ISTANBUL - Anatolia's 500-year old love songs, censored for centuries, have been brought to life by researcher Hüseyin Irmak who has taken their stories, legends and lyrics and brought them together for the first time.
I wonder if anyone will consider songs of my time note worthy.
Tupac for instance.
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur is arguably one of the most influential black musicians in America during his time. He was in some measure acclaimed to be a lyrical poet. Tupac knew he was speaking to those kids bobbing their heads waiting at the bus stop. He could reach those people and speak in a language that can be digested through his music.
Tupac was very intransigent about black community as a whole to "change the way we live". This message was clear in his song "Changes". Through his songs he gave every one of us a role to play in crafting our own future.
He challenged us to face the sad or sometimes horrible truths that some of us enable and perpetuate the cycle of aggression and tyranny that is played out in every generation. He never suggested that waiting for some new law to be passed was a viable option.
He would exclaim through his music that blacks and races of all kinds should stand up for themselves and vocalize there needs and embrace community as a means to support and help one another. During an era in which five of every six black children were born out of wedlock, Tupac was the guy who could look black men in our communal eye and tell us we weren't living right.
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