The Rose That Grew From the Concrete

My English teacher has assigned poetry responses to close out the semester. Among my choices are works from Eminem, Tupac, Maya Angelou, and Nikki Giovanni. Is my teacher cool or what? I'm probably gonna do my responses on their poems since I relate the most to them, well... I'm more familiar with them. I'm really glad that she's given us a more modern and popular variety instead of the boring usuals. And to think, I could have had a boring English teacher. =]