"So Many Tears" is the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from, and the fourth track

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 on, Tupac Shakur's third studio album

Studio album

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 Me Against the World

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. It is known as one of Shakur's saddest and most soulful songs, as he was rapping about pain and suffering. The song's harmony is a sample from Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

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's "That Girl

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". The song peaked at #6 on the U.S. Rap chart, #21 on the U.S. Hip Hop/R&B chart and #44 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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"So Many Tears" was included on 2Pac's Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (2Pac album)

Greatest Hits is a double disc greatest hits album for late rapper 2Pac, released by Amaru/Death Row Records in 1998. The album's non-chronological sequence highlights 2Pac's career; the 21 popular hits, some slightly re-edited for legal reasons, are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs:...

 album in 1998.

"So Many Tears" was used in the documentary Bastards of the Party

Bastards of the Party

Bastards of the Party is a 2006 documentary film produced by Alex Demyanenko and directed by former Bloods gang-member Cle Sloan. The film explores the creation of two of Los Angeles’s most notorious gangs, the Crips and the Bloods, from the perspective of the Los Angeles community...

, a documentary about the rivalry between the Bloods

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 and Crips

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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"

Charts

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Chart (1995)	Peak position