Pac Picture Quotes

Picture me rollin

My inspiration for writing music is like Don McLean did when he did "American Pie" or "Vincent". Lorraine Hansberry with "A Raisin in the Sun". Like Shakespeare when he does his thing, like deep stories, raw human needs. I'm trying to think of a good analogy. It's like, you've got the Vietnam War, and because you had reporters showing us pictures of the war at home, that's what made the war end, or that shit would have lasted longer. If no one knew what was going on we would have thought they were just dying valiantly in some beautiful way. But because we saw the horror, that's what made us stop the war. So I thought, that's what I'm going to do as an artist, as a rapper. I'm gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they'll stop it quick. I've seen all of that-- the crack babies, what we had to go through, losing everything, being poor, and getting beat down. All of that. Being the person I am, I said no no no no. I'm changing this.

James Arthur—“Say You Won’t Let Go” Dermot Kennedy—“An Evening I Will Not Forget/Furthest Thing” Dermot Kennedy—“Rome” Butch Walker—“Mixtape” Lustra—“Scotty Doesn’t Know” Dermot Kennedy—“Kiss Me” Khalid—“Ocean” Dermot Kennedy—“What Have I Done” Dermot Kennedy—“Something to Someone” Our Last Night—“Surface Pressure” Etaoin—“Bedroom Walls” NF and Britt Nicole—“Can You Hold Me” 2Pac—“Until the End of Time” Ron Pope—“In My Bones” The Verve—“Bitter Sweet Symphony” Ed Sheeran—“Happier” New Found Glory—“Kiss Me” Eamon—“Fuck It” Brantley Gilbert—“Bottoms Up” Picture This—“With or Without You” Alter Bridge—“Watch over You” Every Avenue—“Only Place I Call Home” Dermot Kennedy—“Power over Me” The Cranberries—“Zombie” Sister Hazel—“Your Winter” Chord Overstreet—“Screw Paris” Jaymes Young—“I’ll Be Good” 2Pac—“California Love” Halsey—“Without Me” Thirteen Senses—“Into the Fire” Dean Lewis—“Adore” The Cab—“Angel with a Shotgun” Lukr & Jonas Hahn—“Fucked Up Summer” (Remix) Declan J Donovan—“Fallen So Young” The 1975—“Me” 2Pac—“Changes” Maroon 5—“One More Night” 2Pac—“Dear Mama” Semisonic—“F.N.T.” Daniel Gidlund—“Wasteland” Demi Lovato—“Sober” Lana Del Rey—“Heroin” The 1975—“Fallingforyou