 | | Platinum Dreams Lead Reality
Tupoc Shakur was one of the World's Greatest Rappers, Urban Youth's Street Philosopher,Revolutionary.When I hear Young black and Hispanic men, are safer in the War in The Middle of Afganistan,Than on a Corner in The South Bronx. It’s Like a Stab in the Belly, of a Proud Culture, Forever Pregnant with Creativity, and Intellectual
Innovation, Killing it's Young. If The Culture is contributing to ,or Creating the Violence. That Brings about their, Demise. Then we Must be aware, and Responsible to Make a Positive Change.’ Platinum Dreams Lead Reality’ Is a non Fiction account of such Sacrifices.Vignetts,Prose,Poetry.That The street Forcibly held my Face to. Cold blood and Concreate,Forcing me to Watch, and Live Trapped, in its Violence. As it Devoured innocent Fresh minds, Bloody Flesh of Our Young. The Streets Dangerous Lifestyle Picked their bones clean, of any Future Dreams. The Streets Voodoo, swung and Flung me, In every corner of Distruction,and abuse. Running for my Life, just to be captured again ,and again, a Marionette, of Circumstance. Robbed of cordination,and ambition. Yet,Time Spared my Life. Leaving me, with nightmares, shaking Hands, a Few Humble words, and a Pen. You may enter this book ,Naïve however, that is not how you will Leave. To Drive the point home, I have included a Chapter from ‘’Assata Shakur an The Baby Gansta’’ a Prison Memoir, From a 6 year Sentence ,in which I befriended Sister Assata Shakur.
Tupoc Shakur was one of the Worlds Greatest Rappers,Urban Youth's Street Philosopher, and Revolutionary. He was ahead of his Time, as were most of his family members. Only a few family’s did more for Urban Culture Than the Shakur Family. His mother Afeni Shakur, Mutulu Shakur his father,Assata Shakur,his Aunt in exile in Cuba. His whole family not only talked but were willing to put their Life on the Line for the betterment of past Kings in their own land, and Slaves in'Americkas' Land. The Afro-American Culture. He like so many other strong black men represented a 'Culture'.Like Big Pun for H |
