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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"To all the seeds that follow me protect your essence, Born with less, but you still precious."

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"All good niggers, all the niggers who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways."

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

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

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"Our unborn never got to grow, never got to see what's, next, In this world full of countless threats."

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"Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer."

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"After a long day of trying, to make my songs pay, making love all day against the wall in the hallway."

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"Though are hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear."

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"I said it in the beginning. That I was gonna take them niggaz out the game and sure enough I will. Already people can't look at Biggie and not laugh."

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"the evil the u are the brighter u will get"

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"Some say they expect Illuminati take my body to sleep."

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"My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack"

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"In USA, a black man only have like five years we can exhibit maximum strength, and that's right now while you a teenager, while you still strong, while you still wanna lift weights, while you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30, it's like they take the heart and soul out of a man, out of a black man, in this country. And you don't wanna fight no more."

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"To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff."

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"It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal."

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

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"The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out, they're in that building. Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that?"

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