– Tupac ShakurĮvery time I speak, I want the truth to come out. I don’t see why everybody feels as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life. Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it. 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 The world moves fast and it would rather pass by than stop and see what makes you cry. Should I just stop trying and give up? But then, that’s exactly what they’re waiting for me to do. Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s the authority that I respect. We probably in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin’, everybody kissin’ ass to go to heaven ain’t goin’. So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. And they tend to be violent because our world tends to be filled with violence.Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit. “What we're doing is using our brain to get out of the ghetto. I think everybody shines in different things.” - Interview on the set of Gang Related (August 27, 1996) “I can't explain why I shine and no one else shines. “The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even then my music will live forever.” - prison interview, 1995 Don't take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I'm about, because you know better than that.” - prison interview, 1995 “Measure a man by his actions fully, from the beginning to the end. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear.” - prison interview, 1995 “Fear is stronger than love, remember that. “I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.” - Ed Gordon Interview, 1994 “It's like a battle, trying to find the right words to say at the right time.” - Ed Gordon Interview, 1994 Tupac gave several insightful interviews about his situation, as well as the state of society. “Don’t settle for less, even a genius asks questions/ Be grateful for blessings/ Don’t ever change, keep your essence.” - “ Me Against the World” “You know what my mama used to tell me/ ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for/… then you best find something to die for.” - “ Something 2 Die 4” “Driven by ambitions, desire higher positions/ So I proceed to make Gs eternally/ And my mission is to be more than just a rap musician/ The elevation of today’s generation, If I could make ‘em listen.” - “ Unconditional Love” “But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other/ We gotta start makin' changes/ Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers/ And that's how it's supposed to be.” - “ Changes” “Long live the rose that grew from concrete/ when no one else ever cared.” - “ The Rose That Grew From Concrete” “Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that./ So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep your head up and handle it.” - “ In My Heart” “You know it's funny, when it rains it pours/ They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.“ - “ Keep Ya Head Up” “Accept no substitutes / I bring truth to the youth.” - “ Holla If Ya Hear Me” While he is best remembered as a rapper, Tupac Shakur was also a poet whose words could reflect both the harshness and beauty of society.
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