2pac The Rose That Grew From Concrete Lyrics

The Rose That Grew From Concrete Lyrics

[Tupac Shakur]

You try to plant somethin in the conrete,
y'knowhatImean?

If it GROW, and the and the rose petal got all kind
of

scratches and marks, you not gon' say, "Damn, look at 

all the
scratches and marks on the rose that grew from concrete"

You gon' be
like, "Damn!  A rose grew from the concrete?!"

Same thing with me,
y'knahmean?  I grew out of all of this

Instead of sayin, "Damn, he did
this, he did this,"

just be like, "DAMN!  He grew out of that? He came
out of that?"

That's what they should say, y'knowhatImean?

All the
trouble to survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty

y'knowhahatImean
unbelievable lifestyle they gave me

I'm just tryin to make somethin..



[Nikki Giovanni]

When no one even cared

The rose it grew
from concrete

Keepin all these dreams

Provin nature's laws
wrong

It learned how to walk without havin feet

It came from
concrete



[spoken part]

Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?

Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to
walk without havin feet

Funny it seems but, by keepin its dreams

it,
learned to breathe FRESH air

Long live the rose that grew from
concrete

when no one else even cared

No one else even cared..

The rose that grew from concrete



[spoken part]

Did you
hear..

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the
concrete?

Provin nature's laws wrong

It learned to walk without
having feet

Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams

it learned to
breathe FRESH air

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when
no one else, even cared



[Nikki Giovanni]

Keepin all these
dreams

Provin nature's laws wrong

It learned how to walk without
havin feet (to breathe the fresh air)

It came from concrete (to breathe
the fresh air)

(to breathe the fresh air, to breathe the fresh air)



[Tupac Shakur]

You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew
from the concrete

had damaged petals.  On the contrary, we would all
celebrate its

tenacity.  We would all love it's will to reach the
sun.

Well, we are the rose - this is the concrete - and these are 

my damaged petals.  Don't ask me why, thank God nigga, ask me how!

Hahahaha..