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I've tried to write down quotes that represent Tupac’s thinking. I’ve done my best to write down meaningful quotes and avoid meaningless quotes taken from the air. If I have succeeded is up to you...
"When I die I want to be a living legend"
No More Pain
"I'd ratha die like a man, then live like a coward"
Only God Can Judge Me
"Support me..If you don't understand me don't write about me"
Interview
"I guarantee if people keep mm..supportin' me....Just buying my records, goin to my concerts, just supporting me..I'ma keep givin' money....Like Makaveli, every time it go platinum, I'm putting money up for community centers"
Interview
"And now i'm like a major threat, 'Cause I remind you of the things you were made to forget"
Holla if You Hear Me
"There's no way I can pay ya back, but my plan is to show ya that I understand"
Dear Mama
"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"
Interview
"Don't shed a tear for me, nigga I ain't happy here, I hope they bury me and send me to my rest, headlines reading murdered to death, my last breath"
If I Die 2Nite
"Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die"
Hellrazor
"My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we need to talk straight up and down"
Tupac, ?
"I don't see why everybody feel as thou that they gotta tell me how to live my life (you know), Let me live baby, Let me live"
Only God Can Judge Me
"I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing in my heart is right. So I feel like I 'm going to heaven"
Interview
"Our unborn never got to grow, never got to see what's, next, In this world full of countless threats"
I Ain't Mad At Cha
"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"
Interview
"Fuck the fame, I still won't change, are you still down?"
Tupac, R U Still Down?
"This is my prophecy, I gotta be paid, All you cowards that try to stop me is beggin' for early graves, I thought we was cool I was a fool, Thinkin' you could be true, when I don't fuck with your punk crew"
Skandalouz
"How many bruthas fell victim to the street rest in peace young nigga there's a heaven for a G, It'd be a lie if I told you that I never thought of death, My niggaz, we the last ones left, Life goes on..."
Life Goes On
"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"
I Ain't Hard To Find
"Walked in the store what's everybody staring at, They act like they never seen a mutha fucker wearing black, Following a nigga and shit, Ain't this a bitch, All I wanted was some chips"
Fuck The World
God come save the youth
Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you
Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope you understand
Forgive me for my mistakes, I gotta play my hand
Hellrazor
"They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent"
Tupac,
"You know it's funny when it rains it pours, They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor"
Keep Ya Head Up
"Mr. Police, Please Try to see, That there's a million muthafuckas stressin' just like me"
Only God Can Judge Me
"So many other things for us to see, Things to be, Our history so full of tragedy and misery"
I Ain't Mad At Cha
I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on"
Holla if You Hear Me
"There's gonna be some times when it's gonna be hard to smile. Through all the rain and the pain... you gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit."
Smile (Scarface song f/2Pac)
"My only fear of death is comin back reincarnated"
No More Pain
"They should've shot me when I was born, Now I'm trapped in the muthafuckin' storm"
How Long Will They Mourn Me?
"We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup, And even though you're fed up, Huh, ya got to keep your head up"
Keep Ya Head Up
"It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted"
How Long Will They Mourn Me?
"They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here"
Only God Can Judge Me
"I'm tired of being a nice guy, I've been poor all my life, but don't know quite why"
The Streetz R Deatrow
"I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY ME?"
Guess Who's back
"Dont blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it."
Tupac
"I was raised in this society so you can't expect me to be a perferct person cause Ima do what Ima do."
Pac's Theme
"A coward dies a thousend deaths, A soldier dies but once"
If I Die 2Nite
"Don't ever stop, just push until you hit the top, and if you try, atleast you know you gave your all, be true to you, and that way you can never fall ... be true to you, believe that there is no one bigger, cause they can all suck dick."
Tupac
"The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams."
Tupac
"And I hope I'm forgiven for Thug Livin when I die"
If I Die 2Nite
"While I'm dreaming,
Wake up screaming, Cuz I can hear them suckas scheming" It
Ain't Easy
"I ain't racist but lets trade places"
Last Wordz
"A thug nigga drinkin hard liquor, This ghetto life has got me catchin up to God quicker."
Tradin' War Stories
"I bring truth to tha youth tear tha roof off tha ol' school"
Holla if You Hear Me
"No longer living in fear, my pistol close in hand, Convinced this is my year"
Heartz of Men
"They wanna censor me, they ratha see me in a cell, livin' in hell, with only a few of us to live to tell"
How Do you Want It
"He was a nice middle class nigga, But nobody knew the evil he'd do when he got little bigger"
Shorty Wanna Be A Thug
"Goin insane, never die, live eternal, who shall I fear?"
If I Die 2Nite
"Study your lessons, don't settle for less"
Me Against The World
"Gettin high, livin' everday, like i'm gonna die"
Lord Knows
"Yo
get a real job. Rappin doesn't pay the rent
I hate the studio cause that's where all my money went"
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ
"Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse"
High Speed
"A thug nigga drinkin hard liquor, This ghetto life has got me catchin up to God quicker."
Tradin' War Stories
"First
ship them dope, let them deal to brothers,
give them guns, step back and watch them kill each other"
Changes
"I'm
tired of being a nice guy, i've been poor all my life, but don't
know quite why, so they label me a lunatic, could care less
death or success, is what I quest
cause i'm fearless"
The Streetz R Deathrow
"This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter."
Unconditional LOVE
"Stabbin
for a fee, it gets hard on the fuckin streets, It's like a
madness, fuck making gravy
I rhyme and do crimes, cuz either way pays me
A little rough with a hardcore... theme
Couldn't rough something rougher in your... dreams"
Strugglin'
"As
far as jealousy, being a celebrity,
No matter who committed the crime, they all yell at me. And the
media is greedier than most.
You could sell em your soul and they'll be on ya till a nigga's a
ghost.
And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my
picture for the crimes of another guy."
Point the Finga
"Never
surrender, it's all about the faith you got
don't ever stop, just push it til you hit the top
and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all
be true to you, and that way you can never fall"
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ
"Money
made me evil, court cases got me stressed
Niggaz aimin at my head but I still wear my vest"
HomeBoyz
"Now
I was born alone, took my first joint and I got high alone
Now I'm an Outlaw nigga, I never die alone"
HomeBoyz
"Down
to die, for everything I represent
Meant every word, in my letter to the President"
Letter to the President
"You
want us to fight your war
What the fuck I'm fightin for?
Shit, I ain't got no love here
I ain't had a check all year"
Letter to the President
"Burnin'
churches, fearin' God
Who can be so cruel
We all ignorant to AIDS
Till it happens to you"
The Good Die Young
"Thinkin
with your brains blown that would make the pain go
No! You got to find a way to survive
cause they win when your soul dies"
Baby Don't Cry
"Even
as a little seed, I could see his plan for me
Stranded on welfare, another broken family"
Still I Rise
"How
can I survive? Got me askin white Jesus
will a nigga live or die, cause the Lord can't see us
in the deep dark clouds of the projects, ain't no sunshine
No sunny days and we only play sometimes"
Still I Rise
"And
still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains
Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change"
As The World Turns
"And
in turn I'm hostile guess you could call me anti-social
Niggaz shakin like they caught the holy ghost when I approach
em"
Hell 4 A Hustler
"Even as a dope
fiend mama
You always was a black queen mama"
Dear Mama
"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."
Changes
"Deloris Tucker
you's a muthafucker
instead of tryin' to help a nigga
you destroy a brotha"
How Do You Want It
"When I
talk about money
All you see is the struggle
When I tell ya, I'm livin' large
you tell me, its trouble"
I Aint Mad At Cha
"Throw it
up y'all, throw it up, Throw it up
Let's show these fools how we do this on that west side
Cause you and I know it's tha best side"
California Love
"And every
breath I breathe untill the moment I'm deceased
Will be another moment ballin' as a 'G'"
Heartz Of Man
"My only
fear of death
is reincarnation
heart of a solider
with a brain to teach your whole nation"
No More Pain
"Went to
church but don't understand it, they underhanded
God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous"
Black Jesuz
"United we
stand divided we fall
They can shoot one nigga
But they can't take us alll"
Last words
" 'Cause if
God wrote the Bible, I'm sure there would have been a revised
copy
by now. 'Cause a lot of shit has changed. I've been looking for
this revised copy -
I still see that same old copy that we had from then. I'm not
disrespecting anyone's
religion, please forgive me if it comes off that way, I'm just
stating my opinion."
Interview
"Bill
Clinton
Mr. Bob Dole
You too old to understand tha way tha game is told"
How Do You Want
It
"I can't
give up.
It's a rap thang.
And I ain't goin back to the crack game"
Point The Finga
"I'm in jail now, but I'm free. My mind is free. The only time I have problems is when I sleep."
Interview
"That which does not kill me can only make me stronger"
Only God Can Judge Me
"If we
really are saying that rap is an art form, then we got to be more
responsible for our lyrics.
If you see everybody dying because of what you are saying, it
dont matter that you didnt make them die,
it just matters that you didnt save them."
Interview
"But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to beat me. They're going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, I'm going to lose. And thats why I'm losing."
Interview
"How many niggas
want to be involved,
see I was only talking Biggie
but I'll kill all of y'all"
When We Ride On Our Enemies
"And did you ever
stop to think
that I'm old enough
to go to war
but I aint
old enough to drink"
Cause I Had To
"I stop and stare at
the younger, my heart goes to 'em,
they stressed out and goin' under"
Ghetto Gospel
It's going to happen. All good niggas, all the niggas who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways. Motherfuckas come take their lives.
Interview
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