The concrete represents the ghetto, or any place that’s looked at as a place that has nothing good to come out of it. Being that the rose grew from concrete something hard and that has no nourishment, manmade cement, and not really appreciated, a thing that people walk all over and don’t really take care to appreciate that it’s there. The rose correlates with people, and how beautiful people are and how even in our imperfections we can be loved. Roses are a symbol of beauty and love, but it’s also taken with caution because of its thorns. In this poem he uses a rose, something that’s recognized as beautiful, even with its imperfections. In the poem “ The Rose That Grew from Concrete” by Tupac Shakur, the poem represents the ways that someone can become something great coming from a place that’s not recognized as great.
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