martin Luther King
preaching to the converted.
441
00:16:41,523 --> 00:16:43,159
In our strive to be enlightened,
442
00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:45,432
we forgot about
all our brothers in the street.
443
00:16:45,535 --> 00:16:48,308
About all our dope dealers,
our pushers, and our pimps,
444
00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,716
and that's who's teaching
the new generation.
445
00:16:50,816 --> 00:16:52,589
- [woman] That's right.
- 'Cause y'all not doing it.
446
00:16:52,689 --> 00:16:54,226
[Shock G] Pac knew most of
the desolate out there
447
00:16:54,326 --> 00:16:55,631
don't even read.
448
00:16:55,731 --> 00:16:57,335
The cats he was trying to reach
449
00:16:57,435 --> 00:16:59,509
don't know nothing
about African-American history.
450
00:16:59,610 --> 00:17:01,280
[Tupac] We didn't get
any of that history
451
00:17:01,380 --> 00:17:02,752
from all of those
souljas that we lost.
452
00:17:02,852 --> 00:17:04,825
We did not grow up
with our parents.
453
00:17:04,925 --> 00:17:07,198
We grew up BC: Before Crack.
454
00:17:07,298 --> 00:17:08,770
That should say it all.
455
00:17:08,870 --> 00:17:10,543
So, I take all of this lightly.
456
00:17:10,643 --> 00:17:12,347
What I want you
to take seriously,
457
00:17:12,447 --> 00:17:14,353
is what we have to do
for the youth.
458
00:17:14,453 --> 00:17:17,428
The young Black males
are the future of us,
459
00:17:17,529 --> 00:17:20,404
and the young Black sisters
are the future of us.
460
00:17:20,505 --> 00:17:22,410
It's gonna be
what you put into it.
461
00:17:22,511 --> 00:17:26,122
If you don't put shit into it,
don't get mad when we blow up.
462
00:17:26,222 --> 00:17:29,532
Changes. In '92,
it's time for us as a people
463
00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:31,170
to start making some changes.
464
00:17:31,337 --> 00:17:32,876
Let's change the way we eat,
465
00:17:32,976 --> 00:17:34,815
let's change the way we live,
466
00:17:34,915 --> 00:17:36,888
and let's change the way
we treat each other.
467
00:17:36,988 --> 00:17:38,827
You see, the old way
wasn't working,
468
00:17:38,927 --> 00:17:42,170
so it's on us to do
what we gotta do to survive.
469
00:17:53,805 --> 00:17:55,845
[theme song playing]
We continue with Tupac Shakur.
470
00:17:55,945 --> 00:17:57,382
And let's talk a little bit
471
00:17:57,482 --> 00:17:59,321
about what do you think
your parents
472
00:17:59,421 --> 00:18:01,629
were trying to accomplish
with the movement?
473
00:18:01,729 --> 00:18:04,537
I think that my mother--
like a lot of people,
474
00:18:04,638 --> 00:18:07,647
like a lot of 'em,
like Fred Hampton, Mark Clark,
475
00:18:07,747 --> 00:18:09,753
uh, Harriet Tubman,
they felt like
476
00:18:09,853 --> 00:18:14,735
they were laying tracks
for the generation to come.
477
00:18:14,835 --> 00:18:17,208
What happened to her?
Why was she in jail?
478
00:18:17,308 --> 00:18:19,683
Because, like-- you know,
there's racism.
479
00:18:19,783 --> 00:18:22,892
So, when the Panthers hit,
the government panicked.
480
00:18:24,698 --> 00:18:26,235
[Berman] 1968.
481
00:18:26,838 --> 00:18:29,277
The Panthers had expanded from
482
00:18:29,377 --> 00:18:31,853
that original office
in Oakland, California,
483
00:18:31,953 --> 00:18:34,292
to about 30 different cities.
484
00:18:34,392 --> 00:18:36,533
[Mike Wallace]
Panther headquarters
is in Berkeley, California.
485
00:18:36,634 --> 00:18:39,007
The Panthers moved here after
their headquarters in Oakland
486
00:18:39,107 --> 00:18:41,816
were shot up by two policeman
who had been drinking on duty.
487
00:18:41,916 --> 00:18:44,356
[reporter] The Oakland Police,
well known for its brutality,
488
00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:46,596
never misses the chance
to harass the Black Panthers
489
00:18:46,697 --> 00:18:48,435
and even to shoot them.
490
00:18:48,536 --> 00:18:51,310
Attacks began early on
in the Black Panther Party.
491
00:18:51,410 --> 00:18:52,949
First, Huey Newton gets into
492
00:18:53,049 --> 00:18:55,724
what the Oakland Police says
was a shootout.
493
00:18:55,825 --> 00:18:58,431
[reporter] The facts:
Nine shots, one dead policeman.
494
00:18:58,532 --> 00:19:00,337
Another wounded,
and Newton shot.
495
00:19:00,437 --> 00:19:02,043
[Jamal] And then, Bobby Hutton,
496
00:19:02,143 --> 00:19:04,517
the first to join the Panthers
in Oakland,
497
00:19:04,617 --> 00:19:07,493
was shot in the back
and killed at age 17.
498
00:19:08,697 --> 00:19:10,602
[reporter]
He was running without arms,
499
00:19:10,703 --> 00:19:12,073
having left the basement
where he and Eldridge Cleaver
500
00:19:12,173 --> 00:19:14,079
had taken refuge
after a gun battle
501
00:19:14,179 --> 00:19:16,954
involving 50 policemen,
shooting a thousand rounds.
502
00:19:17,054 --> 00:19:19,863
[Jamal] And then it became more
clear our lives were in danger.
503
00:19:19,963 --> 00:19:22,470
[Marlon Brando] We just came
from Bobby Hutton's funeral...
504
00:19:23,406 --> 00:19:25,412
and I'm gonna do
as much as I can
505
00:19:25,513 --> 00:19:27,687
to inform White people
506
00:19:27,787 --> 00:19:29,693
of what they don't know.
507
00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:31,498
That I myself as a White man
508
00:19:31,598 --> 00:19:33,705
have got a long way to go
and a lot to learn.
509
00:19:33,805 --> 00:19:35,778
I haven't suffered
the way you've suffered.
510
00:19:35,878 --> 00:19:38,084
And somehow,
that has to be translated
511
00:19:38,184 --> 00:19:40,390
to the White community now.
512
00:19:40,926 --> 00:19:43,399
Then, my godfather,
Geronimo Pratt...
513
00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:44,938
[reporter] Geronimo Pratt.
514
00:19:45,038 --> 00:19:46,676
...had a top-rank position
with the Panthers
515
00:19:46,777 --> 00:19:47,981
on the West Coast.
516
00:19:48,081 --> 00:19:49,853
[Watani]
Geronimo was a war hero.
517
00:19:49,953 --> 00:19:51,892
[reporter] Silver Star,
Bronze Star. Purple Heart.
518
00:19:51,993 --> 00:19:55,135
And he trained
the Black Panther Party
519
00:19:55,235 --> 00:19:57,542
with his military skills,
not only in California,
520
00:19:57,643 --> 00:19:58,947
but all over the country.
521
00:20:00,819 --> 00:20:02,490
♪ Come with me ♪
522
00:20:02,591 --> 00:20:05,165
♪ Hail Mary
Nigga, run quick, see ♪
523
00:20:05,265 --> 00:20:07,438
♪ What do we have here now? ♪
524
00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:09,512
♪ Do you wanna ride or die? ♪
525
00:20:09,612 --> 00:20:11,450
♪ La di-di-da
La, la, la, la ♪
526
00:20:11,551 --> 00:20:14,459
[Jamal]
1969, the Year of the Panther.
527
00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,465
This is the year that we win.
528
00:20:16,566 --> 00:20:17,904
[Shaba] I was really excited.
529
00:20:18,004 --> 00:20:19,743
I said, "I'm gonna get
my gun today, yay!"
530
00:20:20,611 --> 00:20:21,816
[Jamal] More books to read...
531
00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:26,797
because the greatest,
most lethal weapon
532
00:20:26,897 --> 00:20:29,740
is a free and armed Black mind.
533
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,749
So, the FBI director,
J. Edgar Hoover,
534
00:20:32,849 --> 00:20:34,755
the most powerful person
in Washington,
535
00:20:34,855 --> 00:20:36,827
testifies before Congress.
536
00:20:36,927 --> 00:20:38,197
[Harry Reasoner] "... of the
Black extremist group,
537
00:20:38,297 --> 00:20:39,903
the Black Panthers represent
538
00:20:40,003 --> 00:20:41,776
the greatest internal
threat to the nation."
539
00:20:41,876 --> 00:20:44,517
And with that,
he got the funding he needed
540
00:20:44,617 --> 00:20:47,659
and the permission
to do anything he wanted to do
541
00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,067
to destroy the
Black Panther Party.
542
00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:53,544
- ♪ La di-di-da la la la la ♪
- [Tupac] COINTELPRO.
543
00:20:53,644 --> 00:20:55,148
♪ I ain't a killer
But don't push me ♪
544
00:20:55,248 --> 00:20:56,821
♪ Revenge is like
The sweetest joy ♪
545
00:20:56,921 --> 00:20:58,224
♪ Next to gettin' pussy ♪
546
00:20:58,324 --> 00:20:59,863
[Shaba]
COINTELPRO was an acronym
547
00:20:59,963 --> 00:21:01,601
for the Counter Intelligence Program.
548
00:21:01,701 --> 00:21:03,674
It was first used against
the Communist Party.
549
00:21:03,775 --> 00:21:05,848
After Malcolm X
was assassinated,
550
00:21:05,948 --> 00:21:07,586
Hoover needed to make sure
551
00:21:07,686 --> 00:21:09,558
there would not be
a new Black messiah.
552
00:21:09,658 --> 00:21:11,263
Martin Luther King
was a target.
553
00:21:11,363 --> 00:21:13,905
Stokely Carmichael,
H. Rap Brown, Max Stanford.
554
00:21:14,005 --> 00:21:15,643
The Black Panther Party
was a target.
555
00:21:15,743 --> 00:21:17,616
♪ Picture paragraphs unloaded ♪
556
00:21:17,716 --> 00:21:19,722
♪ Wise words bein' quoted ♪
557
00:21:19,823 --> 00:21:21,796
♪ Peeped the weakness in
This rap game and sewed it ♪
558
00:21:21,896 --> 00:21:24,302
[anchor] Three hundred
Los Angeles policemen
559
00:21:24,402 --> 00:21:27,612
are involved in a raging gun
battle for nearly five hours.
560
00:21:27,712 --> 00:21:31,826
Special Sniper Squad borrowed
armored vehicles from the Army,
561
00:21:31,926 --> 00:21:34,600
employing the modern weapons
of warfare used in Vietnam.
562
00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,138
[Jamal] A lot of the shootouts
and raids
563
00:21:36,238 --> 00:21:38,144
on the Panthers
were engineered by the FBI.
564
00:21:38,244 --> 00:21:40,016
[anchor] They have a search
warrant for this apartment.
565
00:21:40,117 --> 00:21:41,754
[Tupac] They raided
every Panther's house,
566
00:21:41,856 --> 00:21:43,159
especially the ones
they felt like
567
00:21:43,259 --> 00:21:45,165
could do the most damage
as an orator.
568
00:21:45,265 --> 00:21:48,374
The most famous example of that
is the murder of Fred Hampton.
569
00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,080
[man] Fred Hampton.
570
00:21:50,180 --> 00:21:51,316
[woman] Fred Hampton
was a young man.
571
00:21:51,416 --> 00:21:52,787
[Jamal] 21 years old.
572
00:21:52,889 --> 00:21:54,259
[woman] The Defense Minister
573
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,131
or the Illinois
Black Panther Party.
574
00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:58,004
- I just want to tell you...
- [Jamal] A man of peace.
575
00:21:58,104 --> 00:22:00,678
...that when Bobby Seale
and Huey P. Newton
576
00:22:00,778 --> 00:22:04,757
got together in 1966, they got
together as peacemakers,
577
00:22:04,858 --> 00:22:07,131
- not as peace-breakers.
- [Jamal] But an FBI informer
578
00:22:07,231 --> 00:22:09,873
drew the floor plans
to Hampton's apartment
579
00:22:09,973 --> 00:22:11,879
and he gave that to the
Chicago Police Department.
580
00:22:11,979 --> 00:22:13,349
[man] For 12 minutes,
581
00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:15,121
there was gun firing
in that apartment,
582
00:22:15,222 --> 00:22:17,094
yet the federal grand jury concludes
583
00:22:17,194 --> 00:22:18,967
that only one possible shot
584
00:22:19,067 --> 00:22:21,741
could've come
from a Panther weapon.
585
00:22:24,115 --> 00:22:26,188
[distant police sirens]
586
00:22:31,203 --> 00:22:32,774
[reporter]
A 20-year-old chairman
587
00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:34,279
of the Illinois
Black Panther Party,
588
00:22:34,379 --> 00:22:36,285
Fred Hampton,
was shot and killed
589
00:22:36,385 --> 00:22:38,960
in a pre-dawn shootout
in his West Side apartment.
590
00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:44,409
[woman] Fred Hampton
was killed December 4th, 1969.
591
00:22:44,510 --> 00:22:46,148
[reporter] Another party member,
592
00:22:46,248 --> 00:22:47,887
22-year-old Mark Clark
of Peoria,
593
00:22:47,987 --> 00:22:49,190
also died in the shootout.
594
00:22:49,290 --> 00:22:51,063
[Jamal] The Year of the Panther.
595
00:22:51,163 --> 00:22:53,436
Ironically, more Panthers
got killed
596
00:22:53,537 --> 00:22:55,978
and went to prison that year
than any other year.
597
00:22:56,078 --> 00:22:58,384
[anchor] While there is no
evidence to support the theory
598
00:22:58,484 --> 00:23:00,791
of a government plot
to smash the party,
599
00:23:00,892 --> 00:23:03,199
local police have responded,
in some cases
600
00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:04,870
with intelligence provided
601
00:23:04,971 --> 00:23:07,144
by the FBI's task force
on the Panthers
602
00:23:07,244 --> 00:23:10,120
by raiding virtually
every local headquarter.
603
00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:12,895
Files confiscated, even burned.
604
00:23:12,995 --> 00:23:15,201
[Jamal] It was the year
of the L. A. shootout
605
00:23:15,302 --> 00:23:16,974
that offices were bombed,
606
00:23:17,074 --> 00:23:19,515
that they had brothers
on the streets naked
607
00:23:19,615 --> 00:23:21,386
like they were runaway slaves.
608
00:23:21,486 --> 00:23:24,095
Literally, 12 weeks after
that New Year's issue,
609
00:23:24,195 --> 00:23:27,872
I was in prison
facing 360-plus years,
610
00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:29,878
along with Afeni Shakur,
Lumumba Shakur.
611
00:23:29,979 --> 00:23:32,587
[anchor] A grand jury
has returned an indictment
612
00:23:32,687 --> 00:23:35,395
charging members
of the Black Panther Party
613
00:23:35,496 --> 00:23:39,040
with a conspiracy to bomb
New York department stores,
614
00:23:39,140 --> 00:23:41,279
Macy's, Alexander's,
Korvettes...
615
00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:43,620
[Afeni] April 2nd of '69,
616
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:48,134
I was awakened by someone
holding fire to the people.
617
00:23:49,203 --> 00:23:50,875
[Tupac]
Like, 5:00 in the morning,
618
00:23:50,976 --> 00:23:53,182
the police put a match
to my mother's door and said...
619
00:23:53,282 --> 00:23:55,488
[Afeni] Fire. Open the door.
Get out. Fire!
620
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,598
So, my mother opened
the door and they burst in,
621
00:23:58,698 --> 00:24:00,336
put a shotgun to her belly,
622
00:24:00,437 --> 00:24:01,941
a gun to her head
and said, "Don't move..."
623
00:24:02,042 --> 00:24:03,647
[Afeni speaking]
624
00:24:03,747 --> 00:24:05,586
...you're under arrest.
625
00:24:05,686 --> 00:24:07,324
[Afeni] They went
to everybody's house.
626
00:24:07,424 --> 00:24:10,066
And everybody had a story
including Jamal.
627
00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:11,537
In my case,
a tactical patrol unit
628
00:24:11,637 --> 00:24:13,409
kicked in the door
of my grandmother's house,
629
00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:16,218
20 cops rushed in.
So, my last words to Grandma
630
00:24:16,318 --> 00:24:18,357
as they were taking me out
in handcuffs was,
631
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,330
"Call the Panther office."
632
00:24:20,430 --> 00:24:22,269
[man] Information we received
that some 10 or 12 members
633
00:24:22,369 --> 00:24:24,610
of the Black Panther Party
in New York have been arrested,
634
00:24:24,710 --> 00:24:26,516
with pigs busting down doors
while they're sleeping.
635
00:24:26,616 --> 00:24:29,023
[Shaba]
I recall driving in, FBI...
636
00:24:29,123 --> 00:24:30,961
[imitating siren]
637
00:24:31,062 --> 00:24:32,500
I can't think of anything
they didn't have.
638
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,509
Machine guns, shotguns,
...357 Magnums, and rifles.
639
00:24:35,609 --> 00:24:38,384
[reporter] I can't speak
too highly of the detectives,
640
00:24:38,484 --> 00:24:41,393
200 of whom are rounding up
the defendants.
641
00:24:41,494 --> 00:24:43,667
If we'd have run, they would
probably shot each other
642
00:24:43,767 --> 00:24:45,606
because it was just simply
too much weaponry.
643
00:24:45,706 --> 00:24:47,745
The element of danger was great
to the men involved.
644
00:24:47,846 --> 00:24:49,283
[reporter] Did they encounter
any resistance?
645
00:24:49,383 --> 00:24:51,189
[police chief]
No, they haven't.
646
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:52,694
[reporter] Chief, what types
of weapons were seized?
647
00:24:52,794 --> 00:24:56,137
Arms, revolvers,
rifles, masks, et cetera.
648
00:24:56,238 --> 00:24:58,545
[reporter] Did they have
bow and arrows, and spears?
649
00:24:58,645 --> 00:25:01,019
We were told that.
We had the report.
650
00:25:01,787 --> 00:25:03,760
[Gloria] When I learned
about the arrests,
651
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:06,101
somebody called and said,
"Turn on the TV."
652
00:25:06,201 --> 00:25:08,575
[Jamal] It was headline news
that 21 Panthers
653
00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:10,714
were gonna unleash
simultaneous attacks
654
00:25:10,814 --> 00:25:12,720
against New York City.
655
00:25:12,820 --> 00:25:15,395
[man] Indictment also charges
attempted murder, arson...
656
00:25:15,496 --> 00:25:18,337
[Gloria] I was horrified,
but the charges were irrelevant
657
00:25:18,437 --> 00:25:19,741
because I knew
they weren't true.
658
00:25:19,841 --> 00:25:22,082
It was the $100,000 bail.
659
00:25:22,182 --> 00:25:24,088
No way she was getting
out of jail.
660
00:25:24,188 --> 00:25:25,693
[Tanya Hart] What does it do
to a young man
661
00:25:25,793 --> 00:25:27,632
when all of your heroes
have been to jail?
662
00:25:27,732 --> 00:25:30,507
- Are you bitter?
- Yeah. I am.
663
00:25:30,608 --> 00:25:32,747
I am angry because--
I'm angry for my mother
664
00:25:32,847 --> 00:25:35,355
because she gave up a lot
of her life for this.
665
00:25:35,455 --> 00:25:37,495
I'm angry for Fred Hampton's
family
666
00:25:37,595 --> 00:25:39,433
because they lost
a straight-up soulja.
667
00:25:39,534 --> 00:25:42,376
[Afeni] Fred Hampton was killed
while I was in prison.
668
00:25:42,476 --> 00:25:44,816
And what touched Tupac
about Fred Hampton
669
00:25:44,916 --> 00:25:46,522
is his words:
670
00:25:46,622 --> 00:25:48,528
"You can jail a revolutionary,
671
00:25:48,628 --> 00:25:50,668
but you can't jail
the revolution."
672
00:25:50,768 --> 00:25:52,607
"You can kill a revolutionary,
673
00:25:52,707 --> 00:25:54,546
but you cannot kill
the revolution."
674
00:25:54,646 --> 00:25:56,686
My mother knew that freedom
wouldn't come in her lifetime.
675
00:25:56,786 --> 00:25:59,226
Just like I know,
that it won't come in mines.
676
00:25:59,327 --> 00:26:01,567
But it's a matter of either
we stay like this,
677
00:26:01,667 --> 00:26:03,272
or somebody sacrifices.
678
00:26:03,372 --> 00:26:05,445
Somebody lay a track
so we don't stay
679
00:26:05,546 --> 00:26:08,621
in a 360-degree, deadly circle.
680
00:26:08,722 --> 00:26:10,694
So, that's how I gotta live,
and that's how I have to die.
681
00:26:10,794 --> 00:26:12,432
And that's how my music
has to be,
682
00:26:12,533 --> 00:26:16,177
and my acting, and my producing,
and my interviews.
683
00:26:16,277 --> 00:26:18,317
Everything has to be
for the love of Black people.
684
00:26:18,417 --> 00:26:20,758
God bless you.
You're a very special young man.
685
00:26:20,858 --> 00:26:22,329
- [Tupac] I appreciate that.
- [Tanya Hart] Okay.
686
00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:35,459
Yeah.
687
00:26:35,826 --> 00:26:37,565
He enjoyed that film.
688
00:26:37,665 --> 00:26:39,504
He liked working
with Janet Jackson.
689
00:26:39,604 --> 00:26:42,413
Because he was like,
"Wow, look at her celebrity,"
690
00:26:42,513 --> 00:26:44,184
and he just couldn't believe
691
00:26:44,284 --> 00:26:45,856
she would even act
with somebody like him.
692
00:26:46,725 --> 00:26:48,564
[Allen] "Somebody like him"?
693
00:26:48,665 --> 00:26:51,406
[Karen] Not a big movie star.
You know, a rapper.
694
00:26:51,507 --> 00:26:53,311
[interviewer]
I really enjoyed this picture.
695
00:26:53,413 --> 00:26:55,552
Uh, you play a guy named Lucky.
Tell me about him.
696
00:26:55,652 --> 00:26:58,795
Lucky is a responsible father
697
00:26:58,895 --> 00:27:00,801
trying to deal with some pain
from the past,
698
00:27:00,901 --> 00:27:02,640
and trying to get through
daily survival
699
00:27:02,740 --> 00:27:03,910
in South Central Los Angeles.
700
00:27:04,010 --> 00:27:05,949
[gunshot]
701
00:27:06,050 --> 00:27:08,223
[interviewer] Now, he grows up
in a tough neighborhood
702
00:27:08,323 --> 00:27:11,366
with a lot of temptations to
move away from his ambitions.
703
00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:13,238
You had the same kind
of experience.
704
00:27:13,338 --> 00:27:15,378
So is this a role that you feel
very much at home with?
705
00:27:15,479 --> 00:27:16,849
[Tupac]
Yes, anytime it's a role
706
00:27:16,949 --> 00:27:18,788
for a young Black male
that deals with pain,
707
00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:20,961
that's my role,
I'm made for that role.
708
00:27:21,061 --> 00:27:22,800
Leave them crayons there,
I'll get 'em later.
709
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:24,806
[Tupac] What we don't see
a lot of in films
710
00:27:24,906 --> 00:27:27,548
is a Black man
and a Black woman together.
711
00:27:27,648 --> 00:27:29,353
You know,
that's the happy ending.
712
00:27:29,454 --> 00:27:31,527
So, that's what is I think
is gonna be new
713
00:27:31,627 --> 00:27:32,963
and hopeful about this film.
714
00:27:33,063 --> 00:27:34,702
[Karen]
He enjoyed making that film,
715
00:27:34,803 --> 00:27:37,343
and Afeni came out
to Los Angeles.
716
00:27:37,445 --> 00:27:39,951
[man] So, Tupac's like, "I want
my mother to be my PR person."
717
00:27:40,051 --> 00:27:41,957
And I'm like,
"What does she know about PR?"
718
00:27:42,057 --> 00:27:43,896
"It doesn't matter,
I want her to be my PR person."
719
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:47,273
[Karen] Afeni was an extremely
intelligent woman.
720
00:27:47,373 --> 00:27:49,279
I had a lot of respect for her
721
00:27:49,379 --> 00:27:51,385
because I knew the history
of the fact
722
00:27:51,487 --> 00:27:54,261
that she acted
as her own attorney,
723
00:27:54,361 --> 00:27:56,969
and had all these charges
against her.
724
00:27:57,069 --> 00:27:59,444
She had never
been to law school,
725
00:27:59,544 --> 00:28:01,783
and she never, ever
got the credit
726
00:28:01,884 --> 00:28:03,956
that she deserved
for that trial.
727
00:28:04,056 --> 00:28:06,765
In New York today,
pretrial hearings opened
728
00:28:06,865 --> 00:28:09,507
for 13 of 22 Black Panthers
729
00:28:09,607 --> 00:28:11,413
indicted on charges
of conspiracy
730
00:28:11,513 --> 00:28:13,753
to bomb police stations,
department stores,
731
00:28:13,853 --> 00:28:16,327
subway stations,
a commuter railway,
732
00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:18,434
and a city botanical garden.
733
00:28:18,534 --> 00:28:20,774
[Gloria] The Panther 21 trial
was the longest trial
734
00:28:20,874 --> 00:28:23,649
in the state of New York,
and the most expensive trial.
735
00:28:23,749 --> 00:28:25,589
[anchor] The tone
of the pretrial hearing
736
00:28:25,689 --> 00:28:28,396
was established early
by the demonstrators outside
737
00:28:28,497 --> 00:28:30,336
circling the criminal
court building
738
00:28:30,437 --> 00:28:32,107
which houses the state's
Supreme Court chambers.
739
00:28:32,208 --> 00:28:33,880
Ironically, the crowd...
740
00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:35,585
[Jamal] So, the beginning months
of the trial
741
00:28:35,685 --> 00:28:37,390
were pretrial hearings,
742
00:28:37,491 --> 00:28:39,731
which started ten months
after the arrests.
743
00:28:39,831 --> 00:28:41,470
We were all in prison,
744
00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:43,442
and we were separated.
745
00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:44,746
I was on Rikers Island,
746
00:28:45,715 --> 00:28:47,755
Lumumba and the others
were in the Tombs.
747
00:28:47,855 --> 00:28:50,430
Afeni and Joan were at
the Women's House of Detention.
748
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,639
[Afeni] I hate prison.
749
00:28:53,739 --> 00:28:55,579
I hate going to prison.
750
00:28:55,679 --> 00:28:58,988
I hate the sound of the first
door when it closes.
751
00:28:59,088 --> 00:29:00,860
[Gloria] The first time
I went to see Afeni
752
00:29:00,961 --> 00:29:03,469
was the first time
I had ever been in a jail.
753
00:29:03,970 --> 00:29:05,942
She was defiant.
754
00:29:06,042 --> 00:29:09,151
[Afeni] When all these bars
that intrude within my sight,
755
00:29:09,252 --> 00:29:12,696
these shivering lines that test
my physical might.
756
00:29:12,796 --> 00:29:15,772
She did not cry
because she was in jail.
757
00:29:15,872 --> 00:29:17,945
She fought because
she was in jail.
758
00:29:18,045 --> 00:29:21,657
[Afeni] Do they not know who
I am, or from where I came?
759
00:29:21,757 --> 00:29:23,663
[Gloria] She didn't
consider herself a victim.
760
00:29:23,763 --> 00:29:26,203
[Afeni] I'm not to be burdened
by such barbaric games.
761
00:29:26,304 --> 00:29:28,878
[Gloria] Because she was in jail
because of her belief.
762
00:29:28,978 --> 00:29:32,154
[Afeni] My soul is not mine.
I cannot give it away.
763
00:29:32,255 --> 00:29:34,929
My ears will never wash away
what I will say.
764
00:29:35,029 --> 00:29:37,771
[Gloria] Lumumba Shakur
was the lead defendant.
765
00:29:37,871 --> 00:29:39,644
[Shaba] Yeah,
they were in love.
766
00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:42,853
But Lumumba was the chief
architect of the 21,
767
00:29:42,953 --> 00:29:44,257
according to an indictment,
768
00:29:44,358 --> 00:29:46,698
so he had a lot of shit
on his plate.
769
00:29:46,798 --> 00:29:49,071
And I'm not gonna say
she overwhelmed him,
770
00:29:49,171 --> 00:29:51,111
but she kept his ass
on his toes.
771
00:29:51,211 --> 00:29:53,519
- [Jamal] It was an explosive relationship.
- Yeah.
772
00:29:53,619 --> 00:29:55,692
Loving, and tense
773
00:29:55,792 --> 00:29:57,664
all at the same time.
774
00:29:57,765 --> 00:30:00,840
And during that time,
we come back and forth to court
775
00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:03,113
so that we could
prepare for trial.
776
00:30:03,213 --> 00:30:06,658
We knew that we were not going
to receive justice,
777
00:30:06,758 --> 00:30:10,737
but we also understood
that we weren't special.
778
00:30:10,837 --> 00:30:14,146
Because of that big loophole
in the 13th Amendment
779
00:30:14,247 --> 00:30:15,985
that slavery would be
abolished everywhere
780
00:30:16,086 --> 00:30:17,256
except in prison.
781
00:30:17,356 --> 00:30:19,061
Prisons make money.
782
00:30:19,161 --> 00:30:21,670
So men and women
all across this country,
783
00:30:21,770 --> 00:30:23,609
the Black community,
the Brown,
784
00:30:23,709 --> 00:30:26,551
White, the Yellow,
queer community
785
00:30:26,651 --> 00:30:29,191
were arrested
under false pretenses
786
00:30:29,292 --> 00:30:31,030
with bails that were not
bails at all.
787
00:30:31,131 --> 00:30:33,070
That they were ransoms.
788
00:30:33,170 --> 00:30:36,146
So, whatever happened to us
was part of a bigger fight,
789
00:30:36,246 --> 00:30:39,121
and we wanted to educate
the masses.
790
00:30:39,221 --> 00:30:41,663
Now, Afeni, would
phrase things in a way
791
00:30:41,763 --> 00:30:43,602
that you hadn't heard before.
792
00:30:43,702 --> 00:30:46,343
So, she thought the best way
to do that for herself
793
00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:48,182
was to speak for herself.
794
00:30:49,018 --> 00:30:51,124
[Afeni] I already know that
I'm going to jail forever
795
00:30:51,292 --> 00:30:54,200
and the only thing I have
is that I have to speak
my piece.
796
00:30:55,304 --> 00:30:57,678
Carol Lefcourt,
she's a wonderful person.
797
00:30:58,245 --> 00:31:02,693
But this is my life.
She can't speak my piece.
798
00:31:02,793 --> 00:31:04,163
We were petrified,
799
00:31:04,263 --> 00:31:06,169
because we knew
that she weren't a lawyer.
800
00:31:06,269 --> 00:31:07,875
And it was Lumumba who said,
801
00:31:07,975 --> 00:31:09,647
"I don't know
if that's a good idea,
802
00:31:09,747 --> 00:31:12,187
because, Afeni,
you can get emotional."
803
00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:15,296
[Shaba] So, it was a spirited
conversation to say the least.
804
00:31:15,397 --> 00:31:17,269
[Jamal] And then,
Charles McKinney,
805
00:31:17,370 --> 00:31:18,941
our most respected attorney,
806
00:31:19,041 --> 00:31:20,947
said this might not be
a bad idea.
807
00:31:21,047 --> 00:31:23,120
Because a defendant
didn't have the freedom
808
00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:25,026
to address the jury directly.
809
00:31:25,126 --> 00:31:29,473
But Afeni, representing herself,
could talk directly to the judge
810
00:31:29,574 --> 00:31:33,384
and most importantly,
talk directly to the jury.
811
00:31:33,485 --> 00:31:37,095
And we then
saw this trial as...
812
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:39,336
a political education class.
813
00:31:39,437 --> 00:31:42,077
[Afeni] I have a revolutionary
story that I must tell,
814
00:31:42,177 --> 00:31:46,089
and my hands refuse to be
beaten by this tormented cell.
815
00:31:46,189 --> 00:31:49,834
And when she got up there, bro,
everybody was like, "Oh, shit."
816
00:31:49,934 --> 00:31:51,170
[Afeni]
There's a force in here...
817
00:31:51,271 --> 00:31:52,776
"I'm on Afeni's team."
818
00:31:52,876 --> 00:31:54,482
[Afeni]
A whole new Black colony.
819
00:31:54,582 --> 00:31:55,952
[Jamal] Whenever she spoke,
it was like poetry.
820
00:31:56,052 --> 00:31:57,491
[Afeni] A motivated force,
821
00:31:57,591 --> 00:31:59,897
ready to make liberation
a living reality.
822
00:31:59,997 --> 00:32:01,402
[Jamal]
And then after 11 months,
823
00:32:01,503 --> 00:32:04,276
we raised the first $100,000
824
00:32:04,377 --> 00:32:06,316
and voted that Afeni should be
the first person out.
825
00:32:06,418 --> 00:32:07,921
[Afeni] I can hear their voices
826
00:32:08,021 --> 00:32:09,760
clamoring through
these forgotten wrongs.
827
00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:11,365
[Jamal]
Afeni could dispel this myth
828
00:32:11,466 --> 00:32:14,006
that we were just angry,
murderous Black men.
829
00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:16,079
[Afeni] Freedom now, right here
on Earth.
830
00:32:16,179 --> 00:32:17,985
To hell with laws.
831
00:32:18,085 --> 00:32:20,091
[anchor] We've just heard a poem
written by Afeni Shakur
832
00:32:20,191 --> 00:32:22,230
- after her release from jail.
- [Gloria] She was the star,
833
00:32:22,330 --> 00:32:24,505
and everybody
trying to get to her.
834
00:32:24,605 --> 00:32:26,377
Her son, same thing.
835
00:32:28,215 --> 00:32:30,054
♪ Back to get wreck ♪
836
00:32:30,154 --> 00:32:32,193
♪ All respect to those
Who break their neck ♪
837
00:32:32,293 --> 00:32:34,133
♪ To keep their hoes in check ♪
838
00:32:34,233 --> 00:32:36,172
♪ 'Cause, oh, they sweat
A brother majorly ♪
839
00:32:36,272 --> 00:32:38,245
♪ And I don't know why
Your girl keeps paging me ♪
840
00:32:38,345 --> 00:32:40,317
- ♪ I get around ♪
- [Shock G] "I Get Around"
841
00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:42,993
was Tupac's first solo,
bona fide hit record.
842
00:32:43,093 --> 00:32:44,932
The funnest day of my life.
843
00:32:45,032 --> 00:32:47,841
It was this mansion in Malibu
with a lot of women.
844
00:32:47,941 --> 00:32:49,413
It was like we had a party,
845
00:32:49,513 --> 00:32:53,356
and we shot the video
during our breaks.
846
00:32:53,459 --> 00:32:56,099
♪ She tells me she needs me
Cries when she leaves me ♪
847
00:32:56,199 --> 00:32:57,971
♪ And every time she sees me
She squeeze me ♪
848
00:32:58,071 --> 00:32:59,643
♪ Lady, take it easy ♪
849
00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:01,916
♪ Hate to say I'm sleazy
But tease me ♪
850
00:33:02,016 --> 00:33:03,956
♪ I don't want it
If it's that easy ♪
851
00:33:04,056 --> 00:33:07,132
[Money-B] Pac had his own room,
so every time we had a break,
852
00:33:07,232 --> 00:33:08,470
he had a different woman
going up with him.
853
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:09,673
♪ I get around ♪
854
00:33:09,774 --> 00:33:11,144
[Shock G] His natural magnetism
855
00:33:11,244 --> 00:33:13,619
was beyond celebrity status.
856
00:33:13,719 --> 00:33:16,025
Girls loved Pac from day one.
857
00:33:16,125 --> 00:33:18,031
I'm talking about
even before he was famous.
858
00:33:18,131 --> 00:33:21,040
Just carrying equipment,
Pac was pulling 'em.
859
00:33:21,140 --> 00:33:24,552
So, now you got girls
throwing themselves at you.
860
00:33:24,652 --> 00:33:26,491
Forget about it.
861
00:33:26,591 --> 00:33:29,131
Come on, we're only human.
We're only human.
862
00:33:29,231 --> 00:33:30,367
♪ Fingertips on their hips
As I dip ♪
863
00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:32,040
♪ Gotta get a tight grip ♪
864
00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:34,112
♪ Don't slip,
loose lips sink ships ♪
865
00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:35,952
- ♪ It's a trip ♪
- [Gloria] He wanted to be liked.
866
00:33:36,052 --> 00:33:39,228
He would call me up,
"Guess who I did it to?" Who?
867
00:33:39,328 --> 00:33:41,603
♪ Conversations on the phone
Till the break of dawn ♪
868
00:33:41,703 --> 00:33:44,409
[Gloria] Afeni didn't want
to hear that. You know?
It's her son.
869
00:33:44,512 --> 00:33:47,454
Now he's not the son so much,
he's the man.
870
00:33:47,554 --> 00:33:49,527
♪ But when you learn
You can't tie me down ♪
871
00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:53,505
♪ Baby doll, check it out
I get around ♪
872
00:33:53,605 --> 00:33:56,748
[Shock G] From my personal
point of view,
873
00:33:56,848 --> 00:33:59,690
I saw Tupac
adapting to fame well.
874
00:33:59,790 --> 00:34:03,066
But what none of us
paid attention to
875
00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:05,272
was when someone gets success
like that,
876
00:34:05,372 --> 00:34:07,413
there's a certain level
of jealousy.
877
00:34:07,514 --> 00:34:09,318
[man] We had no concept
878
00:34:09,419 --> 00:34:12,393
of understanding
the problems of success,
879
00:34:12,495 --> 00:34:15,437
or what people perceive
as success.
880
00:34:15,538 --> 00:34:18,278
[Leila]
Tupac had been gone touring.
881
00:34:18,378 --> 00:34:20,653
We were having
Marin City Festival.
882
00:34:20,753 --> 00:34:23,795
He was so excited.
"I'm coming home."
883
00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:26,168
But there were people
in the crowd.
884
00:34:26,269 --> 00:34:28,241
They were jealous.
A fight broke out.
885
00:34:28,341 --> 00:34:30,314
A whole mob of people
started chasing Pac
886
00:34:30,415 --> 00:34:32,053
and the people he came with.
887
00:34:32,153 --> 00:34:34,561
[Watani] There was
a shot fired in the air,
888
00:34:34,662 --> 00:34:37,235
and the kid
by the name of Qa'id
889
00:34:37,335 --> 00:34:40,846
got killed across the street
from the park.
890
00:34:40,947 --> 00:34:43,353
That changed Tupac.
891
00:34:49,371 --> 00:34:51,143
[Leila] I don't know what
exactly happened.
892
00:34:51,243 --> 00:34:55,089
I just know no one's ever
the same after that.
893
00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:59,637
It severed relationships
in the community.
894
00:34:59,737 --> 00:35:01,407
It was heartbreaking
for all of us.
895
00:35:01,508 --> 00:35:03,113
We're all responsible.
896
00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:12,676
[man]
I don't know who had the gun,
897
00:35:12,776 --> 00:35:14,581
but I know Tupac didn't.
898
00:35:14,682 --> 00:35:17,221
But everyone was saying
because he was the name,
899
00:35:17,321 --> 00:35:19,863
it was his fault this kid died.
900
00:35:22,872 --> 00:35:25,648
[Leila]
It was really hard on Pac,
901
00:35:25,748 --> 00:35:31,230
right when he was
just trying to get positioned.
902
00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:32,836
[Tupac] Young Qa'id.
903
00:35:32,936 --> 00:35:34,842
[Leila] That's one
of the hardest points
904
00:35:34,942 --> 00:35:37,617
in Pac's journey
that never went away.
905
00:35:37,717 --> 00:35:39,489
[Tupac] Remember that name.
906
00:35:39,590 --> 00:35:42,397
[man] That changed
how he dealt with people.
907
00:35:42,498 --> 00:35:45,406
[Tupac] 'Cause you motherfuckers
will go to your grave
908
00:35:45,507 --> 00:35:48,583
with that name on your brain.
909
00:35:48,683 --> 00:35:51,793
'Cause jealousy
and recklessness
910
00:35:51,893 --> 00:35:53,698
is not...
911
00:35:53,799 --> 00:35:55,905
something to die for.
912
00:36:05,882 --> 00:36:08,388
[Watani] The '90s
was incredibly dangerous...
913
00:36:13,470 --> 00:36:16,112
[Tupac] Too many families
affected by a wrongful death.
914
00:36:16,212 --> 00:36:18,151
[Watani]
...especially for Black males,
915
00:36:18,252 --> 00:36:20,860
[Tupac] This system
and this country has tore apart
916
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,733
my family and our families.
917
00:36:22,833 --> 00:36:24,704
You can't have a Black family
and be together.
918
00:36:24,805 --> 00:36:27,045
[Watani] It's not even that you
in a gang or not in a gang.
919
00:36:27,145 --> 00:36:30,589
There was drug addiction,
alcoholism, violence.
920
00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:32,963
[Tupac] How many more funerals
do we gotta go to?
921
00:36:33,063 --> 00:36:35,002
And how many more scenes
of the crime
922
00:36:35,102 --> 00:36:36,908
do we gotta watch them
chalk out
923
00:36:37,008 --> 00:36:39,850
Black figures on the concrete
before we realize
924
00:36:39,951 --> 00:36:42,759
the only way for us to ever
get out of this predicament
925
00:36:42,859 --> 00:36:44,463
is to struggle to survive?
926
00:36:44,564 --> 00:36:47,038
[Watani]
And a lot of our people died.
927
00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:49,612
[Tupac] It' ain't nothing but
killing happening right now.
928
00:36:49,713 --> 00:36:51,217
I think the Black-on-Black
violence,
929
00:36:51,317 --> 00:36:53,023
when we kill each other,
it make us
930
00:36:53,123 --> 00:36:54,929
not really give a
fuck about Blackness, you know?
931
00:36:55,029 --> 00:36:57,168
And also, the police violence
against us,
932
00:36:57,268 --> 00:36:58,807
that's making us crazy.
933
00:36:58,907 --> 00:37:00,645
That's what's making us
kill each other,
934
00:37:00,746 --> 00:37:02,217
'cause we scared to shoot
the motherfuckers
935
00:37:02,317 --> 00:37:04,056
that's doing it to us.
936
00:37:04,156 --> 00:37:06,496
Gangs ain't nothing
but tribes, you know?
937
00:37:06,597 --> 00:37:08,201
And the police ain't nothing
but a gang.
938
00:37:08,301 --> 00:37:10,542
The National Guard is a gang.
The Army is a gang.
939
00:37:10,642 --> 00:37:13,050
We learned all this gun shit
from the government, you know?
940
00:37:13,150 --> 00:37:15,222
How are they gonna show us
that and think we can't pick up?
941
00:37:15,322 --> 00:37:17,530
So, I'm picking up. Feel me?
942
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:22,243
[Jamal] The difference between
the Bay Area and L. A.
943
00:37:22,343 --> 00:37:24,016
is night and day.
944
00:37:24,116 --> 00:37:26,991
There's a huge criminal element
throughout L. A. County.
945
00:37:27,092 --> 00:37:28,831
[Tupac] I was scared of L. A.
to whereas
946
00:37:28,931 --> 00:37:30,702
I didn't know nothing about
the gang thing.
947
00:37:30,803 --> 00:37:32,843
This ignorance,
not knowing where not to go.
948
00:37:32,943 --> 00:37:34,849
But the ghetto is the ghetto,
you know?
949
00:37:34,949 --> 00:37:37,858
[Snoop Dogg] He was solo.
Renegade. He made hit records.
950
00:37:37,958 --> 00:37:39,094
And he was out there on his own.
951
00:37:39,194 --> 00:37:41,602
[Tupac]
...Mutulu, Geronimo.
952
00:37:41,702 --> 00:37:43,106
All the political prisoners.
953
00:37:43,206 --> 00:37:44,778
His mentors were in jail.
954
00:37:44,879 --> 00:37:46,149
My folks in penitentiaries
955
00:37:46,249 --> 00:37:47,988
for screaming
"African liberation".
956
00:37:48,088 --> 00:37:50,127
I'm talking about straight
motherfucking G's,
957
00:37:50,227 --> 00:37:51,900
but they in jail now.
958
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,006
[reporter] A march to free
the Panther 21
959
00:37:54,106 --> 00:37:56,012
and all political prisoners
will be held on Central Park
960
00:37:56,112 --> 00:37:57,616
and have its speakers,
Afeni Shakur...
961
00:37:57,716 --> 00:37:59,622
[Gloria]
When Afeni came out on bail,
962
00:37:59,722 --> 00:38:01,628
she believed in freeing
her comrades,
963
00:38:01,728 --> 00:38:04,236
but it wasn't like
she was jubilant.
964
00:38:04,336 --> 00:38:06,777
[Mike Wallace] New York's Harlem
is the biggest Black ghetto
965
00:38:06,878 --> 00:38:08,315
in the country,
966
00:38:08,415 --> 00:38:10,054
but the Panther chapter here
is so weak
967
00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:12,093
that it's an embarrassment
to the party.
968
00:38:12,193 --> 00:38:14,299
The Panthers have been,
essentially, leaderless here.
969
00:38:14,399 --> 00:38:17,308
There were day-to-day struggles
to keep a Panther office open.
970
00:38:17,408 --> 00:38:19,314
[Mike Wallace] Their programs
are at a standstill.
971
00:38:19,414 --> 00:38:20,920
No free medical program,
972
00:38:21,020 --> 00:38:22,357
no free clothing program.
973
00:38:22,457 --> 00:38:24,096
[Jamal]
And with very little sleep,
974
00:38:24,196 --> 00:38:26,102
Afeni would do
all of those jobs.
975
00:38:26,202 --> 00:38:28,074
♪ I wake up
Early in the morning ♪
976
00:38:28,175 --> 00:38:29,980
♪ My state so military
Suckas fantasizing ♪
977
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,086
♪ Pictures of a young brother
Buried ♪
978
00:38:32,187 --> 00:38:34,226
[reporter] Afeni Shakur is one
of the two Panther 21 members
979
00:38:34,326 --> 00:38:36,098
now out on bail.
980
00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:38,104
[Jamal] The next person out
was Cetewayo Tabor,
981
00:38:38,205 --> 00:38:40,044
and then it was
Dhoruba Bin Wahad.
982
00:38:40,144 --> 00:38:42,116
Both of them brilliant speakers
and organizers.
983
00:38:42,217 --> 00:38:43,788
And then Joan Bird.
984
00:38:43,889 --> 00:38:45,827
She was the other woman
in the Panther 21.
985
00:38:45,928 --> 00:38:48,235
And I had been adjudicated
youthful offender
986
00:38:48,335 --> 00:38:50,407
I was severed from the case,
and released.
987
00:38:50,507 --> 00:38:52,113
We started traveling,
988
00:38:52,213 --> 00:38:53,416
getting more support
for the case.
989
00:38:53,516 --> 00:38:55,122
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
990
00:38:55,222 --> 00:38:57,195
called it creating
a colossal event.
991
00:38:57,998 --> 00:38:59,937
[Gloria] She drew a crowd.
992
00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:01,910
It was the people doing
"Free the Panther 21"
993
00:39:02,010 --> 00:39:04,316
and "Fuck the Pigs."
Oh, God, I like that.
994
00:39:04,416 --> 00:39:06,422
[Jamal] Centre Street,
it would be shut down.
995
00:39:06,523 --> 00:39:08,931
Black folks, White folks,
students, tourists,
996
00:39:09,031 --> 00:39:10,434
'cause they knew sparks
were gonna fly.
997
00:39:10,535 --> 00:39:11,838
[Chet Huntley]
The Panthers started shouting
998
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:13,476
and the judge called a recess.
999
00:39:13,577 --> 00:39:15,316
[Jamal] Judge Murtagh
was all about decorum.
1000
00:39:15,416 --> 00:39:18,091
We booed, cheered,
jeered and screamed,
1001
00:39:18,191 --> 00:39:21,903
"You're a lying, racist,
fascist pig," every day.
1002
00:39:22,003 --> 00:39:23,774
This afternoon
there was more disorder
1003
00:39:23,874 --> 00:39:24,912
and another early recess.
1004
00:39:25,012 --> 00:39:26,449
Power to the people!
1005
00:39:26,550 --> 00:39:28,488
[Jamal] We weren't gonna
politely be lynched.
1006
00:39:28,589 --> 00:39:30,997
However, there was starting
to be tension between
1007
00:39:31,097 --> 00:39:32,801
national leadership
and local leadership.
1008
00:39:32,901 --> 00:39:34,473
[reporter]
Founder Huey Newton
1009
00:39:34,574 --> 00:39:36,145
is in a California prison
for manslaughter.
1010
00:39:36,245 --> 00:39:38,819
Chairman Bobby Seale
faces trial for murder.
1011
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,093
Eldridge Cleaver
has fled into exile.
1012
00:39:41,193 --> 00:39:43,500
Basically, there was conflict
going back and forth
1013
00:39:43,601 --> 00:39:46,275
with the West Coast
and the East Coast about money.
1014
00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:49,852
[Afeni] What happened is that,
we had raised a bunch of
million dollars. Big bucks.
1015
00:39:49,953 --> 00:39:53,296
What the party did
is take that money and use it
for cases every place else.
1016
00:39:53,396 --> 00:39:56,505
They did not use it
for the bail,
for the New York Panther 21,
1017
00:39:56,606 --> 00:39:58,311
when we had given our words.
1018
00:39:58,411 --> 00:39:59,983
And Huey was out and insane.
1019
00:40:00,084 --> 00:40:01,855
[reporter] Newton's last trial
1020
00:40:01,956 --> 00:40:03,527
and manslaughter conviction
were overturned.
1021
00:40:03,627 --> 00:40:05,299
He is back on the street.
1022
00:40:05,399 --> 00:40:07,405
[Jamal] So, as the trial day
nears closer,
1023
00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:11,551
Afeni and I found ourselves
in the middle of that tension.
1024
00:40:13,223 --> 00:40:15,028
And the members of
the Panther 21
1025
00:40:15,129 --> 00:40:17,569
who were still inside,
led by Lumumba,
1026
00:40:17,669 --> 00:40:19,441
did not feel
we were doing enough
1027
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:20,912
to get other people out.
1028
00:40:21,013 --> 00:40:23,587
What we didn't know was that
1029
00:40:23,687 --> 00:40:27,566
this was exactly
the strategy of the government.
1030
00:40:27,666 --> 00:40:30,174
In any war, the way you
weaken an opponent
1031
00:40:30,274 --> 00:40:32,915
is to make the enemy fight
a war in many different fronts.
1032
00:40:33,016 --> 00:40:36,058
And Pac and I used to have this
conversation about COINTELPRO
1033
00:40:36,158 --> 00:40:37,395
as a reminder for him,
1034
00:40:37,495 --> 00:40:39,468
because hip-hop was becoming
1035
00:40:39,569 --> 00:40:42,343
such a powerful economic,
and political force.
1036
00:40:42,443 --> 00:40:44,216
[Tupac] But in Black communities especially,
1037
00:40:44,316 --> 00:40:47,225
we have, like, broken families,
with no father, no big brothers.
1038
00:40:47,325 --> 00:40:49,364
And so the music
becomes the father.
1039
00:40:49,464 --> 00:40:51,170
You-- you grow up
and you get the lesson
1040
00:40:51,270 --> 00:40:53,143
that you would've got
from your daddy,
1041
00:40:53,243 --> 00:40:55,182
and it's like you're paying $10
for a whole lifestyle of game.
1042
00:40:55,282 --> 00:40:57,689
That's why these White kids
can dress and act like niggas,
1043
00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:01,300
'cause all they got to do
is go get ten tapes, Hood 101.
1044
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,409
[reporter] Rap is essentially
a Black art form,
1045
00:41:04,509 --> 00:41:06,983
and surprisingly,
70% of rap music
1046
00:41:07,084 --> 00:41:09,291
is bought by
White young people.
1047
00:41:09,391 --> 00:41:11,263
[man] For the government,
there is nothing worse
1048
00:41:11,363 --> 00:41:13,069
than a revolutionary
having a voice like
1049
00:41:13,169 --> 00:41:15,175
cinema and records.
Can you imagine,
1050
00:41:15,275 --> 00:41:17,481
your mom is the DA
or the judge,
1051
00:41:17,583 --> 00:41:20,290
and they're sending cats
that look like Tupac
to jail all day.
1052
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:23,433
And then their kid
has his poster on their wall?
1053
00:41:23,534 --> 00:41:26,610
"Like, take that down and put
Bruce Springsteen back up."
1054
00:41:29,517 --> 00:41:33,196
[Karen] I saw people had no clue
1055
00:41:33,296 --> 00:41:35,435
what "thug" meant
across his stomach.
1056
00:41:35,537 --> 00:41:37,174
It started with "50 niggaz."
1057
00:41:37,275 --> 00:41:38,712
[man] Fifty niggaz:
"Never Ignorant,
1058
00:41:38,812 --> 00:41:40,217
Getting Goals Accomplished."
1059
00:41:40,317 --> 00:41:42,456
Fifty thousand. Fifty million.
1060
00:41:42,558 --> 00:41:44,095
And it was a movement
that was gonna bring
1061
00:41:44,195 --> 00:41:45,733
everybody all over the ghettos, together.
1062
00:41:45,833 --> 00:41:48,074
[Tupac] We're gonna send
this one out to the old school.
1063
00:41:48,174 --> 00:41:50,147
All these motherfuckers
in the Bronx
1064
00:41:50,247 --> 00:41:52,086
and Brooklyn,
and Staten Island, Queens,
1065
00:41:52,186 --> 00:41:53,691
and all the motherfuckers
that laid it down.
1066
00:41:53,791 --> 00:41:55,530
[EDI] It was just about unity.
1067
00:41:55,630 --> 00:41:57,501
He just wanted to broaden
the horizon of all of hip-hop.
1068
00:41:57,603 --> 00:42:01,113
♪ I remember Mr. Magic
Flash, Grandmaster Caz ♪
1069
00:42:01,213 --> 00:42:03,787
♪ LL, Raising Hell
But that didn't last ♪
1070
00:42:03,887 --> 00:42:06,128
♪ Eric B & Rakim was... ♪
1071
00:42:06,228 --> 00:42:07,699
[EDI] At the time,
the East Coast
1072
00:42:07,799 --> 00:42:09,504
was established
as far as hip-hop.
1073
00:42:09,605 --> 00:42:11,310
They wrote the rules.
1074
00:42:11,410 --> 00:42:13,149
What you could say,
how you could say it.
1075
00:42:13,249 --> 00:42:14,820
That shit drove Pac crazy.
Like, "Fuck that!
1076
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,826
This is real hip-hop, too,
on the West Coast."
1077
00:42:16,926 --> 00:42:20,404
That's why he was so on us in
the early stages of our career
1078
00:42:20,504 --> 00:42:23,179
of embracing other hip-hop
and other types of music.
1079
00:42:23,279 --> 00:42:26,589
So it started with "50 Niggaz,"
then it went on to "Thug Life."
1080
00:42:26,690 --> 00:42:28,494
And Mutulu was in prison,
1081
00:42:28,595 --> 00:42:31,236
but he would call, making sure
it had structure to it, a goal.
1082
00:42:31,337 --> 00:42:32,708
[Shaba]
Mutulu called all the time.
1083
00:42:32,808 --> 00:42:34,479
Mutulu is who put
Watani with us.
1084
00:42:34,580 --> 00:42:36,586
[Karen]
Watani was a gift from God.
1085
00:42:36,686 --> 00:42:39,562
In addition to being elder,
he was a security specialist.
1086
00:42:39,662 --> 00:42:44,476
He understood what was going on
beyond what any of us saw.
1087
00:42:44,577 --> 00:42:46,649
And he was a connection
to Mutulu.
1088
00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:49,725
[Watani] Mutulu was a person
Tupac knew as a father.
1089
00:42:49,825 --> 00:42:52,768
But the feds actually tried
to not allow that relationship.
1090
00:42:52,868 --> 00:42:55,242
When I say the feds,
I'm talking about
the Bureau of Prisons,
1091
00:42:55,342 --> 00:42:57,515
to try to stop communication
between Tupac and Mutulu.
1092
00:42:57,616 --> 00:42:59,354
You know,
'cause behind the walls
1093
00:42:59,555 --> 00:43:02,664
he's looked up on the way Tupac
was on the street: leaders.
1094
00:43:02,764 --> 00:43:04,837
Even inside of prison,
he stopped gang violence,
1095
00:43:04,937 --> 00:43:06,709
racial violence,
he was their peacemaker.
1096
00:43:06,810 --> 00:43:08,949
It was from that
that Mutulu began to organize
1097
00:43:09,049 --> 00:43:12,561
with other shot callers
and wrote the "Thug Life" code.
1098
00:43:12,661 --> 00:43:14,834
[Tupac] This Thug Life code,
we have a code put in order
1099
00:43:14,934 --> 00:43:16,706
to the violence on the streets.
1100
00:43:16,806 --> 00:43:18,645
The OG's in the East Coast
and the West Coast
1101
00:43:18,746 --> 00:43:20,383
and the penitentiaries.
Like, we're gonna be against
1102
00:43:20,484 --> 00:43:22,323
drive-bys, kidnappings,
1103
00:43:22,423 --> 00:43:24,530
attacks on people
that are not involved.
1104
00:43:24,630 --> 00:43:26,268
And people who perpetrate that,
1105
00:43:26,368 --> 00:43:27,939
they have to deal with
the consequences and go to jail,
1106
00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:29,545
'cause that's who's gonna
enforce this code
1107
00:43:29,645 --> 00:43:31,283
and the Thug Life
that's on the street.
1108
00:43:31,383 --> 00:43:32,821
It's like we cleaning up
the dirt.
1109
00:43:32,921 --> 00:43:34,960
I can't change what--
the dirt that's here,
1110
00:43:35,060 --> 00:43:36,833
but I can put all this dirt
in one corner.
1111
00:43:36,933 --> 00:43:38,705
And I will give my whole life
to this plan
1112
00:43:38,806 --> 00:43:40,611
I have for Thug Life.
1113
00:43:40,711 --> 00:43:42,449
[Watani] Tupac was our
spokesperson for the code,
1114
00:43:42,551 --> 00:43:44,021
but at times he would
struggle with that.
1115
00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:46,361
And so that was a balancing act
he was dealing with.
1116
00:43:46,462 --> 00:43:48,367
He feels like he has to perform
1117
00:43:48,468 --> 00:43:51,376
to be this image that everybody
want him to be.
1118
00:43:51,477 --> 00:43:55,322
[Tupac] You have all over the
country, big-time OG criminals
1119
00:43:55,422 --> 00:43:57,929
telling me they want me
to lead their movement.
1120
00:43:58,029 --> 00:44:00,938
I mean, I'm gonna have
a small identity crisis here.
1121
00:44:01,038 --> 00:44:03,479
[lawyer] Okay, so let's go back
to the questions.
1122
00:44:03,580 --> 00:44:06,053
Have you been
in any other jails or prisons,
1123
00:44:06,153 --> 00:44:07,759
other than the present?
1124
00:44:08,629 --> 00:44:10,635
[Tupac]
Yes. I'm not sure of the word,
1125
00:44:10,735 --> 00:44:12,841
but it was for a fist fight
with another individual.
1126
00:44:12,941 --> 00:44:15,550
- [lawyer] Okay,
so assault and battery?
- No.
1127
00:44:15,650 --> 00:44:17,388
[man] You were convicted
of civil assault
1128
00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:19,628
for engaging in a fight
with some entertainers:
1129
00:44:19,728 --> 00:44:20,898
the Hughes twins.
1130
00:44:20,998 --> 00:44:24,777
How did you not get hurt
more seriously?
1131
00:44:24,877 --> 00:44:27,050
I was wondering if you guys
were gonna interview you...
1132
00:44:27,150 --> 00:44:28,822
- [Allen] Yeah, here we go again.
- [Karen] Yup.
1133
00:44:28,922 --> 00:44:30,795
Oh, I'm not the first person
to ask that question?
1134
00:44:30,895 --> 00:44:32,466
[Allen] Don't you think
that's like breaking the line?
1135
00:44:32,567 --> 00:44:33,937
- [man 2] You broke the line.
- [Allen] Okay.
1136
00:44:34,037 --> 00:44:35,610
You're not uncomfortable
with me doing the story?
1137
00:44:35,710 --> 00:44:37,080
Why would I be?
1138
00:44:37,180 --> 00:44:38,952
[Allen] Just don't think
I don't hear this shit.
1139
00:44:39,052 --> 00:44:42,161
That nigga Tupac beat up
is telling the story.
1140
00:44:42,263 --> 00:44:44,101
For the record,
Tupac didn't beat me up.
1141
00:44:44,201 --> 00:44:46,173
- Ten other motherfuckers--
- [laughs]
1142
00:44:47,779 --> 00:44:49,517
He had ten motherfuckers--
1143
00:44:51,188 --> 00:44:54,432
Nigga Allen, you as crazy
as a motherfucker!
1144
00:44:54,533 --> 00:44:56,137
That nigga said,
"For the record,
1145
00:44:56,238 --> 00:44:57,876
that nigga didn't beat me up.
1146
00:44:57,976 --> 00:45:00,450
He had ten other motherfuckers
beat me up."
1147
00:45:00,551 --> 00:45:02,121
That's when niggas had posses.
1148
00:45:06,769 --> 00:45:11,015
[Allen] Go ahead. Let me take
the hot seat r
1149
00:45:11,115 --> 00:45:12,887
[man 1]
Go ahead, watch it. Go ahead.
1150
00:45:14,024 --> 00:45:15,696
This is easy being
on this side.
1151
00:45:15,796 --> 00:45:17,033
[laughs]
1152
00:45:17,133 --> 00:45:18,638
[man 2] Allen Hughes, take one.
1153
00:45:19,675 --> 00:45:21,112
[producer]
So, what I wanna know is...
1154
00:45:21,212 --> 00:45:24,790
He's got a pen.
He's got the pen out already.
1155
00:45:24,890 --> 00:45:27,732
[producer] So, how does
all of that feel for you,
1156
00:45:27,832 --> 00:45:29,571
coming around,
1157
00:45:29,672 --> 00:45:33,148
knowing that 30 years ago,
you met all these people.
1158
00:45:33,248 --> 00:45:35,187
Now, here everyone is,
back again?
1159
00:45:35,288 --> 00:45:36,926
- How does that feel?
- That's pretty surreal.
1160
00:45:37,026 --> 00:45:40,638
It's surreal to go
and do a journey,
1161
00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:42,544
a narrative
that you were a part of,
1162
00:45:42,644 --> 00:45:44,750
and then to have it
be so personal, you know,
1163
00:45:44,850 --> 00:45:48,294
when I was deciding
to do this thing...
1164
00:45:48,394 --> 00:45:50,701
I didn't want to do it at first.
1165
00:45:50,801 --> 00:45:52,574
Uh, and-- 'Cause I think
1166
00:45:52,674 --> 00:45:54,947
I was fearful
of what we're doing right now.
1167
00:45:55,047 --> 00:45:58,692
[producer] So, tell me,
you did which videos?
1168
00:45:58,792 --> 00:46:00,931
We did-- The first video we did
was "Trapped."
1169
00:46:01,031 --> 00:46:02,570
Then we did
"Brenda's Got a Baby."
1170
00:46:02,670 --> 00:46:04,576
And there's this moment
in the video
1171
00:46:04,676 --> 00:46:06,549
where there's a long lens
camera, like this camera,
1172
00:46:06,649 --> 00:46:08,822
and it's swimming
over his features.
1173
00:46:08,922 --> 00:46:10,728
And I'm looking
through the lens,
1174
00:46:10,828 --> 00:46:13,737
and I saw that structure
and that energy.
1175
00:46:14,673 --> 00:46:16,879
And I go, "God, this dude's
a rock star."
1176
00:46:16,979 --> 00:46:18,149
I mean, it was right then.
1177
00:46:18,249 --> 00:46:20,155
And you can just
catch the aura,
1178
00:46:20,255 --> 00:46:22,697
and it's telling
multitudes of stories.
1179
00:46:22,797 --> 00:46:25,003
And the problem
I think we have is people go,
1180
00:46:25,103 --> 00:46:26,876
"Well, what's the theme
of this?"
1181
00:46:28,849 --> 00:46:30,386
Sometimes those sub-themes
1182
00:46:30,487 --> 00:46:32,927
are more important
than "the" theme.
1183
00:46:37,173 --> 00:46:40,249
Harry Connick ain't got
nothing on me. Check it.
1184
00:46:40,350 --> 00:46:43,793
♪ Oh, stay with me ♪
1185
00:46:43,894 --> 00:46:47,203
- [Allen] We were close friends.
- ♪ How could I be sure? ♪
1186
00:46:47,303 --> 00:46:49,042
[Allen] But me and my brother,
1187
00:46:49,142 --> 00:46:50,279
we didn't really want to shoot
a third video,
1188
00:46:50,380 --> 00:46:52,084
"When my Homies Call."
1189
00:46:52,185 --> 00:46:54,693
[reporter] Gentlemen,
you're working with Tupac now,
1190
00:46:54,793 --> 00:46:56,832
- for the third time?
- Third time.
1191
00:46:56,933 --> 00:47:00,242
[Allen] At that point, we were
having some difficulties.
1192
00:47:00,342 --> 00:47:01,847
Heard that.
I gotta pay attention.
1193
00:47:01,948 --> 00:47:03,452
They told me,
like, four fucking times.
1194
00:47:03,553 --> 00:47:05,458
Look this way. Look this way.
I don't pay attention
1195
00:47:05,559 --> 00:47:07,196
That's my problem now.
1196
00:47:07,296 --> 00:47:08,668
That's why my mother
threw me out when I was 13.
1197
00:47:08,768 --> 00:47:09,972
- [Albert] Okay, Tupac?
- Yeah?
1198
00:47:10,305 --> 00:47:11,376
[Allen] At that point,
he was becoming
1199
00:47:11,476 --> 00:47:13,214
more erratic for some reason.
1200
00:47:13,449 --> 00:47:15,856
- I couldn't figure it out.
- [Albert] Let's do it again.
1201
00:47:15,956 --> 00:47:18,062
[Tupac] Right now,
I'm doing these videos.
1202
00:47:18,162 --> 00:47:20,269
I'm doing these movies.
I'm making a gang of money.
1203
00:47:20,369 --> 00:47:22,476
I'm helping my people.
But everybody wants to know,
1204
00:47:22,577 --> 00:47:24,482
"Well, why do you got
an attitude?"
1205
00:47:24,583 --> 00:47:27,424
"What's wrong?"
"What's the matter?"
1206
00:47:27,525 --> 00:47:30,299
And it's like, if somebody
put their foot on your neck
1207
00:47:31,904 --> 00:47:34,010
for so many years--
for me, it's been 20 years.
1208
00:47:34,110 --> 00:47:35,916
I can't take the 400-year
struggle.
1209
00:47:36,016 --> 00:47:38,792
I can identify, but I can only
take up the 20 years.
1210
00:47:38,892 --> 00:47:40,162
That's how long
I've been here, struggling.
1211
00:47:40,262 --> 00:47:42,034
Twenty years.
1212
00:47:42,134 --> 00:47:44,040
And if somebody put their foot
on your neck for 20 years,
1213
00:47:44,140 --> 00:47:46,180
when you finally
do get from under that foot--
1214
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,319
'cause they like-- they let--
they like-- Now, they like,
1215
00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:49,925
"Well, we gave you some money.
1216
00:47:50,025 --> 00:47:51,797
I mean, you did a movie.
Will you calm down?"
1217
00:47:51,897 --> 00:47:53,770
I still got the scars, you know?
1218
00:47:53,870 --> 00:47:55,542
I mean, I still feel it.
When I go to sleep,
1219
00:47:55,643 --> 00:47:58,450
I still feel them cops on me.
You know what I'm saying?
1220
00:47:58,551 --> 00:48:00,355
The cops who beat me,
I still feel that.
1221
00:48:00,456 --> 00:48:03,331
If I hear
helicopters and sirens,
1222
00:48:03,432 --> 00:48:06,073
I still panic, you know?
And that's not cool.
1223
00:48:06,173 --> 00:48:08,948
You know what I'm saying?
That's real.
1224
00:48:09,049 --> 00:48:11,055
[EDI] I understood that he was
going through things.
1225
00:48:11,155 --> 00:48:13,394
Everything that happened
changed him a little bit.
1226
00:48:13,495 --> 00:48:15,367
Starting with being inside
his mom's stomach in jail.
1227
00:48:15,468 --> 00:48:18,076
From all of that to the time
he fucking got his ass whipped
1228
00:48:18,176 --> 00:48:19,179
by the Oakland PD.
1229
00:48:19,279 --> 00:48:20,349
And he sued them.
1230
00:48:20,450 --> 00:48:22,355
It was always something.
1231
00:48:22,456 --> 00:48:24,394
Dan Quayle, in national TV,
1232
00:48:24,495 --> 00:48:27,471
the Vice President
of the United States,
1233
00:48:28,439 --> 00:48:31,382
saying "Your music doesn't
have a place in society."
1234
00:48:31,483 --> 00:48:34,391
Very little gaps of serenity
for that guy.
1235
00:48:35,060 --> 00:48:36,632
[Watani] At the same time,
1236
00:48:36,732 --> 00:48:38,369
I had people
looking out for him, you know.
1237
00:48:38,470 --> 00:48:40,008
We put Lil' Monster and Bone,
1238
00:48:40,108 --> 00:48:42,047
both representing
the Crips and Bloods,
1239
00:48:42,148 --> 00:48:43,384
on his security detail.
1240
00:48:45,357 --> 00:48:47,163
[Shock G] For those of us
who loved Pac
1241
00:48:47,263 --> 00:48:50,405
before he was a celebrity,
there was a lot of stress
1242
00:48:50,506 --> 00:48:52,914
that went with trying
to protect him,
1243
00:48:53,014 --> 00:48:54,986
'cause it was hard.
1244
00:48:55,087 --> 00:48:57,126
We didn't know what was going
on and what his plans were.
1245
00:48:57,226 --> 00:49:01,574
We see now, but at that time,
we're all trying to protect him.
1246
00:49:01,674 --> 00:49:04,347
Their relationship with that
nigga was-- was complicated.
1247
00:49:06,019 --> 00:49:07,592
Ask me some deep shit.
1248
00:49:07,692 --> 00:49:09,598
[Snoop Dogg] If he loved you,
he loved you hard.
1249
00:49:10,701 --> 00:49:12,371
If he was mad at you,
he was mad at you
1250
00:49:12,471 --> 00:49:13,610
like a motherfucker.
1251
00:49:14,310 --> 00:49:16,383
Ask me about
the Hughes Brothers.
1252
00:49:18,525 --> 00:49:21,064
[Allen] What happened
was New Line Cinema said,
1253
00:49:21,165 --> 00:49:22,970
"You have to get
a platinum recording artist
1254
00:49:23,070 --> 00:49:24,643
in order for us
to green-light my movie."
1255
00:49:26,180 --> 00:49:28,721
Tupac's like, "I'll do
a supporting role, but..."
1256
00:49:28,822 --> 00:49:31,530
I was supposed to be
in Menace II Society, right?
1257
00:49:31,630 --> 00:49:33,201
I went and everything.
1258
00:49:33,301 --> 00:49:34,404
They got the deal
because of your boy.
1259
00:49:34,504 --> 00:49:36,009
You know, they was my niggas.
1260
00:49:36,109 --> 00:49:37,413
They used to do all these
videos for me.
1261
00:49:37,514 --> 00:49:38,517
[Allen]
He was gonna play Sharif,
1262
00:49:38,618 --> 00:49:39,554
the Muslim character.
1263
00:49:39,654 --> 00:49:41,358
And he basically said,
1264
00:49:41,458 --> 00:49:43,497
"In order for me
to be a non-violent Muslim
1265
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,039
at this point in my career,
we had to rewrite the role
1266
00:49:46,139 --> 00:49:47,443
and show how I got there."
1267
00:49:47,545 --> 00:49:50,018
I refuse to play parts
that don't exist.
1268
00:49:50,118 --> 00:49:52,727
I will be a young nigga,
but I'll be a real young nigga.
1269
00:49:52,827 --> 00:49:54,699
You know what I'm saying?
That's gonna make me
1270
00:49:54,799 --> 00:49:57,006
different than all of these
niggas that's taken parts.
1271
00:49:57,106 --> 00:49:59,445
[Allen] In hindsight,
Tupac had a valid point.
1272
00:49:59,548 --> 00:50:01,318
But our relationship
was so decayed,
1273
00:50:01,418 --> 00:50:03,124
I was like,
"We're not doing that."
1274
00:50:03,224 --> 00:50:04,663
[Tupac] I said,
"You acting like a bitch."
1275
00:50:04,763 --> 00:50:06,802
He said,
"You acting like a bitch."
1276
00:50:06,902 --> 00:50:09,342
I said, "Well, Goddamn.
If I'm a bitch, smack a bitch."
1277
00:50:09,442 --> 00:50:10,478
[Allen] Long story short...
1278
00:50:10,581 --> 00:50:12,151
What's that say? "Heartless."
1279
00:50:12,251 --> 00:50:14,090
And I beat his punk ass up.
1280
00:50:14,190 --> 00:50:16,096
Now I can't help it
if some niggas on the scene
1281
00:50:16,196 --> 00:50:17,702
beat his ass for running.
1282
00:50:17,802 --> 00:50:19,105
And I can't help it if they
were screaming
1283
00:50:19,205 --> 00:50:21,111
"Thug Life"
as they did it.
1284
00:50:21,211 --> 00:50:22,381
[Allen] If it was me and Tupac,
it would've been different.
1285
00:50:22,481 --> 00:50:24,520
It was a danger in ten guys...
1286
00:50:24,623 --> 00:50:26,326
[Snoop Dogg] That's the
Thug Life niggas.
1287
00:50:26,426 --> 00:50:27,832
Them niggas was real
Crip gang members.
1288
00:50:28,299 --> 00:50:29,435
But they spared y'all, though.
They didn't do the finish-off.
1289
00:50:29,536 --> 00:50:31,208
You talk about Raging Bull.
1290
00:50:31,308 --> 00:50:32,378
I looked like Jake LaMotta
by the end of that.
1291
00:50:32,478 --> 00:50:33,783
I remember the headlines.
1292
00:50:33,883 --> 00:50:36,223
And I remember him
talking trash about him.
1293
00:50:36,323 --> 00:50:37,662
When I catch
the Hughes Brothers,
1294
00:50:37,762 --> 00:50:39,132
I'm gonna bust you
in your mouth for good.
1295
00:50:39,232 --> 00:50:42,374
[Karen] But it bothered him.
1296
00:50:42,474 --> 00:50:44,247
[Allen] I was pissed
for a long time.
1297
00:50:44,883 --> 00:50:47,256
Even though out of all
the meaningful times
1298
00:50:47,356 --> 00:50:48,895
that we spent together,
1299
00:50:48,995 --> 00:50:50,901
that altercation
was probably like five minutes.
1300
00:50:51,001 --> 00:50:52,504
[reporter] How do you feel
coming to court today?
1301
00:50:52,606 --> 00:50:54,377
Don't block my way
and don't hit my lawyer.
1302
00:50:58,356 --> 00:50:59,728
[reporter] Tupac, do you think
this is a bum rap?
1303
00:51:00,831 --> 00:51:03,137
[Allen] And I feel
unlocking going on,
1304
00:51:03,237 --> 00:51:05,310
'cause I'm just starting
to recollect.
1305
00:51:05,779 --> 00:51:07,449
No, actually...
1306
00:51:07,550 --> 00:51:09,288
Damn.
1307
00:51:09,389 --> 00:51:11,562
I should've understood
what he was saying.
1308
00:51:12,532 --> 00:51:14,939
[Watani] But he wasn't really
listening to people.
1309
00:51:16,510 --> 00:51:19,854
So I decided to move him here
1310
00:51:19,954 --> 00:51:22,562
to Atlanta, Georgia.
1311
00:51:34,397 --> 00:51:35,736
[Watani] Atlanta, Georgia.
1312
00:51:36,805 --> 00:51:38,978
This became the hub.
This became our base.
1313
00:51:40,014 --> 00:51:42,656
So, Afeni moved here
then Glo moved here after that.
1314
00:51:42,757 --> 00:51:44,628
And Tupac took well to it.
1315
00:51:44,729 --> 00:51:46,634
It was a little slow for him,
but he embraced Atlanta.
1316
00:51:46,735 --> 00:51:48,674
[reporter] I caught up
with the popular rapper
1317
00:51:48,775 --> 00:51:50,512
in his friend's bookstore.
1318
00:51:50,613 --> 00:51:52,484
We started our conversation
by talking about
1319
00:51:52,585 --> 00:51:55,996
why he feels he can impact
today's youth with his work.
1320
00:51:56,096 --> 00:51:58,435
[Tupac] I have something
to offer the business
1321
00:51:58,537 --> 00:52:00,041
that hasn't been shown before.
1322
00:52:00,141 --> 00:52:02,047
You know, I have a whole energy
1323
00:52:02,147 --> 00:52:04,320
that represents not just
Black youth,
1324
00:52:04,420 --> 00:52:06,426
but White youth, Mexican youth. Youth.
1325
00:52:06,527 --> 00:52:09,268
[Afeni] After I started
working with my son,
1326
00:52:09,368 --> 00:52:12,680
that was the first relationship
we had since I was using.
1327
00:52:12,780 --> 00:52:15,286
Watching my mother just go
through changes and everything,
1328
00:52:15,386 --> 00:52:17,059
it's like, my mother's
my partner, she a soulja.
1329
00:52:17,159 --> 00:52:19,065
You know, she a soulja
like I'm a soulja.
1330
00:52:19,165 --> 00:52:22,007
You know, and I watched to peep
the game that she went through.
1331
00:52:22,107 --> 00:52:24,447
[Gloria] When he bought
that house for Afeni,
1332
00:52:24,548 --> 00:52:26,319
we thought it was a mansion.
1333
00:52:26,419 --> 00:52:28,459
Because that was the first time
1334
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:31,770
anybody in me
and Afeni's family
1335
00:52:31,870 --> 00:52:34,779
had a home
and owned it outright.
1336
00:52:34,879 --> 00:52:38,858
And anytime Tupac sent 'Feni
shopping with a budget,
1337
00:52:38,958 --> 00:52:40,461
we were happy.
1338
00:52:40,563 --> 00:52:42,669
We didn't never have
that freedom to do that.
1339
00:52:42,770 --> 00:52:44,507
So, she bought everything.
1340
00:52:44,608 --> 00:52:47,082
We was rich.
We thought we were.
1341
00:52:47,182 --> 00:52:49,623
And he would say dumb stuff
to us like,
1342
00:52:49,724 --> 00:52:52,064
"Don't act like
you ain't never had nothing."
1343
00:52:52,164 --> 00:52:53,903
Well, we hadn't.
1344
00:52:59,787 --> 00:53:03,097
Tupac introduced us
to a lifestyle
1345
00:53:03,197 --> 00:53:05,103
that we would've never known.
1346
00:53:06,506 --> 00:53:08,713
[man] Afeni always wanted land.
1347
00:53:08,814 --> 00:53:10,451
And this was hers.
1348
00:53:10,552 --> 00:53:12,760
And she was real proud
about it.
1349
00:53:12,860 --> 00:53:14,999
She had a shooting range outside.
1350
00:53:15,099 --> 00:53:17,472
So, we used to
play with guns out here.
1351
00:53:17,573 --> 00:53:20,014
And she had a lot of guns.
1352
00:53:20,114 --> 00:53:21,451
Pac did, too.
1353
00:53:24,528 --> 00:53:28,005
♪ Early one Sunday morning ♪
1354
00:53:30,511 --> 00:53:33,621
♪ Breakfast was on the table ♪
1355
00:53:33,722 --> 00:53:35,193
[man] I'm a felon.
1356
00:53:35,293 --> 00:53:38,135
I don't have nothing to do
with no pistols.
1357
00:53:38,235 --> 00:53:41,645
But, mmm, the sound,
1358
00:53:41,746 --> 00:53:43,986
the numbness of the hand
1359
00:53:44,086 --> 00:53:45,624
when it shoot right through
your arms
1360
00:53:45,724 --> 00:53:47,162
when you just lettin' it out.
1361
00:53:47,262 --> 00:53:52,144
♪ Filled with the
Long of glory ♪
1362
00:53:53,213 --> 00:53:56,122
♪ We learned the Holy story ♪
1363
00:53:56,222 --> 00:53:59,065
[Afeni] Tupac had told me
in the beginning of my recovery
1364
00:53:59,165 --> 00:54:00,804
how much I hurt him,
1365
00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:02,608
and he had not talked about it anymore
1366
00:54:02,709 --> 00:54:04,648
because he still had
anger about it.
1367
00:54:04,748 --> 00:54:07,623
And he worked that anger
through his system.
1368
00:54:07,724 --> 00:54:10,867
She saw her son
shoot up a Mercedes-Benz.
1369
00:54:10,967 --> 00:54:14,745
[man] Some people like sex,
some like shootin' pistols.
1370
00:54:14,846 --> 00:54:16,316
Some people like doing both
1371
00:54:16,416 --> 00:54:19,191
because we release
all the inside anger.
1372
00:54:19,291 --> 00:54:21,732
Tupac would go in the backyard
and shoot the grass.
1373
00:54:21,833 --> 00:54:23,538
[man] Tupac Shakur!
1374
00:54:23,638 --> 00:54:25,778
Give him your hands,
brothers and sisters!
1375
00:54:25,879 --> 00:54:27,249
[Tupac] First of all,
1376
00:54:27,349 --> 00:54:28,988
y'all gonna think
something wrong with me
1377
00:54:29,088 --> 00:54:30,827
'cause I'm losing it.
If I curse, forgive me.
1378
00:54:30,927 --> 00:54:33,568
But we curse. So, they told me
to watch my language. Fuck that.
1379
00:54:33,768 --> 00:54:36,744
He did tell y'all about my mama
and the Panthers,
1380
00:54:36,845 --> 00:54:38,348
but let me tell you
where I ended up.
1381
00:54:38,449 --> 00:54:39,887
My mama was a crack addict.
1382
00:54:39,987 --> 00:54:41,725
I ended up in Baltimore welfare
1383
00:54:41,827 --> 00:54:43,731
with no lights on
in high school.
1384
00:54:43,833 --> 00:54:46,005
[woman] He started to talk about
his anger publicly.
1385
00:54:46,105 --> 00:54:47,978
[Tupac] I got disdain
for a lot of motherfuckers
1386
00:54:48,078 --> 00:54:49,816
'cause I'm gonna tell you,
1387
00:54:49,917 --> 00:54:51,923
when my mama started
cracking and I was by myself,
1388
00:54:52,023 --> 00:54:54,330
this brother right here,
Watani Stiner,
1389
00:54:54,430 --> 00:54:56,069
was the only person
in this movement
1390
00:54:56,169 --> 00:54:57,875
that took care of me.
1391
00:54:57,975 --> 00:54:59,947
[man] Gary, Indiana. Black Expo.
He was hyped.
1392
00:55:00,047 --> 00:55:01,887
So, it ain't no
motherfucking struggle
1393
00:55:01,987 --> 00:55:03,825
if you don't take care
of your babies.
1394
00:55:03,926 --> 00:55:06,299
Not just yours, but the other
souljas', you know?
1395
00:55:06,399 --> 00:55:09,341
What about these souljas in
jail? Where their kids at?
1396
00:55:09,441 --> 00:55:11,715
Don't none of you motherfuckers
give a fuck about them!
1397
00:55:11,815 --> 00:55:14,023
Little Latasha got a bullet
in her motherfucking back,
1398
00:55:14,123 --> 00:55:17,032
and ain't any one of y'all
do a motherfucking thing!
1399
00:55:17,132 --> 00:55:18,803
[Watani]
Indiana was where Mike Tyson
1400
00:55:18,904 --> 00:55:20,241
caught his rape case.
1401
00:55:20,341 --> 00:55:22,214
[Tyson]
Life beat me into submission.
1402
00:55:22,314 --> 00:55:24,320
[Watani] So, I took Pac
to go visit Mike.
1403
00:55:24,420 --> 00:55:26,995
[Tyson] And when he came
in that prison, everybody,
1404
00:55:27,095 --> 00:55:29,736
Black, White, gangster,
"Yo, what's up!"
1405
00:55:29,836 --> 00:55:32,010
[Tupac] And when I saw
"Thug Life," I mean that shit.
1406
00:55:32,110 --> 00:55:33,748
'Cause these White folks
see us as thugs.
1407
00:55:33,848 --> 00:55:35,286
I don't care what y'all think.
1408
00:55:35,386 --> 00:55:37,058
And he stood on the table.
I said, "Get down."
1409
00:55:37,158 --> 00:55:38,998
Everybody just looking
at what's going on. He's--
1410
00:55:39,098 --> 00:55:40,434
Please, come down now.
1411
00:55:40,535 --> 00:55:42,040
I don't care if you think
you a lawyer,
1412
00:55:42,140 --> 00:55:44,079
if you a man,
if you a African-American.
1413
00:55:44,179 --> 00:55:46,185
We thugs and niggas
to these motherfuckers.
1414
00:55:46,286 --> 00:55:47,723
He was really special.
1415
00:55:47,823 --> 00:55:49,395
I walk around
with Latasha in me.
1416
00:55:49,495 --> 00:55:52,237
I walk around with Fred Hampton
and Bobby Hutton in me.
1417
00:55:52,337 --> 00:55:54,310
And when these motherfuckers
press my button
1418
00:55:54,410 --> 00:55:56,282
and I blow up, it ain't me.
1419
00:55:56,382 --> 00:55:58,924
He was too intelligent to act
the way he conducted himself.
1420
00:55:59,024 --> 00:56:04,173
How the fuck can a nigga
put on a police uniform in 1993?
1421
00:56:05,979 --> 00:56:07,482
Fuck that!
When the shit jump off,
1422
00:56:07,583 --> 00:56:09,823
if you still got that on,
your ass is out!
1423
00:56:09,924 --> 00:56:12,030
'Cause niggas is armed in 1993.
1424
00:56:12,130 --> 00:56:15,239
Did you see what happened
on April 29th, on the news?
1425
00:56:15,339 --> 00:56:17,278
'Cause they was fucking shit up
in L. A.
1426
00:56:17,379 --> 00:56:20,154
[anchor] Four current and former
Los Angeles police officers
1427
00:56:20,254 --> 00:56:22,360
were acquitted today of all
but one criminal charge
1428
00:56:22,460 --> 00:56:24,400
in the beating of motorist
Rodney King.
1429
00:56:24,500 --> 00:56:26,339
[Tupac] All my life,
I never thought it could happen,
1430
00:56:26,439 --> 00:56:30,017
but I've seen it for myself.
I was there.
1431
00:56:30,117 --> 00:56:32,825
Niggas had their motherfucking
dawgs up, and it was all good.
1432
00:56:32,925 --> 00:56:34,898
[anchor] Two thousand
National Guard troops
1433
00:56:34,999 --> 00:56:37,138
have been deployed
following violent outbursts
1434
00:56:37,238 --> 00:56:38,576
in parts of Los Angeles
1435
00:56:38,676 --> 00:56:40,381
following acquittals
for four...
1436
00:56:40,481 --> 00:56:42,220
[Tupac] We are marching
on the anniversaries
1437
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,594
of when we marched
25 years ago.
1438
00:56:44,694 --> 00:56:46,199
What are you meant to do?
1439
00:56:46,299 --> 00:56:48,171
Now, I swear to God,
you gonna find me
1440
00:56:48,271 --> 00:56:50,111
strapped like a motherfucker
getting ready to shoot.
1441
00:56:50,211 --> 00:56:51,849
[Billy] Pac always talked about
1442
00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:55,292
how he was gonna protect us
any way he could.
1443
00:56:55,393 --> 00:56:57,065
[Tupac] All that shit
that went on in the '60s
1444
00:56:57,165 --> 00:57:00,040
ain't gonna happen
in this motherfucker.
1445
00:57:00,141 --> 00:57:02,113
But if I go by myself and I die
1446
00:57:02,213 --> 00:57:04,888
and you motherfuckers bury me,
I swear before God,
1447
00:57:04,989 --> 00:57:09,368
I will haunt every single one
of you punk-ass motherfuckers.
1448
00:57:09,468 --> 00:57:11,240
Do you feel me?
1449
00:57:11,340 --> 00:57:13,380
[Billy] But there was
this doubt in my head.
1450
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:15,419
Are you gonna do something
if something happens?
1451
00:57:15,519 --> 00:57:17,225
- [Tupac] Fuck the police!
- Guys like us,
1452
00:57:17,325 --> 00:57:19,465
we turn our delusions
into reality.
1453
00:57:21,672 --> 00:57:24,681
[Billy]
So, Halloween night 1993...
1454
00:57:24,781 --> 00:57:25,985
Bang! Bang!
1455
00:57:26,085 --> 00:57:28,125
♪ Oh, Sadie... ♪
1456
00:57:28,225 --> 00:57:30,030
[Billy] Three shots.
1457
00:57:30,131 --> 00:57:32,938
♪ Don't you know we love you
Sweet Sadie ♪
1458
00:57:33,039 --> 00:57:34,944
[Billy] ...just like
a marksman, trained.
1459
00:57:35,045 --> 00:57:39,024
♪ Place no one above you
Sweet Sadie ♪
1460
00:57:39,124 --> 00:57:42,133
[Billy]
The mythology is one thing,
1461
00:57:42,233 --> 00:57:44,039
but what I saw was the truth.
1462
00:57:44,139 --> 00:57:45,677
♪ Seems so funny ♪
1463
00:57:45,777 --> 00:57:47,583
♪ No money will turn
Your life... ♪
1464
00:57:47,683 --> 00:57:48,986
Tupac...
1465
00:57:49,622 --> 00:57:51,528
shot some police in the ass.
1466
00:57:51,628 --> 00:57:55,339
♪ Oh, it's what she wanted
From me ♪
1467
00:57:55,439 --> 00:57:57,212
[reporter] The rap star,
Tupac Shakur,
1468
00:57:57,312 --> 00:57:58,716
is free on bond tonight
1469
00:57:58,816 --> 00:58:00,421
after his arrest
this weekend in Atlanta.
1470
00:58:00,522 --> 00:58:02,460
The 22-year-old
singer and actor
1471
00:58:02,561 --> 00:58:05,336
was charged with shooting
two off-duty police officers.
1472
00:58:05,436 --> 00:58:07,643
The wounds were not serious.
1473
00:58:07,743 --> 00:58:10,685
[Blood] When Tupac
got arrested, Afeni came
to pick him up on bail.
1474
00:58:10,785 --> 00:58:12,257
He pushed tape in.
1475
00:58:12,423 --> 00:58:14,096
And he told her,
"This is for you.
1476
00:58:14,196 --> 00:58:16,369
♪ Pour out some liquor
And I reminisce ♪
1477
00:58:16,570 --> 00:58:19,044
♪ 'Cause through the drama
I can always depend
On my mama ♪
1478
00:58:19,144 --> 00:58:20,682
[Blood] "Dear Mama".
1479
00:58:20,782 --> 00:58:22,420
♪ And when it seems
That I'm hopeless ♪
1480
00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:25,429
♪ You say the words
That can get me back in focus ♪
1481
00:58:25,530 --> 00:58:27,536
♪ When I was sick
As a little kid ♪
1482
00:58:27,636 --> 00:58:29,374
♪ To keep me happy
There's no limit ♪
1483
00:58:29,474 --> 00:58:30,511
♪ To the things you did ♪
1484
00:58:30,612 --> 00:58:32,216
Fucked her up.
1485
00:58:32,317 --> 00:58:33,821
♪ And all my
Childhood memories ♪
1486
00:58:33,921 --> 00:58:35,192
♪ Are full of all
The sweet things ♪
1487
00:58:35,292 --> 00:58:36,228
♪ You did for me ♪
1488
00:58:36,329 --> 00:58:37,432
She was emotional.
1489
00:58:37,533 --> 00:58:39,338
♪ And even though I act crazy ♪
1490
00:58:39,438 --> 00:58:42,280
♪ I gotta thank the Lord
That you made me ♪
1491
00:58:42,380 --> 00:58:47,495
'Cause you know, "Dear Mama"
is a take from The Spinners,
"Sadie".
1492
00:58:47,596 --> 00:58:48,699
Right?
1493
00:58:49,869 --> 00:58:51,808
I mean, Goddamn.
1494
00:58:53,714 --> 00:58:55,754
[Afeni] When Tupac first played
"Dear Mama" for me,
1495
00:58:55,854 --> 00:58:58,128
it made me cry
because I realized
1496
00:58:58,228 --> 00:59:00,200
that my son had forgiven me.
1497
00:59:00,301 --> 00:59:02,173
♪ Everything will be
All right if you hold on ♪
1498
00:59:02,273 --> 00:59:04,580
♪ It's a struggle every day
Gotta roll on ♪
1499
00:59:04,681 --> 00:59:06,419
[Afeni] It means a lot to me
1500
00:59:06,519 --> 00:59:08,893
that my son wrote a song to us.
1501
00:59:08,993 --> 00:59:12,203
♪ ...that I understand
You are appreciated ♪
1502
00:59:12,303 --> 00:59:13,406
[Afeni] 'Cause it's not
just to me.
1503
00:59:13,506 --> 00:59:15,814
And I cried because I realized
1504
00:59:15,914 --> 00:59:17,786
it was him saying to me,
1505
00:59:17,886 --> 00:59:19,424
"I got the whole thing."
1506
00:59:19,525 --> 00:59:21,297
[laughs]
1507
00:59:21,832 --> 00:59:23,738
♪ You are appreciated ♪
1508
00:59:28,586 --> 00:59:30,558
♪ Ain't nobody tell us
It was fair ♪
1509
00:59:30,658 --> 00:59:32,330
♪ No love for my daddy ♪
1510
00:59:32,430 --> 00:59:33,934
♪ Because the coward
Wasn't there ♪
1511
00:59:34,035 --> 00:59:36,242
♪ He passed away
And I didn't cry ♪
1512
00:59:36,342 --> 00:59:39,284
♪ 'Cause my anger wouldn't
Let me feel for a stranger ♪
1513
00:59:39,384 --> 00:59:41,357
♪ They say I'm wrong
And I'm heartless ♪
1514
00:59:41,457 --> 00:59:43,731
♪ But all along I was lookin'
For a father ♪
1515
00:59:43,831 --> 00:59:45,502
♪ He was gone ♪
1516
00:59:45,603 --> 00:59:47,341
♪ I hung around
With the thugs ♪
1517
00:59:47,442 --> 00:59:48,946
♪ And even though
They sold drugs ♪
1518
00:59:49,046 --> 00:59:50,852
♪ They showed
A young brother love ♪
1519
00:59:50,952 --> 00:59:52,858
♪ I moved out
And started really hangin' ♪
1520
00:59:52,958 --> 00:59:55,432
♪ I needed money on my own
So I started slangin' ♪
1521
00:59:55,533 --> 00:59:57,238
♪ I ain't guilty ♪
1522
00:59:57,338 --> 00:59:58,876
♪ 'Cause even though
I sell rocks ♪
1523
00:59:58,976 --> 01:00:01,551
♪ It feels good
Puttin' money in your mailbox ♪
1524
01:00:01,651 --> 01:00:04,292
♪ And I love paying rent
When the rent's due ♪
1525
01:00:04,392 --> 01:00:07,235
♪ I hope 'ya got the diamond
Bracelets that I sent to you ♪
1526
01:00:07,335 --> 01:00:09,609
♪ 'Cause when I was low
You was there for me ♪
1527
01:00:09,709 --> 01:00:12,517
♪ You never left me alone
Because you cared for me ♪
1528
01:00:12,618 --> 01:00:15,392
♪ I could see you comin' home
After work late ♪
1529
01:00:15,492 --> 01:00:18,769
♪ You're in the kitchen
Tryin' to fix us a hot plate ♪
1530
01:00:18,869 --> 01:00:21,277
♪ Just workin' with the scraps
You was given ♪
1531
01:00:21,377 --> 01:00:24,486
♪ And Mama made miracles
Every Thanksgivin' ♪
1532
01:00:24,587 --> 01:00:26,893
♪ But the road got rough
You're alone ♪
1533
01:00:26,993 --> 01:00:29,836
♪ Tryin' to raise two bad kids
On your own ♪
1534
01:00:29,936 --> 01:00:32,376
♪ And there's no way
I can pay you back ♪
1535
01:00:32,477 --> 01:00:35,285
♪ But my plan is to show you
That I understand ♪
Deam the man with the master plan
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