hffdd Do African American still have their freedom? That’s what Tupac Shakur would ask if he was still alive. Tupac is the author of the poem “Fallen Star”. Tupac always spoke with deep meaning, and he tried to express his feelings. He was a rapper who believed in freedom and respect. “Fallen star” was written for Huey Newton, a cofounder of the black panthers.
He dedicated the poem to him showing Huey love and respect. Huey was living around the civil rights movement. He tried to be a role model and fight for his rights. He wants the African Americans to realize what the white Americans have done.
He wanted freedom, and he was trying to prove a point. Tupac said nobody understood what he was trying to do but the white Americans. Since they knew what he was trying to do they were trying to stop him before he could get his message out to the world. People didn’t understand what Huey Newton was trying to do. His focus was to empower African Americans during a period of time when most of the African Americans could not make much progress. In many poor neighborhoods many young African Americans were looking for leadership and the Black Panther party, which Huey Newton help start, filled that void.
They tried to teach self defense. This was a way to show discipline. He was trying to be a leader to the African Americans in the world by creating a 10 step program. He set out goals and objectives, and many people today say he accomplished his goals. Tupac believes the white Americans didn’t understand what Huey Newton was trying to do. He felt they were just trying to mock him and he was trying to do well in the world.
There are many situations Tupac could be addressing in the second stanza in line one “when you where week” he could be talking about Huey Newton getting old.Week is a sign of getting old. He also could be could be talking about his drug and alcohol addiction. Huey Newton was heavy on drugs and alcohol. Some believe he use the Black Panther party money to pay for his expenses for using the two.
They loved the sight basically states that the white Americans notice he was going down. That he will be one man less to worry about. In line three and four states “Of your diming and flickering starlight” stakes a man trying to accomplish something and he is fading away. He is not get gone but he is almost there.
This is where Tupac was trying to address his charges. Huey Newton had plenty of murder, gun, and assault charges. The white Americans use to try to drop Newton reputation. The third stanza Tupac jumps back into how the white Americans didn’t understand what the African Americans were going through.
The hard times they had. In line two states “Two beloved by so many, so intimate” was stating what type of leader Newton was. He was loved by many African American for trying to turn something negative into something positive.He tried to be a role module for the young African Americans. He wanted to let them know that they could be somebody.
He gave out shoes and food to the African American community. He was like there big brother. Tupac felt the whites didn’t want to see this change to. He felt they wanted to see him see him dead so he couldn’t change the world. He felt they were scared of a change.
” They want to see your lifeless corpse, this way you could not alter the course,” shows what I mean. Tupac stated “of ignorance that have they have set to make my people forget”.He was talking about how the white Americans didn’t want people to how they treated the African American were wrong. Newton put into the black American eyes this is not how we are not suppose to be treated. In the fourth stanza he finishes his last thoughts with in line one and two with, “what they have done, for much long to just forget and carry on”.
He was stating the white Americans done too much to the African Americans for them to just forget about the past Huey knew the white American knew he was trying to show the African Americans what they have done.In line three and for states “I had loved you forever because of who you are and now I mourn a fallen star. Tupac loved Huey for what he stood for, for what type of person Huey was. He was like a role model for Tupac now he has to grief to someone he thought was his star. We have had many leaders, some of them good and some of them bad.
Huey was setting out to reach a goal to help people in this world. Nobody understood what he was trying to do. Now we all have to mourn a fallen star. Tupac wrote this poem out of love and respect.
To show him how he felt about him and why type of role model he is to him. He made mistakes but everyone is not perfect he still tried to change the world. He tried to make the world a better place. Not many people are ready to take that road. Can stand up for what is right and live with consequences and that what Huey did. Nor did he stand up, he gave back to his community by providing them with shoes and clothes.
Huey Newton was a great man but nobody understood what he was trying to do
