Tupac Amaru Shakur nació el 16 de junio de 1971 en Harlem, Nueva York. Sus padres, Afeni Shakur y Billy Garland, eran miembros del Partido Pantera Negra, un movimiento revolucionario que luchaba por los derechos civiles de la comunidad afroamericana. Este entorno radical influyó profundamente en la vida y obra de Tupac.
De joven, Tupac demostró un talento excepcional para las artes escénicas. Asistió a la Escuela de Artes de Baltimore, donde estudió teatro, poesía y ballet. Allí conoció a Jada Pinkett, una amiga cercana que más tarde se convertiría en una destacada actriz de Hollywood.
En 1991, Tupac comenzó su carrera musical como corista del grupo de rap Digital Underground. Su talento rápidamente le permitió lanzar su primer álbum en solitario, 2Pacalypse Now, en 1991. Este disco causó controversia debido a sus letras cargadas de mensajes sociales y políticos.
En 1993, Tupac lanzó su segundo álbum, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., que incluía éxitos como I Get Around y Keep Ya Head Up. Este álbum consolidó su lugar en la industria musical y le otorgó un estatus de estrella.
A medida que su carrera musical crecía, Tupac también incursionó en el cine, protagonizando películas como Juice (1992) y Poetic Justice (1993) junto a Janet Jackson.
Tupac no estuvo exento de problemas legales. En 1994, fue acusado de abuso sexual y posteriormente sentenciado a prisión. Sin embargo, su influencia y popularidad no disminuyeron.
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Open Up The Cell Lyrics[Intro]
Welcome to death row
Sur walk homie
Ridah
[Chorus]
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk, with the gangsta talk
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk
[Verse 1: Snapper]
Knock, knock
Through the fucking cell
Cause I’m already out, so bow down
And when you see me
I’m back on the streets with the fo’ fo’
No more shackles from my ankles
Cause I’m off parole
I’m about to be forced to ride, da-di-ridah
On my enemies
Evеn the muthafuckas close to me
Causе there’s too many “I did this, I did that to Snapps”
I got a strap that went ra-ta-tat-tat
Yeah right, I known your bitch ass from way back
Homie you’ve been a fucking leva since way back
You e been fake from the gate
You fucking cockroaches deserve to be dead
You’re too soft, you try to play us sweet
You muthafuckas lost
So it’s time for me to pull your card and set it off
For the streets and the hall and prison walls
Homie it’s the fucking outlaw, ooh wee
If you had balls like me, you don’t need to roll 20 deep
But you know you ain’t shit
You got them sokas behind you
That wanna be killas
They talk and talk and have no balls like me
Cause my ambition as a rider
[Chorus]
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk, with the gangsta talk
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk
[Verse 2: Macks]
You see these games, kinda rowdy
I’m quick to shout it
You’re a perpetrating bitch
And you ain’t bout it, bout it
I kinda doubt, that you’ll be in the game long
With your broke ass raps
Always singing the same song
Let bygones be bygones
Nah bitch, drag-on spit fire
Burn through your whole click
Watch the muzzle explode
The fully-auto hand cannon
When the smoke clear the room
I’m the last man standing
You really want it with me?
I take it to the next level
Cause I’m a south side rebel
I hold the heavy metal
I play dirty muthafucka
There’s a birdie muthafucka
Screaming we some hustlas
And can’t nobody fuck with us
Cause my ambition as a rider
[Chorus]
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk, with the gangsta talk
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk
[Verse 3: Mr. Shadow]
I’m from the state of California
Where we bang and hustle
Just cause I shake your hand
Don’t mean I trust you
I’m quick to bust you with the four-five
Shot on the spot
Out here we doin’ thangs
All you do is talk
M-R Dot, Shadow muthafucka
What you thought?
It’s the king of this concrete jungle
Where guns pop
Hoes flock me when they see me
Slow your roll imposter
Real gangsters don’t yap
We just do what we gots ta, ha
I’m the reason why the rich gets jacked
And I’m the reason why your bitch gets slapped
It’s like that, haha
Cats don’t understand
My clips holds more than nine shots
Nine lives out the window when the Glock pops
Forget me not, I’m lingering in your thoughts
Brown pride till the casket drops, it don’t stop
Hotter than the depths of hell, you can’t touch me
Muthafuckas hate me but their bitches love me, ha ha
[Chorus]
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk, with the gangsta talk
(I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah)
(You don't wanna fuck with me)
Knock, knock
Open up the cell
Cause my ambition as a rider, rider
Sur walk with the gangsta talk