Notably, 2Pac, in his song Changes, sings about the social status differences and demonstrates the suffering that poor African Americans are experiencing. He claims they have no way to a bright future and that their only destiny is to live in poverty. Moreover, even the police do not care about the fate of the impoverished stratum of society. The singer raises the severe topic of racism and proclaims that the country needs changes. The state should pay attention to ensuring equal rights for all members of society.
The song Changes by 2Pac goes well with the theme of the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. The book traces themes as crucial as racism and social differences. Moreover, The Other Wes Moore is based on the true story of two men with the same name who lived just a few blocks from each other in Baltimore (Moore). Their fates were utterly different as one was successful, and the second experienced difficulties in life. The writer Moore graduated from Oxford with a Rhodes Fellowship, became an officer in the US Army and a White House Fellow to train with the president’s team, and is currently the director of Robin Hood, a central homeless aid fund. Nevertheless, his namesake, Wes Moore, is serving a life sentence for participating in a robbery in which an off-duty police officer was killed.
Thus, this is a story about how community support and intervention can play a critical role in the fate of a young person and an entire city. The comparison also illustrates how the future of a person can develop and change under different conditions. To conclude, the song by 2Pac and the book ask for a change to ensure equal opportunities for everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, neighborhood, or socioeconomic status.
Work Cited
Moore, Wes, 1978-. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperbacks, 2011.