“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
“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”
GoodAll Quotes by Tupac Shakur
“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“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
Dreams“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“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
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“In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.”
Time“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.”
Dreams“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
Death“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“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
God“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
Change“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“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“With all my fans I got a family again.”
Family“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”
Respect“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”
Death