The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer.

Shakur is arguing against the idea that fear of Black communities is primarily about race; he reframes it as fear of crime and social disorder produced by poverty, neglect, and violence. He stresses that Black residents experience the same dangers—often more directly—because they live alongside the perpetrators and lack the insulation that wealth, policing, or political influence can provide. The line about “waiting for legislation” critiques slow, abstract policy responses to urgent neighborhood realities, implying that reforms debated at a distance do not match the immediacy of daily survival. Overall, the quote functions as a plea to recognize shared vulnerability while also highlighting unequal exposure to harm.