Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.
Tupac ShakurWhen I say ' thug' I mean not a criminal, someone who beats you over the head, I mean the underdog. You could have two people- one person has everything he needs to succeed and one person has nothing. If the person who has nothing succeeds, he's a thug. Cuz he overcame all the obstacles.
Tupac ShakurSuge is the boss of Death Row, the don, you understand? But im the underboss, the capo. That's my job to what's best for Death Row
Tupac ShakurThere should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not. There are classes on...gym. Physical Education.
Tupac ShakurHow could you do me like that I took ya family in put some cash in ya pocket made you a man again
Tupac ShakurRecollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks.
Tupac ShakurAll B.S. aside, it all comes down to... we got to survive. I mean, even warriors put their spears down on Sundays. We got to survive here in this country... 'cause I'm not going back to Africa. We got to survive here. And for us to survive here-White folks, Black folks, Korean folks, Mexican folks, Puerto Ricans-we got to understand each other.
Tupac ShakurTo me, I feel that my game is strong. I feel as thought I'm a shining prince, just like Malcolm, and I feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything.
Tupac ShakurWe probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.
Tupac ShakurSo much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times, I once contemplated suicide and woulda tried, but when I held that nine, all I could see was my mama's eyes, no one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble, not knowing it's hard to carry on when no one loves you.
Tupac ShakurIt's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.
Tupac ShakurWhat I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.
Tupac ShakurNiggers was the ones on the rope, hanging off the thing. Niggas is the ones with gold ropes,hanging out at clubs.
Tupac ShakurDid you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet
Tupac ShakurI would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.
Tupac ShakurI set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle, I make mistakes but learn from every one, And when it's said and done, I bet this brother be a better one, If I upset you don't stress, Never forget, that God isn't finished with me yet
Tupac ShakurI remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere, I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with...Every time I had to go to a new apartment, I had to reinvent myself, myself. People think just because you born in the ghetto you gonna fit in. A little twist in your life and you don't fit in no matter what. If they push you out of the hood and the White people's world, that's criminal...Hell, I felt like my could be destroyed at any moment.
Tupac ShakurIf we're all saying that rap is an art form then we gotta be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you're saying, it don't matter that you didn't make them die, it just matters that you didn't save them.
Tupac ShakurOne day I'm gonna bust, blow up on this society, why did you lie to me, I couldn't find a trace of humanity.
Tupac ShakurYou gotta make a change. Its time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so its on us, to do what we gotta do to survive.
Tupac ShakurJust because I write some songs about bad women, though, that doesn't mean I hate women. I've written songs that show great love and respect for women too. Songs that talk about strong, upstanding women and their pain. I have women working on my music. They understand where I'm coming from. So does my mama. I always play my music for her before it comes out. Why do you think I wrote "Dear Mama"? I wrote it for my mama because I love her and I felt I owed her something deep.
Tupac ShakurEverybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did.
Tupac ShakurGot shot 5 times but I'm still breathing... living proof there's a God if you need a reason.
Tupac ShakurThis duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.
Tupac ShakurWe look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?
Tupac ShakurOnly God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life
Tupac ShakurHow many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.
Tupac ShakurOut of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.
Tupac ShakurIt's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinds of scratches and marks, you ain't gonna say, 'Damn, look at all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from the concrete.' You're gonna be like, 'Damn, a rose grew from the concrete?'
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