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. Don't ask me why, thank God nigga, ask me how! Well, we are the rose - this is the concrete - and these are We would all love it's will to reach the sun. On the contrary, we would all celebrate its You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete (to breathe the fresh air, to breathe the fresh air) It came from concrete (to breathe the fresh air)

It learned how to walk without havin feet (to breathe the fresh air) Long live the rose that grew from concrete Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet It learned how to walk without havin feetĭid you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Y'knowhahatImean unbelievable lifestyle they gave me That's what they should say, y'knowhatImean?Īll the trouble to survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty Just be like, 'DAMN! He grew out of that? He came out of that?' Instead of sayin, 'Damn, he did this, he did this,' Same thing with me, y'knahmean? I grew out of all of this You gon' be like, 'Damn! A rose grew from the concrete?!' Scratches and marks, you not gon' say, 'Damn, look atĪll the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from concrete' If it GROW, and the and the rose petal got all kind of You try to plant somethin in the conrete, y'knowhatImean?

Tupac rose in the concrete