A collection of poetry by Tupac Shakur, written while he was around age nineteen.

Acknowledgments -- xi -- Preface -- xiii -- Afeni Shakur -- Foreword: Tupac, C U in Heaven -- xv -- Nikki Giovanni -- Introduction -- xix -- Leila Steinberg -- THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE -- The Rose That Grew from Concrete -- In the Depths of Solitude -- Sometimes I Cry -- Under the Skies Above -- Life Through My Eyes -- When Ure Heart Turns Cold -- Untitled -- The Eternal Lament -- Only 4 the Righteous -- What of Fame? -- The Shining Star Within! -- Starry Night -- If I Fail -- What Is It That I Search 4 -- The Fear in the Heart of a Man -- God -- NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US -- Nothing Can Come Between Us -- My Dearest One!! -- If There Be Pain... -- Things That Make Hearts Break -- Black Woman -- And Still I Love U -- The Mutual Heartache? -- 1st Impressions -- A Love Unspoken -- Forever and Today -- When I Do Kiss U -- Carmencita of the Bronx! -- Untitled -- Love Is Just Complicated -- Elizabeth -- I Know My Heart Has Lied Before -- From First Glance -- 1 for April -- Wife 4 Life -- Tears from a Star -- March 1st-The Day After April -- Why Must U Be Unfaithful -- The Power of a Smile -- Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart) -- Love Within a Storm -- What Can I Offer Her? -- Jada -- The Tears in Cupid's Eyes -- Cupid's Smile II -- What I See! -- In the Midst of Passion -- 2 People with 1 Wish -- Hours Pass By -- JUST A BREATH OF FREEDOM -- Just a Breath of Freedom -- For Mrs. Hawkins -- The Sun and the Moon -- ``Fallen Star'' -- Government Assistance or My Soul -- Family Tree -- Or My Soul -- When Ure Hero Falls -- Untitled -- ``U R Ripping Us Apart!!!'' -- A River That Flows Forever -- Can U C the Pride in the Panther -- Tears of a Teenage Mother -- ``Where There Is a Will....'' -- LIBERTY NEEDS GLASSES -- Liberty Needs Glasses -- How Can We Be Free -- The Promise -- And 2morrow -- No-Win -- The Unanswerable? -- Nightmares -- So I Say Goodbye -- In the Event of My Demise.