The Rose That Grew from Concrete (poetry collection)

The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1999) is a collection of poetry written between 1989 and 1991 by Tupac Shakur, published by Pocket Books through its MTV Books imprint. A preface was written by Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur, a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and an introduction by his manager, Leila Steinberg.

Table of contents

 * Acknowledgments
 * Preface by Afeni Shakur
 * Foreword: Tupac, C U in Heaven by Nikki Giovanni
 * Introduction by Leila Steinberg

Nothing Can Come Between Us

 * Nothing Can Come Between Us
 * My Dearest One!!
 * If There Be Pain...
 * Things That Make Hearts Break
 * Black Woman
 * And Still I Love U
 * The Mutual Heartache?
 * 1st Impressions
 * A Love Unspoken
 * Forever and Today
 * When I Do Kiss U
 * Carmencita of the Bronx!
 * Untitled
 * Love Is Just Complicated
 * Elizabeth
 * I Know My Heart Has Lied Before
 * From First Glance
 * 1 for April
 * Wife 4 Life
 * Tears from a Star
 * March 1 — The Day After April
 * Why Must U Be Unfaithful
 * The Power of a Smile
 * Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart)
 * Love Within a Storm
 * What Can I Offer Her?
 * Jada
 * The Tears in Cupid's Eyes
 * Cupid's Smile II
 * What I See!
 * In the Midst of Passion
 * 2 People with 1 Wish
 * Hours Pass By

Just a Breath of Freedom

 * Just a Breath of Freedom
 * For Mrs. Hawkins
 * The Sun and the Moon
 * "Fallen Star"
 * Government Assistance or My Soul
 * Family Tree
 * Or My Soul
 * When Your Hero Falls
 * Untitled
 * "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!"
 * A River That Flows Forever
 * Can U C the Pride in the Panther
 * Tears of a Teenage Mother
 * "Where There Is a Will..."

Liberty Needs Glasses

 * Liberty Needs Glasses
 * How Can We Be Free
 * The Promise
 * And 2morrow
 * No-Win
 * The Unanswerable?
 * Nightmares
 * So I Say GOODBYE
 * In the Event of My Demise