Tupac Shakur Quotes

I'd be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to me. I wasn't happy at all on the streets. That was the addict speaking.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.

Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious.

Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me. Stranded on welfare, another broken family.

The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes.

In USA, a black man only have like five years we can exhibit maximum strength, and that's right now while you a teenager, while you still strong, while you still wanna lift weights, while you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30, it's like they take the heart and soul out of a man, out of a black man, in this country. And you don't wanna fight no more.

Only God can judge me.

Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok. It's music, it's hip-hop, it's ground breaking. When I do it, it's war.

I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.

Dont blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it.

Drop them or let them drop you. I chose droppin' that cop.

I didn't create thug life, I diagnosed it

I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.

Study your lessons, don't settle for less.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

I'm a reflection of the community.

Picture me inside the misery of poverty, no man alive has ever witnessed struggles ive survived, praying hard for better days promised to hold on me and my dogs aint have a choice but to hold on.

The reason why I could get into acting was because it takes nothing to get out of who I am and go into somebody else.

You can't disrespect the love. You can't disrespect the peace treaty.

Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem, it's not my fault, I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody. So I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

I wake up in the morning and ask myself; is life worth living? Should I blast myself?

When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble.

You either ride with us, or collide with us.

When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told me to be strong, but I confused to see it so weak You say never to give up, and it hurts to see what comes to be When your hero falls soley the stars, and so does the reception of tomorrow Without my hero, theres only me alone, to deal with my sorrow Your heart ceases to work, and your soul is not happy at all What are you expected to do, when your only hero falls

Even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?

All the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I'm living just to die.

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!

Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse.

Some say they expect Illuminati take my body to sleep.

As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.

Fear is stronger than love

I'm not really a religious person. But I believe that God wants me to do something and it has to do with Thug Life.

Forgive, but don't forget

It was tough sitting in jail listening to Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh and everybody making jokes about me getting shot. And watching the media report all kinds of lies about me, like that I got raped in jail. That never happened. But at least while I was locked down, all the inmates gave me props encouragement, and so did lots of mothers and kids, who wrote me letters of support.

My family tree consists of drug dealers, thugs, and killers.

I'm used on every level. I have no friends. I have no resting place. I never sleep. I can never close my eyes. It's horrible.

I only wrote one song in jail. But I'm writing new album - you're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album. I'm venting my anger.

I'll probably be punished for hard living.

There ain't no place like paradise.

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.

While I'm dreaming, Wake up screaming, Cuz I can hear them suckas scheming.

When I die and they come for me bury me a g.