Tupac Shakur’s music is still making its rounds -- this time, in church. His classic song “Changes” made it to the Vatican’s official MySpace music playlist. The Vatican wrote on its MySpace page, "The genres are very different from each other, but all these artists share the aim to reach the heart of good minded people." Since Thursday, the song has been played 4.6 million times. "Changes" was #1 in Norway and in The Netherlands. It also reached top 10 charts in several other countries.

"Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000; it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. the song addresses issues close to 2Pac's era of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs, and gang violence.

(via Wikipedia)

The lyrics to this song are amazing and Tupac wasted no time letting listeners know how he felt. Here's his first verse:

I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
is life worth living should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor & even worse I'm black
my stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare

(via AZ Lyrics)