Tupac Shakur Quotes

“Elevation of today's generation, if I can make them listen. Prisons ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed.”

“Don't cry through your dispair.”

“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”

“Life in the pen ain't for me 'cos I'd rather die.”

“Tupac the son of the Black Panther, and Tupac the rider. Those are the two people inside of me. I was raised off those ideals.”

“My homie lost his family and snapped, shot up half the block to bring them back.”

“Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the backI couldn't trust my own homies just a bunch of dirty rats”

“With all this extra stressinThe question I wonder is after death, after my last breathWhen will I finaly get to rest? Through this supressionthey punish the people that's askin questionsAnd those that possess, steal from the ones without possesionsThe message I stress: to make it stop study your lessonsDon't settle for less - even the genius asks-es questionsBe grateful for blessingsDon't ever change, keep your essenceThe power is in the people and politics we address.”

“And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my picture for the crimes of another guy.”

“Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!”

“Since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women. I wonder why we take from women, why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think its time we killed for our women, be real to our women, try to heal our women, cus if we dont we'll have a race of babies that will hate the ladies, who make the babies. And since a man can't make one he has no right to tell a women when and where to create one”

“Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips.”

“If I could patent 'being real', I think I could own that.”

“I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.”

“I finally understand / for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it / There's no way I can pay you back / But the plan is to show you that I understand / You are appreciated”

“Don't leave this world without giving it your all.”

“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.”

“I bring truth to tha youth tear tha roof off tha ol' school.”

“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”

“It’s just me against the world.”

“I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal Trying 2 find peace of mind and still preserve my soul”

“When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.”

“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real”

“Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies”

“I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail.”