Tupac Shakur Quotes

Remember, this country had a man named J. Edgar Hoover, whose job it was to destroy the credibility of any black man coming up.

the evil the u are the brighter u will get

Niggers was the ones on the rope,
hanging off the thing. Niggas is the ones with gold ropes,hanging out at clubs.

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.

To dance with the naked [blow-up] doll, that was me! That's what I mean by I'm real, I'm truly hardcore, because I needed the money and I had to work. So if he told me that for me to get paid I had to go out there in bikini briefs and hop on top of this [blow-up] doll and that's how I gotta get paid, and I was homeless at the time, that's what I had to do. But What I did was not let him pimp me, you know what I'm saying. It wasn't like I just did that because that was my order. As soon as I got the check's to say what was on my mind, I said what was on my mind. And we have a platinum record now, you know what I'm saying.

I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real you know what I'm sayin whatever comes comes. But my controverse problems, 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. You know what im saying, so I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, you know what I'm saying, I come back stronger, I'm not talking ignorant, you know what I'm saying. So obviously put thought into what I do. So I think my mouth, my controverse, I have not been out of the paper since I joined Digital Underground, I've been in all, you know what I'm saying, my name has not been not uttered, you know what I'm saying, and that's good for me because I don't wanna be forgotten. If I'm forgotten then that means I'm comfortable and that means I think everything is okay.

Hate to sound sleazy,
but tease me,
I don't want it if it's that easy

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.

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack
in the concrete
Proving nature's laws wrong it learned to walk
without having feet
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams
it learned to breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else even cared!

Still I Rise (2Pac + Outlawz) (1999)

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection

u haven't recovered from the pain of the past
so u show me affection behind the wall of glass

Currency means nothing if you still ain't free. Money breeds jealousy. Take the game from me; I hope for better days. Trouble comes naturally. Running from authorities. 'Til they capture me, and my aim is to spread more smiles than tears. Utilize lessons learned from my childhood years.

Did 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