Tupac Knows

 making the most of one’s life can depend on understanding how one’s
unconscious, this adaptive unconscious, can sometimes be shortsighted, impulsive, prejudiced,
or overly confident.  Maybe that’s part of what Tupac was getting at in this last verse of his
‘Letter To An Unborn Child’:
Ha, Take care, Run wild, Be Smart
Follow the rules of the game
Maybe sometimes it's confusin
But the rules of the game is gonna get you through it
All day, everyday
Watch out for these saints and fakes
First comin down to death1 6
 “Letter 2 My Unborn,” Until the End of Time (Interscope Records, 2001).
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 Research for this paper was supported in part by a Summer Grant from the Office of the
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Provost at the University of Virginia.  That support is here gratefully acknowledged.
Be an individual, Work hard, study
Get your mind straight, trust nobody
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