Timed essay

"Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?

One less hungry mouth on the welfare

First ship'em dope and let'em deal the brothers

Give'em guns, step back, and watch'em kill each other"

The way in which poverty is tackled ina country may be directly related to the way in which poverty is seen socially. When poverty is seen as a a social concern, countries might build socual welfare systems to cater to the needs of the less favoured sectors in society. Tupac Shakur suggests that in the United States of America this is not the case. Poverty is not a social concern, it is a social economic burden which should be exterminated in the same way superflous expenses are cut off in businesses.

In the song "Changes", Tupac highlights the fact that public opinion does not seem worried about crimes committed in the lower class sector. People seem to turn a blind eye to unfair actions when the victims are poor. This portrays the idea that poverty is not a social concern but rather a nuisance, something not to be bothered about.

In Tupac's words, for the U.S. eyes, poverty is only an economic burden. People do not care about if young teenagers are lured into addictions but, on the contrary, they are outraged if "respectable taxpayers" have to finance a welfare systema that would help less favoured people receive a second chance in society. Poor people are seen as "mouths to be fed" by taxes and their deaths are seen as a reduction in costs.

The singer denounces that since poor people mean a cost society is not willing to pay, actions are deliberately taken in order "get rid" of the annoying" excess of population. The lyrics suggest that oppressed people are controlled by encouraging the use of drugs and weapons in the most vulnerable sectors of society. Tupac states that the most worrying issues related to povery are triggered by those in power in order to eliminate the economic burden. The song presents the abuses of people in power who not only neglect their social responsiblity but also contribute to worsening the conditions of the oppressed.

In conclusion, Tupac describes a situation in which poverty is tackled unsuccessfullybecause it is not understood as a social problem but rather as a financial one and therefore the only way in which society can deal with this issue is by extinguishing it. Although Tupac's words refer to the U.S. reality, the lyrics can be applied to the Argentine situation, in which it is not clear how Argentine people regard poverty and how they decide to address it.