Tupac About Religion
As many other rappers Tupac was
given the question how he thought about God. The lyrics are full
of prayers and words to God but if you look at the living some of
'em have you can wonder if they know what God stands for? (It
aint just rappers that have this problem, look at the christians
in
Indonesia, for example). Tupac said that he believed in God, but
not in the christian God. Tupac explained his religion like this
in an interview "I'm the religion that to me is the realist
religion there is".
Tupac has also stated one of the reasons why he doesnt like the world religions "If the churches took half the money that they was making and gave it back to the community, we'd be alright. If they took half the buildings that they use to "praise God" and gave it to motherfuckers who need God, we'd be alright. Have you seen some of these got damn churches lately? There's one's that take up the whole block in New York. There's homeless people out here. Why ain't God lettin' them stay there? Why these niggas got gold ceilings and shit? Why God need gold ceilings to talk to me? Why does God need colored windows to talk to me? Why God can't come where I'm at where he sent me? If God wanted to talk to me in a pretty spot like that, why the hell he send me here then. That makes ghetto kids not believe in God. Why? So that's wrong religion-I beleive in God, I believe God puts us where ever we want to be at. They didn't make sense that God would put us in the ghetto."
"I got shot five times and I got crucified to the media. And I walked through with the thorns on and I had shit thrown on me and I had the if at the top; I told that nigga "I'll be back for you. Trust me, Im not supposed to be going down, I'll be back." I'm not saying I'm Jesus but I'm saying we go through that type of thing everyday. We don't part the Red Sea but we walk through the hood without getting shot. We don't turn water to wine but we turn dope fiends and dope heads into productive citizens of society. We turn words into money. What greater gift can there be?"
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