Tupac Shakur

Rapper, Actor, Activist

Tupac Shakur was a groundbreaking rapper and activist known for his poignant lyrics addressing social issues, particularly racism and poverty.

Born
June 16, 1971
Died
September 13, 1996
Quotes
475
Rank
#33

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"My mother was a woman. A black woman. A single mother. Raising two kids on her own. So she was dark skinned. Had short hair. Got no love from nobody except for a group called the Black Panthers. So that's why she was a Black Panther."

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"And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains. Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change."

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"i will live by the gun and die by the gun"

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"What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made."

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"I don't advocate senseless violence of any human being. I'm the one who's been beat down. But I will not be a victim again."

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"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"

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"I thought I had friends but in the end n*iggaz dies lonely."

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"There ain't no place like paradise."

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"I'm a sucker for love"

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"I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man."

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"We live like caged beasts waiting for the day to let the rage free."

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"I will die Before My Time. Because I feel the shadow's Depth. So much I wanted to accomplish. before I reached my Death"

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"Heavenly Father, I'm a soldier I'm gettin, hotter, cuz the world is gettin' colder."

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"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."

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"Bill Clinton, Mr. Bob Dole, You too old to understand tha way tha game is told."

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"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."

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"When you were born the world was smiling, and you cry, because living a life so that you are dying smiled, cried and the world."

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