02774cam a2200229 4500 545760390 TxAuBib 100107t20091999||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780671028459 pbk. 0671028456 pbk. (OCoLC)7798 HT# HT# LOY TxAuBib Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996. The rose that grew from concrete / Tupac Amaru Shakur. MTV Books/Pocket Books trade pbk. ed. New York : MTV Books/Pocket Books, 2009. ©1999. xxii, 149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Acknowledgements. / Afeni Shakur and Leila Steinberg -- Preface. /Afeni Shakur -- Foreword. Tupac, c u in heaven / Nikki Giovanni -- Introduction. / Leila Steinberg -- The rose that grew from concrete. The rose that grew from concrete -- In the depths of solitude -- Sometimes I cry -- Under the skies above -- Life through my eyes -- When ure heart turns cold -- Untitled -- The eternal lament -- Only 4 the righteous -- What of fame? -- The shining star within! -- Starry night -- If I fail -- What is it that I search 4 -- The fear in the heart of a man -- God -- Nothing can come between us. Nothing can come between us -- My dearest one!! -- If there be pain-- -- Things that make hearts break -- Black woman -- And still I love u -- The mutual heartache? -- 1st impressions -- A love unspoken -- Forever and today -- When I do kiss u -- Carmencita of the Bronx! -- Untitled -- Love is just complicated -- Elizabeth -- I know my heart has lied before -- From first glance -- 1 for April -- Wife 4 life -- Tears from a star -- March 1st : the day after April -- Why must u be unfaithful -- The power of a smile -- Genesis (the rebirth of my heart) -- Love within a storm -- What can I offer her? -- Jada -- The tears in Cupid's eyes -- Cupid's smile II -- What I see! -- In the midst of passion -- 2 people with 1 wish -- Hours pass by -- Just a breath of freedom. Just a breath of freedom -- For Mrs. Hawkins -- The sun and the moon -- Government assistance or my soul -- Family tree -- Or my soul -- When ure hero falls -- Untitled -- "U r ripping us apart!!!" -- A river that flows forever -- Can u c the pride in the panther -- Tears of a teenage mother -- "Where there is a will--" -- Liberty needs glasses. Liberty needs glasses -- How can we be free -- The promise -- And 2morrow -- No-win -- The unanswerable? -- Nightmares -- So I say goodbye -- In the event of my demise. A collection of verse by the late hip-hop star Tupac Shakur includes more than one hundred poems confronting such wide-ranging topics as poverty, motherhood, Van Gogh, and Mandela. African Americans Poetry.