Tupac: Resurrection Page #2

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My stepfather was a gangster,

a straight-up street hustler.

My mom had a kid,

he didn't even care.

He's like, "That's my son,"

took care of me, gave me money.

He was a criminal too,

out doing his thing.

So he only came,

brought me money and then left.

It's OK to go to Harlem and celebrate

your birthday with your friends,

but I don't think we would really fit in.

I hate saying this because whites

love hearing blacks talk about this.

I know for a fact that,

had I had a father,

I'd have had some discipline,

I'd have had more confidence.

Your mother cannot calm you down

the way a man can.

Your mother can't reassure you

the way a man can.

My mother couldn't show me

where my manhood was.

You need a man to teach you

how to be a man.

When I was young,

I was quiet, withdrawn.

I read a lot. I wrote poetry.

I kept a diary.

I watched TV all the time.

I stayed in front of the television.

And I could see all these people

out there in this pretend world.

And I knew I could be

part of it if I pretended too.

The way Arnold looked

on Diff'rent Strokes,

I used to like the lifestyle,

the way he used to live.

So early on,

I just watched and emulated.

I thought if I can be an actor

and act like those characters,

I could have some of their joy.

Oh, thank you, Mr. D!

If I could act like I had a big family,

I wouldn't feel as lonely.

My first acting job

was at the Apollo Theater

when Jesse Jackson

was running for president in 1984.

It was a fundraiser,

and I was a little kid.

Travis, from Raisin in the Sun.

When the curtain went up,

I just caught that bug

that everybody talks about.

I was like, "Whoa, this is it."

It was better than sex and anything,

money, everything. It was like, "Whoa,

"I want this."

We moved out of New York

because my mother lost her job.

We were, like, stranded.

So we moved to Baltimore...

...which was total ignorance town

to me.

I mean, Baltimore has the highest rate

of blacks killing blacks in the country.

Then I auditioned for the

Baltimore School of Performing Arts.

Then I started

to have good-luck times.

Parents are the same

No matter time nor place

They don't understand that us kids

Are gonna make some mistakes

So to you, all the kids all across

The land, there's no need to argue

Parents just don't understand

I spent three years in Baltimore,

high-school years. I made friends,

like Jon Cole and Jada Pinkett.

You should've seen

This girl's bodily dimensions

I honked my horn to get her attention

She said, "Was that for me?"

I said, "Yeah. " She said, "Why?"

I said, "Come on and take a ride

With a hell of a guy"

I loved my classes.

We were exposed to everything.

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