Tupac said as much on 1998’s “Changes”: “And still I see no changes, can’t a brother get a little peace? / It’s war on the streets and the war in the Middle East / Instead of war on poverty / They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” About the experience of so-called superpredators, he explained on 1991’s “Trapped,” “How can I feel guilty after all the things they did to me? / Sweated me, hunted me, trapped in my own community / One day I’m gonna bust, blow up on this society / Why did you lie to me? I couldn’t find a trace of equality.”
