I think pac always thought that the cross would come from the police never from his own people
I think he was a bit naieve because he never experienced black people double crossing him until he was in too deep
That fool really didnt know how grimey nikkaz and bytches could be
Remember no matter how street and militant the people he grew up around were
They always watched out for pac
Therefore tupac was kind of dumb in thinking that it was really some type of black unity and he was some kind of black prince that could move safely amongst nikkas
Pac broke it down to Monster.
He understood that his upbringing in the movement clouded his judgement because he put his people before first, street politics second. So he was always going to have a hint of ildealism about dealing with black folks, even street nikkas. Which is why he wanted to have cats who were the opposite, cats who were street first but could be swayed to do for their people.
so even he didn't deny his naivete..but the game plan was to do exactly what the government REALLY fears. A so called 'black messiah' type figure with youth and a platform that could rouse and organize black gangs/militias, which was the blueprint for THUG LYFE.
Yeah, there's all kinds of problems that come along with trying to get street nikkas to move like panthers...but the alternative was what? Politics? Become Jesse Jackson? Start "Black Lives Matter" 20 years ahead of time?
Getting black gangs organized is some shyt that could actually reform hoods and the hearts and mind that dwell within them.
"Thuggin for life and if you right then nikka die for it
Let them other bustas cry, at least you tried for it
When it's time to die, you be a man and pick the way you leave
fukk peace and the police.."
I don't think some of you nikkas understand.

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People from all over the world come to Cali and get turned out by the inviting allure of the gangster lifestyle. Look at Chris Brown and Soulja Boy.
But it extends beyond those types. Cali lifestyle just turns people out regardless of who you are. Don't believe me? Move out to Cali for a year, visit and spend time in all of the gamed up places you've seen on TV and heard of your whole life and you'll become a different person entirely.
People from fukking Mexico, Cambodia and the Phillipines move to Cali as kids and grow up to be mobsters for God's sake.
Look at the old videos of 17 year old Pac in Baltimore, he was not Robert Yummy Sandifer all grown up. Pac was on his De La Soul black hippie shyt as a 17 year old. You could tell Pac was a regular ass square kid in the hood and not a street running hustler.
I'm from the Bay but live in Maryland so I know the difference first hand. There is a culture of complacency in Baltimore coupled with a cultural identity crisis/inferiority complex that leads to Baltimore being a non-competitor in the rap game. This might be starting to change. To this day, there isn't a legendary rapper from Baltimore. If Pac moved back to NY, he would have been a different person.