I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.

My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we need to talk straight up and down.

You reached your level, you don't want any more. We asked ten years ago, we were askin' with the Panthers, we were askin' in the Civil Rights Movement. Now those who were askin' are all dead or in jail, wo what are we gonna do? And we shouldn't be angry!?

There's a machine that I have nothing to do with. It's called the "Tupac Machine."

Institutionalized, I live my life a product made to crumble.