Tupac Shakur famous quotes

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers are worth a million.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Photographer #Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words #Thousand

Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance...
-- Tupac Shakur

#Perspective #People #Important

Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. When there aint nothing in sight Why am I trying to give, When no one gives me a try Why am I dying to live, If I am just living to die?
-- Tupac Shakur

#Fighting #Sight #Giving

A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul
-- Tupac Shakur

#Mirrors #Self #Who I Am

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Life #Mistake #Differences

I was raised in this society so you can't expect me to be a perferct person cause Ima do what Ima do.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Causes #This Society

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rose #Long #Grew

When 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 Shakur

#Mean #Thug #Two

If 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 Shakur

#Art #Rap #Dying

I rap about fighting back. I make it uncomfortable by putting details to it. It might not have been politically correct but I've reached somebody; They relating to me. They relate to the brutal honesty in the rap.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Honesty #Rap #Fighting

I guarantee if people keep mm..supportin' me....Just buying my records, goin to my concerts, just supporting me..I'ma keep givin' money....Like Makaveli, every time it go platinum, I'm putting money up for community centers.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #People #Community

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 to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dream #Persistence #Air

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dream #Real #Rapper

And now i'm like a major threat, 'Cause I remind you of the things you were made to forget.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Causes #Forget

Heart of a solider with a brain to teach your whole nation.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Heart #Rapper #Brain

The only time I have problems is when I sleep.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Sleep #Problem

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Fake Friends #Dark #Night

Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells. Just in case...
-- Tupac Shakur

#Death #Weed #Shells

The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dream #Strong #Hypocrite

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play
-- Tupac Shakur

#Hero #Play #White

The trick is to never lose hope!
-- Tupac Shakur

#Anticipation #Never Lose Hope #Tricks

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.
-- Tupac Shakur

#War #Fighting #Rapper

Don't leave this world without giving it your all.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Giving #World #This World

Nobody should be hitting lotto for 36 million dollars when we got people starving in the streets. That is not idealistic, that's just real. That is just stupid. There's no way Michael Jackson, or whoever should have thousands, millions, billions of dollars and we got people broke with two-three jobs and still can't pay bills on time. There's no way! No way these people should have planes when people don't have houses, apartments, shacks, drawers, pants!!!
-- Tupac Shakur

#Jobs #Real #Stupid

Once people take time to find out who I really am you'd be surprised
-- Tupac Shakur

#People #Take Time

In my death, people will understand what I was talking about.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Talking #People

If you don't know me, don't judge me.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Thug #Judging

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Thug #Envy #Fake

The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even then my music will live forever.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Forever #Kill Me #Live Forever

We 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 Shakur

#Selfish #Mean #Angel

How could you do me like that I took ya family in put some cash in ya pocket made you a man again
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rap #Men #Cash

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dream #Rapper #Light

Time to heal our women, be real to our women. And if we don't, then we'll have a race of babies, that hate the ladies that make the babies.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Baby #Real #Hate

I don't understand how people can stand next to you one year,and next year, they cannot. They're going crazy, screaming. They can't take it that you're there. But last year I was in the same club,walking around,lonely like a motherfucker. Couldn't get a date or a dance. I was too skinny, too something, and now, "He's just adorable. He's just, oh!
-- Tupac Shakur

#Lonely #Crazy #Years

A woman bought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Disrespect #World #This World

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Mother #Journey #Taught

Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
-- Tupac Shakur

#Alive #Mama

It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other
-- Tupac Shakur

#Real #Skills #Time Heals

You dont know me, you just met me, well if i couldnt have it..silly rabbit, why ya sweat me
-- Tupac Shakur

#Silly #Rapper #Sweat

I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?
-- Tupac Shakur

#Prayer #Rapper #Vision

Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Wheels #Chance

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Death #Rapper #Stronger

Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dirty #Media #Causes

I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Family #Brother #Father

There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople billion dollars and then there’s people starving. There’s no way! There’s no way that these people should own planes and there people don’t have houses. Apartments. Shacks. Drawers. Pants! I know you’re rich. I know you got 40 billion dollars, but can you just keep it to one house? You only need ONE house. And if you only got two kids, can you just keep it to two rooms? I mean why have 52 rooms and you know there’s somebody with no room?! It just don’t make sense to me. It don’t.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Life #Mean #Kids

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

#Fear #Mean #Stronger

And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.
-- Tupac Shakur

#War #Thinking #Rapper

I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Appreciated #Vans

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven
-- Tupac Shakur

#Believe #Rapper #Heaven

I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other..
-- Tupac Shakur

#Brother #My Brother #Love My Brother

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it has soul to it, hip hop can live on.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Long #Hip Hop

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward
-- Tupac Shakur

#Death #Men #Rapper

I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Children #America #Mind

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

#Life #Mama #Used

But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up
-- Tupac Shakur

#Inspirational #Girl #Rap

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Easter #Believe #Death Row

I'm just as guilty for not doing anything as I am for doing things. Not with case (the 1994 sexual abuse conviction), but just my life. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to be at me. They're going to come 100 percent.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Running #Responsibility #Rapper

I'll probably be punished for hard living.
-- 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

#Dirty #Naughty #Trying

I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #No Fear #Fear Of Death

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Dream #Sleep #Men

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Forever

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rap #Character #Albums

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

#Blood #People #Cold

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Leadership #Respect #Thinking

Unless we share with each other we gotta start makin' changes
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rap #Share

I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Jail #Months #Half

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Strong #Scare #Enough

I'm a reflection of the community.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Reflection #Community

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.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Growth #Want #Disappear

There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated
-- Tupac Shakur

#Pay #Way #Appreciated

I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Life #Music #Science

My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated
-- Tupac Shakur

#Fear Of Death

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Anger #Action #Conversation

Let the Lord judge the criminals.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Rapper #Judging #Criminals

A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Courage #Soldier #Coward

Fear is stronger than love
-- Tupac Shakur

#Stronger

It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Fun #Winning #Games

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

#Thug #Thug Life

Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Writing #Mind #Blind

We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Veins

I'd love to go back to when we played as kids, but things change. And that's the way it is.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Kids #Way #Things Change

Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed and hocus pocus, try to focus but I can't see.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Weed #Rap #Focus

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

#Perfection #Affection #Perfectionist

We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but It's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were mortal men like us and everyone of us can be like them. I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who i am, this is what i do. I say what's on my mind.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Strong #Kings #Men

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
-- Tupac Shakur

#Law #Feet #Rose

I'm not saying girls are perfect, because we all know that's not true. But why be unfaithful to her if she was true to you.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Girl #Hate #Perfect

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Pay #Bills #My Family

If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Doe #Quiet #Wanted

Even the genius ask questions.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Genius

When my Heart Can Beat No More I hope die for a principal or a belief that I have lived for
-- Tupac Shakur

#Heart #Rapper #Belief

Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don’t take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I’m about because you know better than that.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Song #Men #Pieces

Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Believe #Light #Odds

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.
-- Tupac Shakur

#War #Heart #Different

I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Persons

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Crazy #Shoes #Miles

Can't close my eyes cause all I see is terror I hate the man in the mirror Cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer
-- Tupac Shakur

#Pain #Hate #Eye

With all my fans I got a family again.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Family #Fans

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Night #Inspire #Influence

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.
-- Tupac Shakur

#Inspirational #Bullshit #Able