“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
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.” ― 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
“There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. Remember that.” ― Tupac Shakur
“There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople billion dollars and then there’s people starving. There’s no way! There’s no way that these people should own planes and there people don’t have houses. Apartments. Shacks. Drawers. Pants! I know you’re rich. I know you got 40 billion dollars, but can you just keep it to one house? You only need ONE house. And if you only got two kids, can you just keep it to two rooms? I mean why have 52 rooms and you know there’s somebody with no room?! It just don’t make sense to me. It don’t.” ― Tupac Shakur
“They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.” ― Tupac Shakur
“You're right.I am crazy. But you know what else? I don't give a fuck.” ― Tupac Shakur
“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” ― Tupac Shakur
“I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. When there aint nothing in sight Why am I trying to give, When no one gives me a try Why am I dying to live, If I am just living to die?” ― Tupac Shakur
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.” ― Tupac Shakur
“If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy” ― Tupac Shakur
“A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.” ― Tupac Shakur
“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.” ― 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
“Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall” ― Tupac Shakur
“During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams” ― Tupac Shakur
“Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.” ― Tupac Shakur
“In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Fear is stronger than love” ― Tupac Shakur
“Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Today is filled with anger, fueled with hidden hate. Scared of being outkast, afraid of common fate. Today is build on tragedies which no one want's to face. Nightmares to humanity and morally disgraced. Tonight is filled with Rage, violence in the air. Children bred with ruthlessness cause no one at home cares. Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops, knowing that my sanity content when I'm droped. But tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new, build on spirit intent of heart and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.” ― Tupac Shakur
“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.” ― 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
“Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.” ― Tupac Shakur
“There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated” ― Tupac Shakur
“It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.” ― Tupac Shakur
“No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn't glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It's all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.” ― Tupac Shakur
“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.” ― 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 believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven” ― Tupac Shakur
“There should be a class on sex education, a real sex-education class. There should be a class on police brutality. 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. Let's learn volleyball.” ― Tupac Shakur
“All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots” ― Tupac Shakur
“Only God can judge me.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward” ― Tupac Shakur
“Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?” ― Tupac Shakur
“I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.” ― Tupac Shakur
“For every dark night, there's a brighter day.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I don't understand how people can stand next to you one year,and next year, they cannot. They're going crazy, screaming. They can't take it that you're there. But last year I was in the same club,walking around,lonely like a motherfucker. Couldn't get a date or a dance. I was too skinny, too something, and now, "He's just adorable. He's just, oh!” ― 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
“Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.” ― Tupac Shakur
“My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated” ― Tupac Shakur
“It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other” ― Tupac Shakur
“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.” ― Tupac Shakur
“It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinda 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 gonna be like "DAMN! a ROSE grew from the CONCRETE?” ― Tupac Shakur
“It don't stop 'til the casket drop.” ― Tupac Shakur
“And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.” ― Tupac Shakur
“The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.” ― tupac shakur
“Even the genius ask questions.” ― Tupac Shakur
“As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal” ― Tupac Shakur
“Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies” ― Tupac Shakur
“You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.” ― Tupac Amaru Shahur
“The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone” ― Tupac Shakur
“How could Reagan live in a White House, which has a lot of rooms,and there be homelessness? And he's talking about helping. I don't believe that there is anyone that is going hungry in America simply by reason of denial or lack of ability to feed them. It is by people not knowing where or how to get this help. Why can't he take people off the street and put them in his White House? Then he'll have people from the streets to help him with his ideas. Not helpless! Homeless! Not helpless They haven't been homeless forever.They've done things in society.The White House would be tainted because he doesn't want to get dirty.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Niggers was the ones on the rope, hanging off the thing. Niggas is the ones with gold ropes,hanging out at clubs.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father cause the coward wasn't their" {Tu Pac Shukur}” ― Tupac Shakur
“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk without having feet” ― Tupac Shakur
“You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left." Tupac Shakur” ― Tupac Shakur
“Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close nigga watch your homies” ― Tupac Shakur
“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?” ― Tupac Shakur
“THIS HATE U GIVE LITTLE INFANTS FUCK EVERBODY” ― Tupac Amaru Shahur
“woke up screaming fuck the world” ― 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
“We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowing, everybody kissin' ass to go to heaven aint going.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Where There is a will there is a will to search and discover a better day Where a positive heart is all you need to rise beyond and succeed Where young minds grow and respect each other based on their deeds and not their color when times are dim say as I say "Where there's a will there's a way!” ― Tupac Shakur
“if they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it to the motherfuckers who need god we'd be 'aight” ― 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
“Only god can judge me” ― Tupac Amaru Shakur
“For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean” ― Tupac Shakur
“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real” ― Tupac Shakur
“Don't live to fight, fight to live.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Can’t sleep ‘cause all the dirt make my heart hurt” ― Tupac Amaru Shakur
“The Harm U Gave Little Infants Fucks Everyone” ― Tupac Shakur
“fear no man but only God” ― 2pac shakur
“Only God can judge me now” ― 2Pac
“If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.” ― Tupac Shakur
“i will live by the gun and die by the gun” ― Tupac Shakur
“If they take half the buildings that they use to praise god and give it the motherfuckers who need god we'd be aight” ― Tupac Shakur
“I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I'm not saying I'm gonna rule the world or I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee you that I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job, It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one's, but let's not be selfish and because we not gonna change the world let's not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it, but I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's gonna clean it up.” ― Tupac Shakur
“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Реалността е фалшива. Мечтите са истински.” ― Tupac Shakur
“When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told me to be strong, but I confused to see it so weak You say never to give up, and it hurts to see what comes to be When your hero falls soley the stars, and so does the reception of tomorrow Without my hero, theres only me alone, to deal with my sorrow Your heart ceases to work, and your soul is not happy at all What are you expected to do, when your only hero falls” ― Tupac Shakur
“I did not wanted to become the victim, so became the bully.” ― Tupac Shakur
“the evil the u are the brighter u will get” ― Tupac Shakur
“If you let a person talk long enough, you’ll hear their true intentions.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Father Forgive Us For Livin’ Why All My Homies Stuck In Prison? Barely Breathin’ Believin That The World Is A Prison, It’s Like A Ghetto We Could Neva Leave… A Broken Rose, Trying to Bloom Through The Cracks Of The Concrete, So Many Otha Things For Us To See, Things To Be, Our History so Full Of Tragedy And Misery, To All My Homies Neva Made It Home, The Dead Peers I Shed Tatooed Tears For When I’m Alone, Picture Us Inside A Ghetto Heaven, A Place To Rest, Findin’ Peace Through This Land Of Stress, In My Chest I Feel Pain, Come In Sudden Storms, Life Full Of Rain In This Game Watch For landstorms, Our Unborn, Neva Gotta Grow Neva Gotta See What’s Next, In This World Full Of Countless Threats, I Beg God To Make A Way For Our Ghetto Kids To Breathe Show A Sign Make Us All Believe, Coz I Ain’t Mad At Cha” ― Tupak Shakur
“I see the ground is the symbol for the poor people; the poor people is gonna open up this whole world and swallow up the rich people, ’cause the rich people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, you know what I’m saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so poor and hungry, you know what I’m saying? It’s gonna be like — there might be some cannibalism out this mother. They might eat the rich.” ― Tupac Shakur
“My inspiration for writing music is like Don McLean did when he did "American Pie" or "Vincent". Lorraine Hansberry with "A Raisin in the Sun". Like Shakespeare when he does his thing, like deep stories, raw human needs. I'm trying to think of a good analogy. It's like, you've got the Vietnam War, and because you had reporters showing us pictures of the war at home, that's what made the war end, or that shit would have lasted longer. If no one knew what was going on we would have thought they were just dying valiantly in some beautiful way. But because we saw the horror, that's what made us stop the war. So I thought, that's what I'm going to do as an artist, as a rapper. I'm gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they'll stop it quick. I've seen all of that-- the crack babies, what we had to go through, losing everything, being poor, and getting beat down. All of that. Being the person I am, I said no no no no. I'm changing this.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that’s bad, I’m going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I’m doing is right. So I feel like I’m going to heaven.” ― Tupac Shakur
“we wouldn't ask why a rose with damaged petals” ― 2pac shakur
“Moving on” ― Tupac Shakur
“You know it's funny when it rains it pours. They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.” ― 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 f**k on.” ― Tupac Shakur
“For every dark night there is a brighter day” ― Tupac Shakur
“Don't believe everything you hear. Real eyes, realize, real lies.” ― Tupac Shakur
“They ordered the extermination of all minds they couldn't control” ― Tupac Shakur
“This so called 'Home of the Brave' why isn't anybody Backing us up! When they c these crooked ass Redneck cops constantly Jacking us up” ― Tupac Shakur
“Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin” ― Tupac Shakur
“my life was lived through falling rain so call on me if there be pain” ― Tupac Shakur
“Dr Dre All Day” ― Tupac Shakur
“If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play” ― Tupac Shakur
“You ain't gotta be in jail to be doin' time.” ― Tupac Shakur
“War comes and goes but a soldier stays eternal” ― 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― Tupac Shakur
“If I had an ear 2 confide in I would cry among my treasured friends But who do u know that stops that long to help another carry on The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by than 2 stop and c what makes u cry” ― Tupac Shakur
“As long as some suffer The River Flows Forever As long as there is pain The River Flows Forever As strong as a smile can be The River will Flow Forever” ― Tupac Shakur
“Just because you lost me as a friend doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that , I still wanna see you eat , just not at my table.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Can one come 2 conclusions, Before the question is conceived?” ― Tupac Shakur
“Lord knows.” ― Tupac Shakur
“People tend 2 choke that which they do not understand” ― Tupac Shakur
“Real eyes, Realize, Real lies” ― Tupac Shakur
“Just because you lost me as a friend, doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Please wake me when I'm free I cannot bear captivity 4 I would rather be stricken blind Than 2 live without expression of mind” ― Tupac Shakur
“No one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble. Not knowing how hard it is to carry on when no one loves you.” ― Tupac Shakur
“A Love Unspoken What of a love unspoken? Is it weaker without a name? Does this love deserve 2 exist without a title because I dare not share its name Does that make me cruel and cold 2 deny the world of my salvation because I chose 2 let it grow people tend 2 choke that which they do not understand Why shouldn't I be weary and withold this love from MAN What of a love unspoken no one ever knows But this is a love that lasts and in secrecy it grows” ― Tupac Shakur
“where my culture I'm told holds no significance I'll wither and die in ignorance But my inner eye can c a race who reigned as kings in another place” ― Tupac Shakur
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” ― Tupac Shakur
“If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you saying, it don’t matter that you didn’t make them die, it just matters that you didn’t save them.” ― Tupac Shakur
“It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real” ― Tupac Shakur
“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete Proving nature's laws wrong it learned to walk without having feet Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams it learned to breathe fresh air Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared!” ― Tupac Shakur
“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.” ― Tupac Shakur
“And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up But please, you got to keep your head up” ― Tupac Shakur
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I guess change is good for any of us.” ― Tupac Shakur
“Celebrate life through the music through the spoken word through the splatter of colour on paper or wood or iron or canvas But celebrate your life Celebrate your ability to feel joy and sadness Celebrate your ability to feel! Only then will we be free to feel” ― Tupac Shakur
“The realest people don't have a lot of friends.” ― Tupac Shakur
“I'm going in2 this not knowing what I'll find but I've decided 2 follow my heart and abandon my mind and if there be pain I know that at least I gave my all and it is better 2 have loved and lost than 2 not love at all In the morning I may wake 2 smile or maybe 2 cry but first 2 those of my past I must say goodbye” ― Tupac Shakur
“If you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for.” ― Tupac Shakur
“THE SUN AND THE MOON "Your ways R similar 2 the rays of the sun Warm 2 many but 2 strong 4 some The more u R needed the brighter u shine Watched 4 2 long and your brilliance will blind The eyes of mortal men who threaten u with doom They regret 2 c u set but it is time 4 the moon.” ― Tupac Shakur
“FALLEN STAR "They could never understand what u set out 2 do instead they chose 2 ridicule u when u got weak They loved the sight of your dimming and flickering starlight How could they understand what was so intricate 2 be loved by so many, so intimate they wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse This way u could not alter the course of ignorance that they have set 2 make people forget what they have done for much 2 long 2 just forget and carry on I had loved u forever because of who u R And now I mourn our fallen star.” ― Tupac Shakur