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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"Keep your head up, Legs closed, Eyes open."

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"I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS."

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"So much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times, I once contemplated suicide and woulda tried, but when I held that nine, all I could see was my mama's eyes, no one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble, not knowing it's hard to carry on when no one loves you."

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"Break the chains in our brains that make us fear."

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

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"It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinds of scratches and marks, you ain't gonna say, 'Damn, look at all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from the concrete.' You're gonna be like, 'Damn, a rose grew from the concrete?'"

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"We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?"

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"strength is overcome by weakness/Joy is overcome by Pain/The night is overcome by Brightness/and Love-it remains the same."

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"I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing...... That's what I want little niggaz to see."

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"I know what good morals are, but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If you're in hell, how can you live like an angel? You're surrounded by devils,trying to be an angel? That's like suicide."

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"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"

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"I'm used on every level. I have no friends. I have no resting place. I never sleep. I can never close my eyes. It's horrible."

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

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

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"Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear."

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"It's hard to care when no one loves you."

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"We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins."

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"You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it."

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