“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”
Respect
“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
“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
Business“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
God“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“In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.”
Time“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“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
Time“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”
Death“America wants its respect.”
Respect“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“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
Death“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'”
Best“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“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“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“With all my fans I got a family again.”
Family“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“Thug Life to me is dead.”
Life