Tupac Shakur
– Tupac Shakur
“All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
– Tupac Shakur
“They got money for the war but can’t feed the poor.”
– Tupac Shakur
“Everybody’s at war with different things. I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.”
– Tupac Shakur
“That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don’t see why everybody feels as though they gotta tell me how to live my life.”
– Tupac Shakur
“My mama always used to tell me: If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.”
– Tupac Shakur
“I’m done talking since you’re not listening, continue to hang out with them nothing ass bitches, then!”
– Tupac Shakur
“Always falling too deep in a relationship, always end up being the one that’s hurt the most.”
– Tupac Shakur
“Today is filled with anger, fueled with hidden hate.
Scared of being outkast, afraid of common fate.
Today is build on tragedies which no one want’s to face.
Nightmares to humanity and morally disgraced.
Tonight is filled with Rage, violence in the air.
Children bred with ruthlessness cause no one at home cares.
Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops,
knowing that my sanity content when I’m droped.
But tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new,
build on spirit intent of heart and ideas based on truth.
Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride.
I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.”
― Tupac Shakur
“Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn’t mean nothing when it came to fear.”
― Tupac Shakur
“I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”
― Tupac Shakur
“My inspiration for writing music is like Don McLean did when he did “American Pie” or “Vincent”. Lorraine Hansberry with “A Raisin in the Sun”. Like Shakespeare when he does his thing, like deep stories, raw human needs.
I’m trying to think of a good analogy. It’s like, you’ve got the Vietnam War, and because you had reporters showing us pictures of the war at home, that’s what made the war end, or that shit would have lasted longer. If no one knew what was going on we would have thought they were just dying valiantly in some beautiful way. But because we saw the horror, that’s what made us stop the war.
So I thought, that’s what I’m going to do as an artist, as a rapper. I’m gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they’ll stop it quick.
I’ve seen all of that– the crack babies, what we had to go through, losing everything, being poor, and getting beat down. All of that. Being the person I am, I said no no no no. I’m changing this.”
― Tupac Shakur
“My mama always told me, that if you can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.”
― Tupac Shakur
“As long as some suffer
The River Flows Forever
As long as there is pain
The River Flows Forever
As strong as a smile can be
The River will Flow Forever”
― Tupac Shakur