Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

23 quotes

Tupac Shakur, an American rapper and actor, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. Whether reflecting on Life or Time, Tupac Shakur brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 30 quotes from Tupac Shakur, each offering a different angle on Life, Time, Respect, Music, and God. Among their most shared lines: "I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life."

“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.”

— Tupac Shakur

Dreams

All Quotes by Tupac Shakur

“In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.”

— Tupac Shakur

Time

“All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.”

— Tupac Shakur

Good

“I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.”

— Tupac Shakur

Life

“There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”

— Tupac Shakur

Business

“Thug Life to me is dead.”

— Tupac Shakur

Life

“I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.”

— Tupac Shakur

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.”

— Tupac Shakur

Family

“America wants its respect.”

— Tupac Shakur

Respect

“I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”

— Tupac Shakur

Death

“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.”

— Tupac Shakur

Life

“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”

— Tupac Shakur

Change

“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'”

— Tupac Shakur

Best

“The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”

— Tupac Shakur

Time

“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.”

— Tupac Shakur

Dreams

“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”

— Tupac Shakur

Dreams

“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.”

— Tupac Shakur

Change

“With all my fans I got a family again.”

— Tupac Shakur

Family

“It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”

— Tupac Shakur

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.”

— Tupac Shakur

Music

“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”

— Tupac Shakur

Death