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“Killing ain't fair, but somebody's got to do it.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, "Hit 'Em Up" (1996)

“The guns are turning away from Europe and Russia and Iran and Iraq and they're turning to us.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)

“I believe honestly that I can talk. I believe that I have the ability to reason, I have logic, I have compassion, I have understanding. If we talk there's no problem you know what I'm saying. But that's not what happened. People used what they heard in media and that's how they come at me, and then you know we got a clash.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

“Measure a man by his actions fully, through his whole life, from the beginning to the end.”

Tupac Shakur

Posthumous attributions, Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

“Best Of 2Pac Vol 1:Thug and Vol 2:Life”

Tupac Shakur

2007
Discography

“Accept no substitutes; I bring truth to the youth.”

Tupac Shakur

&quot;Holla If Ya Hear Me&quot; http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/2pac/hollaifyahearme.html (1993). <br class="br">1990s

“Now if we do wanna live the thug life and the gangsta' life and all that, OK, so stop being cowards and let's have a revolution. But we don't wanna do that, dudes just wanna live "character", they wanna be "cartoons", but if they really wanted to do something, they was that tuff, alright, let's start our own country, let's start a revolution, let's get outta' here, let's do something. But they don't wanna do that, they wanna pimp our communities and portray this image that they know we all can't survive and make, and that's what I saw.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)

“It's not just about you taking care of "your" child. It's about you taking care of these children.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)

“It's not going to stop until "we" stop it. And it's not just white man that's doing this to Brenda. It's not just white man that's keeping us trapped. It's "black."”

Tupac Shakur

And we have to find the new African in everybody... But before we can be African, we gotta be black first.
1990s, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)

“I have no patience for anybody that doubts me, none at all.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

“I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

“Keep ya head up. Do what you gotta do. And then, inside of you, I will be reborn.”

Tupac Shakur

Posthumous attributions, Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

“It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

“If your not cheering for me, for what I'm doing, don't cheer for me. Don't cheer cause you think I'm cute, you know what I'm saying, screw that. Cheer for me for what I'm doing, for what I stand for, and when I go to jail you should cheer louder.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

“First, I wanna say 'peace' to my mother. She's not here but I gotta give a 'peace out' to her because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my mother.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)

“America is the biggest gang in the world.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)

“And you can't go, "There's a hair in my Jell-O. I'd like to send this back. Can I see the cook, please?" The cook is a big dude named Bubba Joe.”

Tupac Shakur

Posthumous attributions, Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

“The Rose that Grew from Concrete”

Tupac Shakur

2000
Discography

“Remember, this country had a man named J. Edgar Hoover, whose job it was to destroy the credibility of any black man coming up.”

Tupac Shakur

Posthumous attributions, Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

“On the whole, I don't have any friends. Friends come and go; I've lost my trust factor. I believe I have people who think they're my friend. And I believe that there are people probably in their heart who are friends toward me or are friends to me. But they're not my friends, because what I learned is that fear is stronger than love.”

Tupac Shakur

1990s, Vibe magazine interview (June 1996)