Keep Ya Head Up Tupac Analysis Essay

ISU Task #1 – Research & Literary Analysis

Intro:

When people hear the word rap, they think money and drugs. Unfortunately, every rapper falls in to that category however some rap can be more meaningful than any song could every be. Today, I’m going to show you one rapper who falls into this stereotype.

1.Background Information

The song I selected was “Keep Ya Head Up” by Tupac Shakur or simply Tupac. Born in East Harlem, New York City was raised by his mother and did not see his father until he was much older. Tupac’s childhood was tougher than most with his mother struggling through a substance abuse and enduring the toughness of the ghettos of Brooklyn and The Bronx. Tupac attended Baltimore School of Arts. When in Baltimore, Tupac found a love for rap. Moving quite a bit, he found himself Oakland, California where he

The message of the video as I’ve said multiple times is treating women better. In the music video in particular it shows how one person can change the way many people can act because Tupac is teaching people the lesson. In the music video he is there with a little boy. Which is showing that what is happening now will affect the generations to come after them.

2. Audience Response

C) Listening to the song and watching the music video makes me feel bad for women and disgusted with the behavior of these men that Tupac is talking about. It makes me feel bad for women because all women deserve to be respected the same as all men especially after all that they do and give to us. I am also disgusted with the behavior of men because they degrade the women who made them who they are today. But at the same time it makes me happy, that some people like Tupac realize the problem and want a stop to it.

D) One aspect of the song’s lyrics I liked was in the second verse. When he says

“It seems the rain’ll never let up

I try to keep my head up and still keep from getting’ wet