“There’s gone be some stuff you gone see that’s gone make it hard to smile in the future.”-Tupac Shakur
I heard this song countless times as a child; I’ve been hearing those lyrics, that truth, echoing in my brain it seems like forever. The day I realized what those words really meant and accepted it, was the day my childhood left me. I was no longer a child protected by youthful innocence. I began to take the world and the universe for face value. And even in knowing that truth it seems I can never prepare myself for the down days; when its going to be a task just to smile.
“But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this …”-Tupac Shakur
This is optimism. No matter what you’ve got to smile. Regardless of the hand life deals you and despite of the struggle, you have to be strong. In the darkest of situations you have to find the bright side. As tuff as it is, you got to find it in you to just smile. With all the hurt and pain life will throw at you, if you can find it in yourself to let your soul be free, not weighed down by opposition, then my friend you are winner.
In the chorus of the song Tupac begins to tell someone, whoever is hurting. He ask them why are you looking so sad and reassures that person that they don’t have anything to worry about. Yes it is hard but you are going to be okay. You can bare this.
This song is one of those hard hitting, relentless, soul-speaking inspirations. The song is not pretty at all. It is raw and bold as sin. It is what it is and that is a little something to me.
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