In the first semester, one of the obstacles I faced was procrastinating . Last year, I was more focused on my school work because I didn't have as many problems in my personal life as I have now.
This semester, I plan to be more focused on my school work and put my other priorities after school work. I also plan to focus more on subjects that I have less interest in because that'll make me succeed in that subject (geometry).
I don't like anything about computers . . . they make life much easier !
Gold-Script (Mierra nd Jazz)
20.2.09
1st scene
(The setting is in a living room with Grandma and Jazzmon. Jazzmon is sitting in a chair on the other side of the room, while reading a book)
Grandma: Okay, Jazzmon it's time to go to bed.
(Jazzmon looks up from the book)
Jazzmon: Grandma, what happens when we die?
(Grandma giggles)
Grandma: ooh baby, we all go to either one or two places...hopefully our souls will be excepted into the underworld.
Jazzmon: And what is that Grandma? What is that? (with concern)
Grandma: I'll tell you what, I'll let you go to bed thirty minutes late just because I wanna tell you a short story.
Jazzmon: About what? (with concern)
Grandma: The story about the twin souls, Osiris and Re. (African drums begin) They were Egyptian gods that were highly respected. Osiris, the god of the underworld believed that if your heart was heavy with guilt, you were guilty of a crime or sin and therefore couldn't make it to the underworld. And Re was the sun god and the protector of the underworld. He stopped demonic souls from going into the underworld...And together, they replenished each other's life sources.
Last scene
Grandma: So baby, the moral of the story is to live your life as positive as you can. And remember, no matter how far you've traveled down that bad road, you can always turn back. But whatever negative things you decide to do, just remember all those will meet up with you when it's time to cross over...And from that, It'll be determined where you'll spend your afterlife.
Jazzmon: You know Grandma, I learned alot about life from that short story and from now on, Imma live ma life to the fullest and try to be as legit and wholesome as I can!
(They both laugh)
Grandma: Good girl! Now it's time to go to bed, you got school in the mornin'...(Jazzmon begins to walk upstairs) Goodnight sweetpea! (She walks back down and walks over to Grandma)
Jazzmon: Goodnight Grandma, (Hugging her Grandma) I love you!
Grandma: I love you too (Jazzmon exits)
(The setting is in a living room with Grandma and Jazzmon. Jazzmon is sitting in a chair on the other side of the room, while reading a book)
Grandma: Okay, Jazzmon it's time to go to bed.
(Jazzmon looks up from the book)
Jazzmon: Grandma, what happens when we die?
(Grandma giggles)
Grandma: ooh baby, we all go to either one or two places...hopefully our souls will be excepted into the underworld.
Jazzmon: And what is that Grandma? What is that? (with concern)
Grandma: I'll tell you what, I'll let you go to bed thirty minutes late just because I wanna tell you a short story.
Jazzmon: About what? (with concern)
Grandma: The story about the twin souls, Osiris and Re. (African drums begin) They were Egyptian gods that were highly respected. Osiris, the god of the underworld believed that if your heart was heavy with guilt, you were guilty of a crime or sin and therefore couldn't make it to the underworld. And Re was the sun god and the protector of the underworld. He stopped demonic souls from going into the underworld...And together, they replenished each other's life sources.
Last scene
Grandma: So baby, the moral of the story is to live your life as positive as you can. And remember, no matter how far you've traveled down that bad road, you can always turn back. But whatever negative things you decide to do, just remember all those will meet up with you when it's time to cross over...And from that, It'll be determined where you'll spend your afterlife.
Jazzmon: You know Grandma, I learned alot about life from that short story and from now on, Imma live ma life to the fullest and try to be as legit and wholesome as I can!
(They both laugh)
Grandma: Good girl! Now it's time to go to bed, you got school in the mornin'...(Jazzmon begins to walk upstairs) Goodnight sweetpea! (She walks back down and walks over to Grandma)
Jazzmon: Goodnight Grandma, (Hugging her Grandma) I love you!
Grandma: I love you too (Jazzmon exits)
12.2.09
Tupac Shakur has proven to the world- specifically the low class society, that he was for the people and not against them.
Tupac's family backround and the era in whic he grew up in created what would be known to the world as the most contoversial artist within the hip-hop industry. This helped him craft music that was politically and socially aware.
It was through his music, that Tupac opened the eyes of middle and high class society to the reality of black America. From poverty to war against the streets, he showed that many people in the ghetto weren't living the American dream that the media portrayed.
Tupac Shakur, was one of the few artist that made sure he based most of his music on thegeneral issues in a black man's life (?)
He was actually drawing attention to matters that they just wanted society to forget about.
Backround: Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur was involved in an organization of intelligent black people that promoted self demermination of the black and opressed communities. This organization was known to the world as the black panthers. His mother was the main influence in his life, which is why his music was so political.
70's: The 70's was known as the time of world peace. Cultures such as the hippies would protest against things such as the Vietnam War. (*more poverty discussion*)
80's: During this decade, the country experienced social, economic and general upheaval as wealthy production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. (*more poverty discussion*)
He began studying the works of William Shakespeare and Nicololo Machiavelli.
After the tragic loss of his friend, he became inspired to write rap music. - Tupac found himslef at an emerging crossroads in his life. His frustrations of poverty were being compared with the wealth of knowledge and stuff he saw everyday.
His frustrations began to mount with his perceived responsibility of being the man of the house and his urge to write grew more and more.
As writing evolved into a deeper way of expression for Tupac, felt more comfortable saying what he felt through poetry and music, instead of actually stating it.
Tupac leanred that his mother had become addicted to crack cocaine. This had a profound effect on Tupac both personally. His lyrics suddenly transformed from comical to serious.
Tupac's first solo album was "2pacalypse Now". The album's name was derived from the 1979 film "Apocalypse Now," which was about the Vietnam war.
The album focused on issues such as police brutality, poverty, teenage pregnancy and drug use, some issues giving a lyrical glimpse into the world of a young black person on the urban streets of america.
His music generated significant controversy from well known political figures and activist such as, Dan Quale,Bob Dole and Deloris Tucker.
On November 30th 1994, Tupac was shot five times while walking into a recording studio in NY times square.
The issues that he rapped about in his songs were now becoming a reality in his life.
Censorship had become a big problem in Tupac's life. Dealing with people that were activist and politicians, his lyrics became more powerful then before.
How could tupac grow as a person and as a performer if the media watched his every move?
Quincy jones Quote.
To some, Tupac Shakur will remain a normal rapper, who constantly found himself in trouble with the law but to others he will remain a man of creativity, perserverance and loyalty- but no matter how you felt about Tupac, he will always and forever remain a poetic genius!
Tupac's family backround and the era in whic he grew up in created what would be known to the world as the most contoversial artist within the hip-hop industry. This helped him craft music that was politically and socially aware.
It was through his music, that Tupac opened the eyes of middle and high class society to the reality of black America. From poverty to war against the streets, he showed that many people in the ghetto weren't living the American dream that the media portrayed.
Tupac Shakur, was one of the few artist that made sure he based most of his music on thegeneral issues in a black man's life (?)
He was actually drawing attention to matters that they just wanted society to forget about.
Backround: Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur was involved in an organization of intelligent black people that promoted self demermination of the black and opressed communities. This organization was known to the world as the black panthers. His mother was the main influence in his life, which is why his music was so political.
70's: The 70's was known as the time of world peace. Cultures such as the hippies would protest against things such as the Vietnam War. (*more poverty discussion*)
80's: During this decade, the country experienced social, economic and general upheaval as wealthy production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. (*more poverty discussion*)
He began studying the works of William Shakespeare and Nicololo Machiavelli.
After the tragic loss of his friend, he became inspired to write rap music. - Tupac found himslef at an emerging crossroads in his life. His frustrations of poverty were being compared with the wealth of knowledge and stuff he saw everyday.
His frustrations began to mount with his perceived responsibility of being the man of the house and his urge to write grew more and more.
As writing evolved into a deeper way of expression for Tupac, felt more comfortable saying what he felt through poetry and music, instead of actually stating it.
Tupac leanred that his mother had become addicted to crack cocaine. This had a profound effect on Tupac both personally. His lyrics suddenly transformed from comical to serious.
Tupac's first solo album was "2pacalypse Now". The album's name was derived from the 1979 film "Apocalypse Now," which was about the Vietnam war.
The album focused on issues such as police brutality, poverty, teenage pregnancy and drug use, some issues giving a lyrical glimpse into the world of a young black person on the urban streets of america.
His music generated significant controversy from well known political figures and activist such as, Dan Quale,Bob Dole and Deloris Tucker.
On November 30th 1994, Tupac was shot five times while walking into a recording studio in NY times square.
The issues that he rapped about in his songs were now becoming a reality in his life.
Censorship had become a big problem in Tupac's life. Dealing with people that were activist and politicians, his lyrics became more powerful then before.
How could tupac grow as a person and as a performer if the media watched his every move?
Quincy jones Quote.
To some, Tupac Shakur will remain a normal rapper, who constantly found himself in trouble with the law but to others he will remain a man of creativity, perserverance and loyalty- but no matter how you felt about Tupac, he will always and forever remain a poetic genius!
Ms.Melville-Song Essay
18.12.08
Many people believe that hip-hop is nothing more than bogus hype music that only degrade women and talk about money, but most hip-hop songs actually leave the reader with a new perspective. One of many inspirational songs is “Panther Power.” The composer, Tupac Shakur first recorded the song in the 90’s but it wasn’t released until award nominated documentary, “Tupac Resurrection” was released in 2003. “Panther Power” is an excellent song because it contains imagery, has great sound and has numerous examples of personification, which he uses to change the listener’s perspective.
First, Tupac attracts his listeners with an old skool-groovy beat, the rhyme scheme and repetition that makes the song catchy and leaves you no choice except to be hooked! Tupac uses rhyme to give the song a good sound by basically saying the first verse again as the last verse. Throughout the song, the chorus “Panther Power” is repeated three times, giving the listener the feeling of empowerment! The song also has a catchy rhyme scheme, using couplets throughout the song. For example, “As real as it seems the American dream, ain’t nothing but another calculated schemes.” The sound devices are effective in getting your attention.
Secondly, Tupac uses his figurative language to show clear images in the reader’s head. One simile from the song is “I strike America like a case of hard disease.” He also uses a great metaphor where he suggests that we, as a people are “locked in chains” by the government .In this song, Tupac uses a lot of personification to change the readers mind. For example, “Cause Lady Liberty is a hypocrite, she lied to me.” Also, in the song, he uses one example of imagery, saying that “Panther Power is running through my arteries, try to stop oh boy you’ll be clawed to death, cause I’ll be fighting for my freedom with my dying breath.” In this verse, you actually feel get the sense of “panther power” running through your arteries.
Lastly, the personification used in the poem, gives the listener a new perspective and a new view on the government and the American justice system. For example, “Uncle Sam never did a dam thing for me except lie about the fact in my history,” this is used to show, not that the real uncle Sam lied, but to show that the government is full of lies and that they lie to black people to make everything seem perfect and “peachy” when its really not.
In conclusion, with Tupac’s use of good figurative language and imagery, this song represents one of few good songs still around today. His figurative language makes the listener feel what he’s going through, giving them a new perspective. His imagery makes the listener see what he has seen. This song grabs the listener’s attention because rhythmic flow of his voice, the power he puts behind his words and the imagery, personification, similes and metaphors he puts in the lyrics. From the lyrics, listeners can draw inference that Tupac was trying to say don’t always believe what you hear because most of the time your being lied to.
First, Tupac attracts his listeners with an old skool-groovy beat, the rhyme scheme and repetition that makes the song catchy and leaves you no choice except to be hooked! Tupac uses rhyme to give the song a good sound by basically saying the first verse again as the last verse. Throughout the song, the chorus “Panther Power” is repeated three times, giving the listener the feeling of empowerment! The song also has a catchy rhyme scheme, using couplets throughout the song. For example, “As real as it seems the American dream, ain’t nothing but another calculated schemes.” The sound devices are effective in getting your attention.
Secondly, Tupac uses his figurative language to show clear images in the reader’s head. One simile from the song is “I strike America like a case of hard disease.” He also uses a great metaphor where he suggests that we, as a people are “locked in chains” by the government .In this song, Tupac uses a lot of personification to change the readers mind. For example, “Cause Lady Liberty is a hypocrite, she lied to me.” Also, in the song, he uses one example of imagery, saying that “Panther Power is running through my arteries, try to stop oh boy you’ll be clawed to death, cause I’ll be fighting for my freedom with my dying breath.” In this verse, you actually feel get the sense of “panther power” running through your arteries.
Lastly, the personification used in the poem, gives the listener a new perspective and a new view on the government and the American justice system. For example, “Uncle Sam never did a dam thing for me except lie about the fact in my history,” this is used to show, not that the real uncle Sam lied, but to show that the government is full of lies and that they lie to black people to make everything seem perfect and “peachy” when its really not.
In conclusion, with Tupac’s use of good figurative language and imagery, this song represents one of few good songs still around today. His figurative language makes the listener feel what he’s going through, giving them a new perspective. His imagery makes the listener see what he has seen. This song grabs the listener’s attention because rhythmic flow of his voice, the power he puts behind his words and the imagery, personification, similes and metaphors he puts in the lyrics. From the lyrics, listeners can draw inference that Tupac was trying to say don’t always believe what you hear because most of the time your being lied to.
Annotations 2
9.12.08
http://jj_productions.tripod.com/home.htm
http://jj_productions.tripod.com/tppoint2.htm
In this aritcle was written a week after tupac's death. The author breifly talks about Jesse Jackson's quote "This is so, so sad. Sometimes the lure of violent culture is so magnetic that even when one overcomes it with material success, it continues to call." In the article, the author is acutally being criticle of Tupac basically calling him a hypocrite.
I aint mad at cha
This was by far one of the most ironic songs but the late Tupac simply because in the video was released three days after he died, showing almost exactly the same way he died. In the song Pac is reminising on how close he and his friend was until he got killed and expresses that he "aint mad at cha" throughroly throughout the song
http://jj_productions.tripod.com/asking.htm
this article talks about the two different sides of Tupac.One was down-to-earth and one was ampd up and rowdy.
http://jj_productions.tripod.com/tppoint2.htm
In this aritcle was written a week after tupac's death. The author breifly talks about Jesse Jackson's quote "This is so, so sad. Sometimes the lure of violent culture is so magnetic that even when one overcomes it with material success, it continues to call." In the article, the author is acutally being criticle of Tupac basically calling him a hypocrite.
I aint mad at cha
This was by far one of the most ironic songs but the late Tupac simply because in the video was released three days after he died, showing almost exactly the same way he died. In the song Pac is reminising on how close he and his friend was until he got killed and expresses that he "aint mad at cha" throughroly throughout the song
http://jj_productions.tripod.com/asking.htm
this article talks about the two different sides of Tupac.One was down-to-earth and one was ampd up and rowdy.
Michael Dyson letter
4.12.08
Dear Dr.Michael Dyson,
I am a freshmen at Constitution High school in Philadelphia. I’m writing you this letter to greatly express my interest in your book “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac.” Well, first off, every year my school participates in the National History Day contest, which is a contest that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. In the contest, you are expected to follow this years theme “Individual In History: Impact and Legacy.” As my first year in the contest I decided that I wanted to do someone that didn’t just have an impact on people socially, economically or just musically, I wanted to choose someone that impacted people in everyway imaginable! So, for this year’s contest, I chose to do a documentary on Tupac Shakur, because, although he had his trouble with the law, he still managed to be a positive influence on a lot of young people (such as myself). As I searched online for a book to annotate, I contemplated on which (besides his autobiography) would be the most useful to my research. Immediately, I began to become interested in your book. At first, I just read the online preview, then I went to Borders book store and purchased your book. I showed great interest in the interviews you included, especially the one with Larenz Tate! I truly believe that if he would have spent more time with Tupac, perhaps he would’ve still been alive! My quest for knowledge has driven me to dig deeper than the surface. I thought if I could possibly interview you about the process of making your book and other knowledge about Tupac, that would be all I need to make my documentary a winner in the contest! I would really like to keep in touch with you, whether it be via, email, phone or in person.
Dr. Dyson, I understand that you have a very busy schedule, so I commend you for taking time out of your day to read my letter. You’ll be helping out a whole lot if you write me back so please write me back.
Sincerely, Mierra Isaac
I am a freshmen at Constitution High school in Philadelphia. I’m writing you this letter to greatly express my interest in your book “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac.” Well, first off, every year my school participates in the National History Day contest, which is a contest that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. In the contest, you are expected to follow this years theme “Individual In History: Impact and Legacy.” As my first year in the contest I decided that I wanted to do someone that didn’t just have an impact on people socially, economically or just musically, I wanted to choose someone that impacted people in everyway imaginable! So, for this year’s contest, I chose to do a documentary on Tupac Shakur, because, although he had his trouble with the law, he still managed to be a positive influence on a lot of young people (such as myself). As I searched online for a book to annotate, I contemplated on which (besides his autobiography) would be the most useful to my research. Immediately, I began to become interested in your book. At first, I just read the online preview, then I went to Borders book store and purchased your book. I showed great interest in the interviews you included, especially the one with Larenz Tate! I truly believe that if he would have spent more time with Tupac, perhaps he would’ve still been alive! My quest for knowledge has driven me to dig deeper than the surface. I thought if I could possibly interview you about the process of making your book and other knowledge about Tupac, that would be all I need to make my documentary a winner in the contest! I would really like to keep in touch with you, whether it be via, email, phone or in person.
Dr. Dyson, I understand that you have a very busy schedule, so I commend you for taking time out of your day to read my letter. You’ll be helping out a whole lot if you write me back so please write me back.
Sincerely, Mierra Isaac
Annotations
http://www.taylortheteacher.com/2007/10/14/tupac/
This article was written by an author that was about two weeks younger than Tupac. He explains how Tupac’s music was actually accurate when he talked about the poverty in the ghetto and his mother’s life as a black panther. In any case, I learned that Tupac thought that since his embroil was cultivated in prison, he believed, that’s why the police were attacking him all of his life. This article also discusses Afeni, Tupac’s mom involvment in the Black Panthers. The article suggest “Growing up the son of a revolutionary put Tupac in a paradoxical position.”
http://www.hitemup.com/tupac/lawsuit-tucker.html
This document that I read was the lawsuit case that Tupac had against Deloris Tucker. I learned that the lawsuit was filed against Tupac because he wrote a song titled “You wonder why they call you b*tch” and at the end quotes
“Dear Ms. Deloris Tucker
keep stressen me
f**kin' with a muthaf**ken mind
I figured you wanted to know
you know
why we call them hos bitches
and maybe this might help you understand
it ain't personal
strictly business baby
strictly business”
Also, Tupac mentioned her name again in “How do you want it”, sayin “Deloris Tucker you a fake to me, instead of trynna help a brotha, wanna take his g’s”
http://blackpanther.org/legacynew.htm
This article basically discusses the Black Panthers, which was one of Tupac’s influences. I found out that the Black Panther party was an organization that stood up for African-Americans, encouraging them to fight back. The organization was founded by Huey P. Newton.
http://www.2pac2k.de/readytolive.html
This is an interview with Tupac from Vibe magazine in 1996 titled “Ready To Live.” This interview was developed when Tupac was serving time in jail for an alleged rape case. Tupac goes into vivid details as to what actually happen that night and a few nights before. He also talks about how he was presented with a fair case because of his profession, saying that the media portrays him as a “gangsta rapper.” Tupac quotes “I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me.”
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=9JgKKsx8bAkC&dq=tupac+shakur&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=zz_WXwvb-i&sig=H4T79R9606cG8ngDF3Sti1cHNNA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPA48,M1
My fifth source is a book by prfessor Michael Dyson, Titled “Holler if you hear me: Searching for Tupac.” This books was ful of interviews from celebrities such as Larenz Tate, Snoop Dogg and many others. This books talks about Tupac’s early life and why he had the mind he had and why he wrote in such ways that made everybody feel they were in the room with him as the things actually happen. I learned that Tupac read well over 200 books, in different variety.
This article was written by an author that was about two weeks younger than Tupac. He explains how Tupac’s music was actually accurate when he talked about the poverty in the ghetto and his mother’s life as a black panther. In any case, I learned that Tupac thought that since his embroil was cultivated in prison, he believed, that’s why the police were attacking him all of his life. This article also discusses Afeni, Tupac’s mom involvment in the Black Panthers. The article suggest “Growing up the son of a revolutionary put Tupac in a paradoxical position.”
http://www.hitemup.com/tupac/lawsuit-tucker.html
This document that I read was the lawsuit case that Tupac had against Deloris Tucker. I learned that the lawsuit was filed against Tupac because he wrote a song titled “You wonder why they call you b*tch” and at the end quotes
“Dear Ms. Deloris Tucker
keep stressen me
f**kin' with a muthaf**ken mind
I figured you wanted to know
you know
why we call them hos bitches
and maybe this might help you understand
it ain't personal
strictly business baby
strictly business”
Also, Tupac mentioned her name again in “How do you want it”, sayin “Deloris Tucker you a fake to me, instead of trynna help a brotha, wanna take his g’s”
http://blackpanther.org/legacynew.htm
This article basically discusses the Black Panthers, which was one of Tupac’s influences. I found out that the Black Panther party was an organization that stood up for African-Americans, encouraging them to fight back. The organization was founded by Huey P. Newton.
http://www.2pac2k.de/readytolive.html
This is an interview with Tupac from Vibe magazine in 1996 titled “Ready To Live.” This interview was developed when Tupac was serving time in jail for an alleged rape case. Tupac goes into vivid details as to what actually happen that night and a few nights before. He also talks about how he was presented with a fair case because of his profession, saying that the media portrays him as a “gangsta rapper.” Tupac quotes “I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me.”
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=9JgKKsx8bAkC&dq=tupac+shakur&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=zz_WXwvb-i&sig=H4T79R9606cG8ngDF3Sti1cHNNA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPA48,M1
My fifth source is a book by prfessor Michael Dyson, Titled “Holler if you hear me: Searching for Tupac.” This books was ful of interviews from celebrities such as Larenz Tate, Snoop Dogg and many others. This books talks about Tupac’s early life and why he had the mind he had and why he wrote in such ways that made everybody feel they were in the room with him as the things actually happen. I learned that Tupac read well over 200 books, in different variety.
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