Tupac Shakur Quotes

I'm responsible for what i did. I'm not responible for what every black male did. Yes! I call myself a THUG, because i grew up in the ghetto. And im still standing.

Tomorrow comes after the dark

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

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.

Take ones adversity Learn from their misfortune Learn from their pain Believe in something Believe in yourself Turn adversity into ambition Now blossom into wealth

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

Only God can judge me.

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

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

Can the Lord forgive me? Got the spirit of a thug in me.

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.

Strugglin' and striving, that's how the dough come.

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

Don't live to fight, fight to live.

We are being wiped off the face of this earth At an extremely alarming rate And even more alarming is the fact That we are not fighting back

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.

Stay in the game until the end of time.

Now up and atom it's on, I was raised to be strong, and mama told me be a thug since the day I was born. The fame was a plot to try a change me, and what's strange is nobody knew my name.

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

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

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!

June 16, 1971, mama gave birth to a Hell rasing heavenly son.

Drop them or let them drop you. I chose droppin' that cop.

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

This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

I have no patience for anybody who doubts me, none at all.

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.

When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.

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

Evil's lurking, I can see him smirking.

You get time to appreciate things. Perspective, you start looking at things differently.

Dying on the inside, but outside you're looking fearless

Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.

You either ride with us, or collide with us.

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty.

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

Even the genius ask questions.

If you're not dark inside and you come to this world, it'l turn you dark... and if you really have Sunshine inside you, it's not good to play in the dark. It's just gonna extinguish your fire.

I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible.

I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.

Pledge allegiance to the flag that neglects us.

Forgive, but don't forget

Will my enimies flee when they see me? Belive me, even thugz gotta learn to take it easy!

I turn to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family.