<I>I'm Not Supposed 2 Want U</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 26, 1995
name: label: Written by
content: Tupac Amaru Shakur, American, 1971 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten poem by Tupac Shakur to a woman identified as "Simi" while incarcerated at Clinton Correctional Facility in New York. The poem is written in blue ink on a single sheet of lined white looseleaf notebook paper. The title is written on the top line below the upper margin: [I'm Not Supposed 2 Want U.]. The line under the title is blank, followed by the poem, which comprises 15 lines. It begins [I'm not suppossed (sic) 2 want u, I really shouldn't try / Though my history is misery I refuse 2 pass u By]. Beneath the poem at right, written on a slant, is the signature: [FROM / 2PAC / Exclusively 4 Simi / Because it'z True!]. At left, handwritten in red ink is the date [Aug 26, 1995]. There are no marks or inscriptions on the verso.
place: label: Place made
content: Dannemora, Clinton County, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Poem written by Tupac Shakur while incarcerated
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.27.6
objectType: label: Type
content: poems
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Tupac Shakur
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 1/2 × 8 in. (26.7 × 20.3 cm)