“Changes,” in my opinion, reflects the contrast between his life on the streets that of the inner city, poor, black and the world he encountered when he enrolled in the Baltimore School for the Arts when he was fifteen. He got involved in acting and writing poetry and music at an early age, which proved to be the answer to his sense of “placeless-ness.” , Tupak grew up on the streets of Harlem and his family moved around a lot. Two years later, the head of the family, Mutulu, his half-sisters father and also a Black Panther was sent up for 60 years for his role in a fatal armored car robbery. A month before his birth, she was acquitted of 156 counts charged against her and other party members. His mother was a member of a faction of the Black Panther party – Panther 21. Tupak was born into the world of which he spoke. “Changes” appeared on Tupak’s Greatest Hits album released after his murder at the age of 25 in 1997. A distinctive characteristic of this song is Bruce Hornsby’s “melodic right-hand piano runs.” (1) It is this riff that Tupac Shakir sampled for his song Changes. This was during a period when big name rock acts were focusing on several social issues: apartheid, famine, and homelessness. “The Way It Is” was a socially conscious #1 hit song for Bruce Hornsby and his band the Range on their debut album in 1986.
“The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range Unit 9: Contemporary America "Changes" by Dawn Saari and David Crocker
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