“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
Good
“If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.”
FamilyAll Quotes by Tupac Shakur
“It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.”
Time“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.”
Dreams“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
Business“I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me I was raised in this society.”
Society“Thug Life to me is dead.”
Life“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”
Respect“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
Time“With all my fans I got a family again.”
Family“I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.”
Life“In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.”
Time“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'”
Best“If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.”
Family“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.”
Change“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
Dreams“Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.”
Music“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
Change“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
God“America wants its respect.”
Respect“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.”
Life