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Upon release
Upon release, All Eyez on Me received widespread acclaim from critics. Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Cheo Hodari Coker praised the album: "All Eyez on Me, a 27-song, 133-minute gangster's paradise, finds the rapper even more venomous than he was before his 11-month incarceration for sexual abuse. He displays no remorse for his tough life, and even less feeling for his enemies. The only thing jail time did for 2Pac was make his creative fires burn even hotter—he raps here with a passion and skill matched in gangsta rap only by Snoop Doggy Dogg and the Notorious B.I.G. And with such producers as DJ Pooh, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre and Johnny "J" laying down the tracks, he finally has a musical team worthy of his talent." Roger Morton of NME praised the album's themes and guest appearances and noted the album is "a grittier, bloodier, nastier, more twisted and more gripping record" than "Me Against the World". He went on to particularly praise Ambitionz Az a Ridah, Got My Mind Made Up, No More Pain and the range of Shakur's persona on the album. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly praised the production in particular and remarked that "even on this booty-shaking album, he’s watching his back throughout the entire bash".

Laura Jamison of Rolling Stone praised the production as "brilliantly varied" and concluded her review by saying that Shakur indeed deserves "all eyez and all ears on him". Spin magazine gave it a 7 out of 10 and commented positively on the album's "honesty and pleasurably twisted scenarios".

Some reviewers were less impressed. The Guardian gave the album only two stars out of five and declared it "one of these angry recriminatory discs would have been more than enough, thanks" and found that "too much of the two hours is consumed by self-justifying rants like Only God Can Judge Me and Skandalouz". Laura Jamison noted the lyrical content as "less original" than Shakur's previous releases.

Live performances
Shakur performed this song during his Saturday Night Live appearance on February 17, 1996. He also performed the song on his House of Blues concert and it is included on the Live at the House of Blues live album.

Credits

 * (T. Shakur, G. Jacobs, R. Walker, E. Baker, S. Wonder; Joshua's Dream/Interscope Pearl Music/Warner-Tamerlane
 * Publishing Corp./ Grand Imperial Thug Music/Pubhowyalike Music, BMI/Triboy Music Publishing/Black Bull
 * Music/Jobete Music Co., ASCAP.)
 * Produced by D-Flizno Production Squad for Stayin' Biznizzy Productions
 * Engineered by Mike Schlesinger & Tim Nitz
 * Recorded and Mixed at Soundcastle Studios
 * Background Vocals: Thug Life, Digital Underground (appears courtesy of Tommy Boy Records) & Stretch
 * Keyboards: The Piano Man
 * Guitar: Eric "Kenya" Baker
 * Contains a sample from "That Girl" (Stevie Wonder; Black Bull Music/Jobete Music Co., Inc., ASCAP), as recorded by Stevie Wonder, under license from Motown Records. During the chorus, a slowed-down harmonica solo is heard.

Track listing

 * Maxi-single
 * 1) "So Many Tears"
 * 2) "So Many Tears" (Key of Z Remix)
 * 3) "So Many Tears" (Reminizim' Remix)
 * 4) "Hard to Imagine" by Dramacydal
 * 5) "If I Die 2Nite"


 * Promo single
 * 1) "So Many Tears"
 * 2) "So Many Tears" (Key of Z Remix)
 * 3) "So Many Tears" (Reminizm' Remix)
 * 4) "If I Die 2Nite"

Sociopolitical views
Shakur never professed to follow a particular religion, but he had a strong belief in God. God was a recurring theme in his work and especially in songs such as Ghetto Gospel, Blasthemy, Hail Mary and Only God Can Judge Me and poems such as The Rose That Grew from Concrete. Many analysts currently describe him as a deist.

Although he never voiced his support for a particular political party, Shakur's songs and his public statements suggest he was a liberal. During his time in art school, Shakur became affiliated with the Baltimore Young Communist League USA.

Personal relations
Shakur's friends would range from Mike Tyson and Chuck D to Jim Carrey and Alanis Morissette, who in April 1996 said that she and Shakur were planning to open a restaurant together. Shakur also developed a close friendship with TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, which reportedly was a source of tension for her relationship with Andre Rison and socialized with Maya Angelou, who recalls the rapper weeping after Angelou reminded him of "how important he was" on the set of the 1993 film Poetic Justice.

Shakur briefly dated Madonna in 1994. On April 29, 1995, Shakur married his then girlfriend Keisha Morris, a pre-law student. The marriage was annulled ten months later. In a 1993 interview published in The Source, Shakur berated record producer Quincy Jones for his interracial marriage to actress Peggy Lipton. Their daughter Rashida Jones responded with an irate open letter. Years later, Shakur apologized to her sister Kidada Jones, whom he was dating at the time of his death in 1996.

Activism, philanthropy and other ventures
Shakur was a promising activist through his music and also in his own philanthropic ventures, which included financing a at-risk-youth center and setting up a telephone helpline for young people with problems. In 1993, Shakur renamed his publishing company from Ghetto Gospel Music to Joshua's Dream after a terminally boy named Joshua, whose last wish was to meet Shakur, met Tupac at a basketball game and died shortly after.

1991 Oakland Police Department lawsuit
In October 1991, Shakur filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department for allegedly brutalizing him over jaywalking. The case was settled for about $43,000.