The Rose That Grew from Concrete (poetry collection)
Book by Tupac Shakur
978-0-671-02844-2 The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1999) is a collection of poetry written between 1989 and 1991 by Tupac Shakur, published by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint.[1] A preface was written by Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur, a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and an introduction by his manager, Leila Steinberg.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface by Afeni Shakur
- Foreword: Tupac, C U in Heaven by Nikki Giovanni
- Introduction by Leila Steinberg
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 1 — 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
- "Fallen Star"
- Government Assistance or My Soul
- Family Tree
- Or My Soul
- When Your 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
References
- ^ Shakur, Tupac Amaru (November 1, 1999). The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1st ed.). New York, NY: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-02844-2. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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Tupac Shakur
- Discography
- Songs
- Awards and nominations
- Death
- 2Pacalypse Now
- Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
- Me Against the World
- All Eyez on Me
- The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
- R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
- Still I Rise
- Until the End of Time
- Better Dayz
- Loyal to the Game
- Pac's Life
- 2Pac Live
- Live at the House of Blues
- Greatest Hits
- Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991
- The Prophet: The Best of the Works
- Tupac: Resurrection
- The Prophet Returns
- Best of 2Pac
- Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack)
- Sons of the P
- Juice (soundtrack)
- Poetic Justice (soundtrack)
- Above the Rim (soundtrack)
- Gridlock'd (soundtrack)
- Gang Related (soundtrack)
- A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle
- The Rose That Grew from Concrete
- The Rose, Vol. 2
- "Brenda's Got a Baby"
- "If My Homie Calls"
- "Trapped"
- "Holler If Ya Hear Me"
- "I Get Around"
- "Keep Ya Head Up"
- "Papa'z Song"
- "Cradle to the Grave"
- "Dear Mama"
- "So Many Tears"
- "Temptations"
- "California Love"
- "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
- "How Do U Want It"
- "I Ain't Mad at Cha"
- "Toss It Up"
- "To Live & Die in LA"
- "Hail Mary"
- "Wanted Dead or Alive"
- "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
- "Do for Love"
- "Changes"
- "Unconditional Love"
- "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
- "Until the End of Time"
- "Letter 2 My Unborn"
- "Thugz Mansion"
- "Still Ballin'"
- "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
- "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
- "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
- "Ghetto Gospel"
- "Untouchable"
- "Pac's Life"
- "Playa Cardz Right"
- "I Don't Give a Fuck"
- "Runnin' from tha Police"
- "Ambitionz az a Ridah"
- "All Eyez on Me"
- "Hit 'Em Up"
- "Are U Still Down"
- "Panther Power"
- "Gotta Get Mine"
- "Smile"
- "Playa Cardz Right"
- The Rose That Grew from Concrete
- Holler If Ya Hear Me
- Biggie & Tupac
- Tupac: Resurrection
- Tupac: Assassination
- Dear Mama
- Yaki Kadafi
- Kastro
- Napoleon
- E.D.I. Mean
- Hussein Fatal
- Mussolini
- Komani
- Young Noble
- Outlawz
- Digital Underground
- Afeni Shakur
- Assata Shakur
- Mopreme Shakur
- Mutulu Shakur
- Thug Life
- Death Row Records
- East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Orlando Anderson
- Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts
- All Eyez on Me (film)
- Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
- City of Lies
- "Taylor Made Freestyle"
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