The phrase has been taken from the poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete written by Tupac Shakur who was a famous rapper as well as an actor of US popularly known as “2pac“. It is an inspirational verse in which the poet gives example of a rose plant which grew from a crack in a concrete floor/wall.

According to the poet, it is quite difficult to achieve one’s dream like the rose flower. It seems to be impossible according to the nature of law (which symbolically probably means the common belief), but focus, consistency and struggle ultimately leads to success.

Read the detailed summary of the poem here.

The main themes of the poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete are

Nothing is impossible

The coming out of a rose plant from a crack in the concrete is not possible according to the law of nature as a plant needs air, soil and soft land to come out. The concrete floor or wall does not allow any vegetation possible. However, the rose plant had dreamed of getting fresh air and living a life. It struggled a lot and ultimately succeeded in achieving its dream.

Similarly, achieving one’s dream is considered very difficult as per the popular belief. When one tries to come out of his/her comfort zone, a number of people and other things come in his way which is like the concrete wall. They try making it impossible for one to achieve.

However, those who remain consistent and keep struggling, ultimately succeed like the rose plant.

Consistency

Consistency and focus are the key elements for one to achieve one’s dream and succeed in life. The problems, which the poet calls concrete in the poem, always remain in the way of success and hinder one from achieving them. Those who lose hope, focus and consistency ultimately fail.

However, those who remain focused and bravely face all the problems, criticisms and other negative things achieve their goals.

Read the summary of the poem here.

The poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete by 2pac, is an inspirational poem and quite symbolic. In the poem, the poet takes the example of a rose plant which has grown up on a concrete boundary. Logically it is impossible. However, the poet uses this image or symbol to inspire the readers.

The rose plant needs soil, water, air, sunlight, soft ground to grow. However, it has no such favourable conditions. Still it dreams to grow up and get the fresh air. It struggles a lot and ultimately comes out of the concrete from a crack and succeeds in achieving its goal.

Like the rose plant, we people also have big dreams. However like the concrete wall or floor, we too have a number of hurdles which always come in our way. Those who lose hope or don’t have enough focus and consistency fail. While those who have big dreams and dedicate their time, energy and focus ultimately succeed.

Read the summary of the poem here.