In track four of 2pacalypse Now, Pac let's the world know why he's fed up in I Don't Give a Fuck by illuminating the social stigma and antagonism black's face in America.
Besides police brutality of blacks like the Rodney King beating, blacks were/are stigmatized by thinking they are only criminals and drug dealers (e.g. Bill O'Reily accuses a black Doctor of looking "like a drug dealer.")Now I'm in the back of the paddy wagonWhile this cops bragging about the nigga he's jackin...The Grammy's and the American music shows pimp us like hoesThey got dough but they hate us though...
The way they see it, we was meant to be kept down
Just can't understand why we getting respect now
Mama told me they're be days like this
But I'm pissed cause it stays like this...
This realization is also illuminated in the hilarious movie Don't Be a Menace to South Central through the Hurry Up and Buy scene were the Lawrence brothers walk into a shop and are hounded by the Asian owners to "hurry up and buy"--while a white guy steals a bunch of merchandise and goes unnoticed.
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Walked
in the store. What's everybody staring at?
They act like they never seen a mother fucker wearing black
Following a nigga and shit, Ain't this a bitch
All I wanted was some chips...
They wanna jack me like some kind of crack fiend...
They know we fed up, But they just don't give a fuck
- 2pac, I Don't Give a Fuck
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