The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
Proving 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.
I like this little poem by Tupac Shakur as a teenager, before the swagger, before the attitude, before the dramatic death. It’s a simple little ditty, but you can hear the voice of the kid who wrote it and he is without pretention, definitely the rose. And a smart little bugger too. I used to teach this little gem and say, “Look who was obviously good in English class?”
Oh yes, and I am delighted that of all the sunflowers we planted, this one seems to want to grow in the concrete. We didn’t put it there, but long live the sunflower!
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