[Tupac Shakur]   Right now, it is it is almost.. it is almost uhh,    IMPOSSIBLE for you not to see how strong rap has gotten   Y'knowhatI'msayin, it's it's like umm..   our our brothers and sisters, our youths, and some of our adults   their ear is PINNED to rap music right now   And if you really wanna get our message out   and really wanna start teachin, we need to start doin that   We we really need to start usin, our methods, y'knowhatI'msayin?   The Last Poets did it with poetry   And uhh, and and.. even in our history   from a ancient Afl- African civilization   poets went from village to village   And that's how, stories and messages and lessons were taught   Y'knowhatI'mssayin, and so like you say, history repeats itself   And so.. it it was, it was.. at it was, y'know obvious   It was, pick it up, y'know?   Bein the race that we are, bein the strong race that we are   We picked it up, we picked up those positive, those positive vibes   and we started rappin and so   I think it is, it's a very good medium too