Quotes & Sayings About Tupac

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

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

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. — Tupac Shakur

Only God Can Judge Me
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my
life — Tupac Shakur

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

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

As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal — Tupac Shakur

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

They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here. — Tupac Shakur

You gotta make a change. Its time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so its on us, to do what we gotta do to survive. — Tupac Shakur

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor. — Michael K. Williams

You have to work from one point to go to another. So I admire work ethic, I think it should be reinforced through our neighborhoods, that everybody should work hard, practice makes perfect, you have to be diligent with what you want, you have to apply yourself, you have to motivate your self. You have to do for self by yourself, and then you can do things for other people. That's what I had to do, I had to do for self.. — Tupac Shakur

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

Only God can judge me. — Tupac Shakur

Look at those words, 'role' and 'model.' Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that's fake. I'm real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I party — Tupac Shakur

We wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, dont ask me why, thank god, and ask me how — Tupac Shakur

Watch me, diamonds shining looking like I robbed Liberace. — Tupac Shakur

Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin — Tupac Shakur

Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies — Tupac Shakur

Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching you English and then teaching you how to understand double talk-a politician's double talk-not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and German, when am I going to Germany? I can't even afford to pay my rent in America, how am I going to Germany? — Tupac Shakur

Mama gave birth to a hell raising heavenly son. See the doctor tried to smack me, but I smacked him back. — Tupac Shakur

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

I ain't racist but lets trade places. — Tupac Shakur

In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time. — Tupac Shakur

Dear mama, yo baby boys doing fine tell the homies I'm in heaven and they aint got hoods. — Tupac Shakur

I heard a rumor I died, Murdered in cold blood dramatized, Pictures of me in my final state, You know mama cried, But that was fiction, Some coward got the story twisted, Like I no longer existed, Mysteriously missin', I'm known worldwide baby, I ain't hard to find. — Tupac Shakur

There should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not. There are classes on ... gym. Physical Education. — Tupac Shakur

Maybe in time you'll understand only God can save us. — Tupac Shakur

No matter how hard it gets, keep your chest out, keep your head up and handle it. — Tupac Shakur

Though things change, the future's still inside of me. — Tupac Shakur

I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on. — Tupac Shakur

You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.
Tupac Shakur — Tupac Shakur

Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him. — Tupac Shakur

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. — Tupac Shakur

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

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

When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house. — Soulja Boy

When I die and they come for me bury me a g. — Tupac Shakur

Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't believe him. And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him. — Tupac Shakur

Even as a dope fiend mama. You always was a black queen mama. — Tupac Shakur

Cry later, but for now, let's enjoy the laughter. — Tupac Shakur

Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.
I find it difficult to carry on.
If I had an ear to confide in,
I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,
to help another carry on.
The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.
Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.
And sometimes...
I Cry
and no one cares about why. — Tupac Shakur

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

You either ride with us, or collide with us. — Tupac Shakur

Everything he wanna have-I got. — Tupac Shakur

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

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

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

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody. — Tupac Shakur

Stay in the game until the end of time. — Tupac Shakur

And even though i act crazy I gotta thank the lord that you made meh. — Tupac Shakur

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

My music will mean something. I'll have my own production company. I'm doing my own movies. I have my own restaurant. I just wanna expand. — Tupac Shakur

I don't bang for the color or the land. I bang for the principles and for the honor. I'm bangin' for the Westside- this is in my heart, this is how I feel. — Tupac Shakur

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened ... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on. — Tupac Shakur

I was born Ezeogo Igariwey to live my life a legacy for the world,like a wound that healed with a scar that remains."My legacy will leave a mark on the world and I shall never be forgetten for my good,bad,and ugly deeds. — Tupac Shakur

I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie." That was all hype. — ASAP Rocky

The reason why I could get into acting was because it takes nothing to get out of who I am and go into somebody else. — Tupac Shakur

I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me,
He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be. — Tupac Shakur

It's hard to care when no one loves you. — Tupac Shakur

Only God can judge me now — Tupac Shakur

Don't live to fight, fight to live. — Tupac Shakur

Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. — Tupac Shakur

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real. — Tupac Shakur

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake. — Tupac Shakur

For every single dark night there is a brighter day. — Tupac Shakur

Should we cry when the pope dies, my request we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcom X — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

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

Tupac was around back in my wind-up phonograph days, you know. — J.M. Darhower

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

It's just me against the world. — Tupac Shakur

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

When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble. — Tupac Shakur

Don't support the phonies, SUPPORT THE REAL — Tupac Shakur

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for. — Wale

Now don't you ever tell a lie just confide in me
Would you die 4 me? Tell me baby would you ride 4 me? — Tupac Shakur

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

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions. — Tupac Shakur

I'm calling for dialogue. I'm gathering attention for dialogue which is what you do in a struggle for power. — Tupac Shakur

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

Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night ...
What of fame?
Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name
And never again, are you alone.. — Tupac Shakur

I knew Snoop Dog didn't start misogyny. I knew that Tupac Shakur didn't start sexism, and God knows that Dr. Dre didn't start patriarchy. Yet they extended it in vicious form within their own communities. They made vulnerable people more vulnerable. — Michael Eric Dyson

I smoke blunt to take the pain out and if I wasn't high I'd probably blow my brains out. — Tupac Shakur

Study your lessons, don't settle for less. — Tupac Shakur

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

Forgive, but don't forget — Tupac Shakur

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin. — Tupac Shakur

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

Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good,
Tell the homies I'm in heaven, and they ain't got hoods.
Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook,
Drippin' peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke ... — Tupac Shakur

Gangsta Rap is dead. I've moved on. And the raps that I'm rappin to my community shouldn't be filled with rage? They shouldn't be filled with same attrocities that they gave me? The media they don't talk about it, so in my raps I have to talk about it, and it seems foreign because there's no one else talking about it. — Tupac Shakur

It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds. — Tupac Shakur

My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack — Tupac Shakur

Is it a crime to fight for what is mine? — Tupac Shakur

Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me. Stranded on welfare, another broken family. — Tupac Shakur

Every female wanna come up to me and show me how much they're not attracted to me ... these minority women ... they're the only women I can get cause everyone else is scared of me. — Tupac Shakur

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

You hear mothers say all the time that they would die for their children, but my mom never said shit like that. She didn't have to. When it came to my brother, it was written across her face in 112-point Tupac Gothic. — Junot Diaz

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into. — Jhene Aiko

I'm not really a religious person. But I believe that God wants me to do something and it has to do with Thug Life. — Tupac Shakur