Please wake me when I'm free
I cannot bear captivity
where my culture I'm told holds no significance
I'll wither and die in ignorance
But My inner eye can c a race
who reigned as kings in another place
the green of trees were rich and full
and every man spoke of beautiful
men and women together as equals
War was gone because all was peaceful
But now like a nightmare I wake 2 c
That I live like a prisoner of poverty
Please vake me when I'm free
I cannot bear captivity
4 I would rather be stricken blind
than 2 live whitout EXPRESSION OF MIND

[a poem by] Tupac Shakur