Trapped (Tupac Shakur song)

"Trapped"
"Trapped"
Single by 2Pac featuring Shock G
from the album 2Pacalypse Now
B-side	"Tha' Lunatic"
Released	September 25, 1991
Genre	Political hip hop
Length	4:44
Label	Interscope; Jive;
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur; Ray Tyson; Ramone "Pee-Wee" Gooden;
Producer(s)	The Underground Railroad
2Pac featuring Shock G singles chronology
Audio sample
	Menu 0:00 "Trapped" file; help;
Music video
	"Trapped" on YouTube

"Trapped" is the solo debut single by 2Pac from his debut album 2Pacalypse Now. It deals with police brutality.^[1]^[2] The first verse tells a story of 2Pac being harassed by the police, one even shooting at him.^[1] He then fires back and says he did it because he was tired of constantly being profiled and abused by police officers.^[1]

The song samples "Holy Ghost" by Bar-Kays and "The Spank" by James Brown. "Trapped" was featured on 2Pac's Greatest Hits album in 1998.

Music video[]

The music video features Shock G singing part of the song's chorus and depicts 2Pac in jail.^[3] It appeared as a bonus on the DVD for Tupac: Resurrection. Around the time the music video was debuting, Tupac was assaulted by the Oakland Police Department after he cursed at them for demeaning his name and prolonging the issuing of a ticket sustained during a jaywalking incident.^[4]

Track listing[]

A1 "Trapped" (LP version) (4:50)

Backing vocals – Dank, Shock G, Wiz
Producer – Pee-Wee

A2 "Trapped" (instrumental mix) (5:26)

Producer – Pee-Wee

B1 "The Lunatic" (LP version) (3:31)

Producer – Shock G

B2 "The Lunatic" (instrumental mix) (3:31)

Producer – Shock G

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 2Pac (Ft. Shock G) – Trapped, retrieved 2021-04-15
^ "Tupac Shakur - Trapped Lyrics Meaning". Lyric Interpretations. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
^ 2Pac - Trapped, retrieved 2021-04-15
^ Pareles, Jon (1996-09-14). "Tupac Shakur, 25, Rap Performer Who Personified Violence, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

External links[]

"Trapped" at AllMusic
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 2Pac (Ft. Shock G) – Trapped, retrieved 2021-04-15

[2] "Tupac Shakur - Trapped Lyrics Meaning". Lyric Interpretations. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

[3] 2Pac - Trapped, retrieved 2021-04-15

[4] Pareles, Jon (1996-09-14). "Tupac Shakur, 25, Rap Performer Who Personified Violence, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

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Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Thug Life: Volume 1 Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Prophet: The Best of the Works Nu-Mixx Klazzics Tupac: Resurrection The Rose, Vol. 2 The Prophet Returns Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle
Extended plays	Makaveli & Dillinger Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive" "Made Niggaz"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Who Do U Believe In" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
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