Tupac Shakur Quotes

American rapper and actor (1971–1996)

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Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) was an American rapper and actor. He was also step-nephew of Black power activist Assata Shakur.

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Pen Names: 2Pac • Makaveli • MC New York

Birth Name: Lesane Parish Crooks

Alternative Names: Tupac Amaru Shakur • Tupac • Lesane Crooks • Tupac Omar Shakur • Rapmusiker 2Pac

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My mother was pregnant with me while she was in prison. She was her own attorney, never been to law school. She was facing 300 and something odd years. One black woman, pregnant, beat the case. That just goes to show you the strength of a black woman and the strength of the oppressed.

Just because you lost me as a friend, doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table.

But I know for a fact that had I had a father, I'd have some discipline. I'd have more confidence. Your mother cannot calm you down the way a man can. Your mother can't reassure you the way a man can. My mother couldn't show me where my manhood was. You need a man to teach you how to be a man. When I was young I was quiet, withdrawn. I read a lot, wrote poetry, kept a diary. I watched TV all day. I stayed in front of the television. It was when I was in front of the TV by myself, being alone in the house by myself, having to cook dinner by myself, eat by myself. Just being by myself and looking at TV, at families and all these people out there in this pretend world. I knew I could be part of it if I pretended too, So early on I just watched and emulated ... and I just thirsted for that. I thought if I could be and act like those characters, act like those people, I could have some of their joy. If I could act like I had a big family I wouldn't feel as lonely.

It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

If you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for.

I think that I'm really, I was a reactionary, and now I don't do that any more. Same person, but I don't react. Before, I reacted. I didn't like the cameras, so I spit.

Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies

Don't believe everything you hear.Real eyes,realize,real lies.

I'm not saying I'm gonna rule the world or I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee you that I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job, It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one's, but let's not be selfish and because we not gonna change the world let's not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it, but I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's gonna clean it up.

The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact that it’s planted in stone

"FALLEN STAR
"They could never understand
what u set out 2 do
instead they chose 2
ridicule u
when u got weak
They loved the sight
of your dimming
and flickering starlight
How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
This way u could not alter the course
of ignorance that they have set
2 make people forget
what they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u R
And now I mourn our fallen star.

Best Of 2Pac Vol 1:Thug and Vol 2:Life (2007)