“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'”
Best
“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
GodAll Quotes by Tupac Shakur
“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“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”
Respect“With all my fans I got a family again.”
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“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
Good“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“Thug Life to me is dead.”
Life“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“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“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“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
Business“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”
Death“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
Time“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
Change“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
Dreams“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“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
Death