TUPAC SHAKUR “KEEP YA HEAD UP”

Fill the chart:

List the details you see From the lyrics, what words stand out? What images stand out?

 Graffiti  Forgive  Graffiti

 The clothes look old  Remember  How is the singer dressed
 The flowers that the child  Mother
brings to the mother  Easier
 Streets  Since
 When
 I wonder
 Don’t cry

What type of clothes is being worn on How are the characters in the video What kind of body language is being
the video? behaving? communicated in the video?

 A little old clothes are used,
obviously not branded, the
clothes are thick, I mean,
does not fit the body
 The characters in the video
behave in a relaxed manner,
and the singer makes
expressions on his face such
as pain and wanting to be
calm
 In the video there were
expressions of the singer, also
the hands denying in very
specific moments or they
danced moving their feet very
relaxed

Watch the video again, now answer:

1. Who do you think Latasha Harlins might be? Why might Tupac have dedicated a song to her?
I think it was the sister because he mentions that word several times and he tells her not to regret her baby because
she has to hold her head high because women give life to the world so we decide when to have them and how to
have them.

2. What issues did Tupac depict in this section that affect women?
He was referring to the bad comments because women are judged a lot for being pregnant or being single women
with children.

3. What critique does he make of men in this section?

That men do not have the right to say anything to women, he asked a question and it was, do men hate women? So
men often use women as an object.
4. What might be the significance of the boy walking alone?
I believe that the child walks only to get the attention of the person who watches the video because the child walks
and goes through all the scenes without saying anything and just watches.

5. Why might the circle of men symbolize?

I think it symbolizes that they are praising the women who have already died and they want to protect the women
who are still alive.

6. Compare and contrast the group of men in this section?

I think that the line of women symbolizes the classification or the parameters that we must always follow in a society
and the circle of men symbolizes more freedom and wanting to help.

7. So far the boy the boy has been walking alone. What is the significance of him joining this group? How does it
support the message Tupac is sending?
I think that the child comes together to observe more closely what happens in the world and understand the
meaning of what a woman is worth.

8. What inferences can be made about the boy’s homelife?

It can mean that the mother has many problems and she does not pay adequate attention to the child because he
should not be on the streets.

9. What inferences can you make about the boy?

I think that the child wanted to cheer up to the mother because she was a little sad and the child buys her some
flowers so that she tries to forget the problems.