Professor Sabir's Posse

K.Adams
J.Bauer
English 201-A/B
M-W 1:00-2:50
Holler If You Hear Me Paraphrasing


Original Sentence:

1.Tupac is widely regarded as the most influential rapper ever_”I put Tupac beyond Shakespeare “says legendary rapper Nas and one of the most important figures in music history.

Literal paraphrase:
Tupac was known as the best entertainer worldwide. “Tupac follows Shakespeare, “says Nas, --one of the most influential icons in the music industry.

Free:
One of the best-known hip-hop artists was Tupac. The world’s greatest entertainer “following Shakespeare”, added Nas.
Original sentence:
2. Tupac’s words would prove more prophetic than anyone could have guessed: Starting with a class at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998 a slew of college courses dedicated to the studying Tupac’s body of work-cropped up after his death.
Literal paraphrase:
Very prophetic were Tupac words that everyone could have thought. In 1998 Berkeley University in California, many professors taught classes about the prophetic when Tupac died.
Free:
Tupac was very poetic like a prophet. Many people could relate to him, even the Berkeley University that included lessons about the great prophetic Tupac.

Original Sentence:
3. One of the reasons Tupac still resonates in the culture is his outsized literary ambition.
Literal paraphrase:
In the music culture, Tupac is continuing to make profits for his big risks in his writings.
Free:
In the hip-hop culture, Tupac is making money daily off his big go for it type of writing.
Original Sentence:
4. He fearlessly and poetically explored dimensions of the male psyche neglected by his rap peers.
Literal paraphrase:
He was not afraid to speak his mind about the dealings of male, like some of his rap peers.
Free:
He spoke the truth about males keeping it real, unlike his other rapper friends.
Original Sentence:
5. The Vibrant imagination that fueled Tupac’s gift was often dismissed, perhaps because it was too dark, too dangerous.
Literal paraphrase:
People assumed that his lyrics were too explicit and truthful. Tupac’s gift of expressing himself was also disregarded as too risky.
Free:
Tupac vision was regarded as dark and weary suspecting danger and too revealing.
His lightened talents were too much for some.
 

What do you think Tupac’s comments would be on the state of the country and world events?
Tupac would be saying, “It’s 2009 and the same shit is on my mine,” why there are so many homeless people; why are all these babies’s dying; while so many mothers are trying, to put up them daddy’s that are lying. In the end, blacks are still broke and crying.
Whose war is this? What are we fighting to gain? How many men and women have we lost?
We experience that same thing here when Bush won the election by way of his brother, again no comment.
I know he would have been one of the guest speakers, and of course at many of the social events.
We all need health care, if this is not right then I know isn’t fair.
If they were to have a conversation, it would be something like “a change has come”
There is change in the Whitehouse, damn he looks like me, yet he has never seen jail or the penitentiary. They do not like him because he is black, and they hate him because he is smart. Can he finish the mission that Bush fuck up and started? Yes, we can. I am that chosen man and here I stand.

K.Adams