“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 you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
DeathAll Quotes by Tupac Shakur
“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
Good“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”
Death“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“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
Time“I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.”
Business“With all my fans I got a family again.”
Family“America wants its respect.”
Respect“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
Business“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“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”
Respect“In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.”
Time“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“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“It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.”
Time“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
God“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“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“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
Dreams