Background
"Dear Mama" was written in homage to his mother, Afeni Shakur. Record producer Tony Pizarro, explained that
| “ | Pac used to make references to 'Dear Mama' in a lot of different songs and I'd always be like 'You know thats a songs in itself.' And one day he was like 'I got somethin' for that.' And he was like 'Man, you have In My Wildest Dreams by the Crusaders and I was like 'Yeah.' He was like 'Yeah, I got something for that.' So I got the track ready. Pac just came through and just dropped it and blessed it with them vocals. | ” |
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