Artist: Tupac Amaru Shakur 

Song: Changes 



Woo'

(Come on, come on) 

I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself 

Is life worth living, should I blast myself?

I'm tired of being poor, and even worse I'm black 

My stomach hurts, so I'm looking for a purse to snatch 

Cops give a damn about a negro

Pull a trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero 

Givin crack to the kids, who the hell cares 

One less hungry mouth on the welfare 

First ship 'em dope, let 'em deal the brothers 

Give 'em guns, step back and watch 'em kill each other 

"It's time to fight back", that's what Huey said 

2 shots in the dark, now Huey's dead 

I got love for my brothers 

But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other 

We gotta start makin changes 

Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers 

And that's how it's supposed be 

How can the devil take a brother if he's close to me

I'd love to go back to when we played as kids 

but things change, and that's the way it is 

come on, come on



[chorus x2]

That's just the way it is 

Things will never be the same 

That's just the way it is, aww yeah 



I see no changes 

All I see is racist faces 

Misplaced hate, makes disgrace to races 

We under, I wonder what it takes to make this 

One better place, let's erase the wasted

Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right 

'Cause both black and white is smoking crack tonight 

And the only time we chill is when we kill each other 

It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other 

And although it seems heaven since 

We ain't ready, to see a black president (uh)

It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact:

The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks 

But some things will never change 

Try to show another way, but they stayin' in the dope game 

Now tell me what's a mother to do? 

Being real don't nappeal to the brother in you (yeah)

You gotta operate the easy way (I made a G today)

But you made it in a sleezy way

Sellin crack to the kids (I gotta get paid)

Well hey, well that's the way it is 



[chorus x2]



[talking]

We gotta make a change... 

It's time for us as a people to start making some changes 

Let's change the way we eat 

Let's change the way live 

And let's change the way we treat each other 

You see the old way wasn't working 

So it's on us to do what we gotta do...

To survive



And still I see no changes!

Can't a brother get a little peace? 

There's war on the streets

And there's more in the Middle East 

Instead of war on poverty,

They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me 

And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do 

But now I'm back with the blacks giving back to you 

Don't let them jack you up, back you up, crack you up 

And pimp-smack you up 

You gotta learn to hold your own 

They get jealous when see you with your mobile phone

But tell the cops "can't touch this"

I don't trust this 

When they try to rush I bust this 

That's the sound of my tool 

You say it aint cool 

My momma didn't raise no fool 

And as long as I stay black 

I gotta stay strapped 

And I never get to lay back 

Cause I always gotta worry about the payback 

Some buck that I roughed up way back 

Coming back after all these years 

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat, that's the way it is 



[chorus x2]



(Your my brother, your my sister)

That's just the way it is (the way it is, way it is)

Things will never be the same (your my brother your my sister)

That's just the way it is (yeah)

...Aww yeah

Some things will never change.