"u r the omega of my heart
the foundation of my conception of love
when i think of what a black woman should be
its u that i first think of
u will never fully understand
how deeply my heart feels 4 u
i worry that we'll grow apart
and i'll end up losing u
u bring me 2 climax without sex
and u do it all with regal grace
u r my heart in human form
a friend i could never replace"
Although this is not a spectacular poem by any means i chose this one because i wanted to highlight his usage of bringing a sort of street slang into touching poetry. When he uses 'u' instead of 'you' or '2' instead of 'to', they're just a few terms that no other poets you know would think of using in poetry. Tupac Shakur wrote his poetry, but his own way. Also i thought this was interesting because this poem is written about Jada Pickett Smith who was one of his longtime childhood friends growing up that he obviously feels very deeply for.
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