Tupac Shakur quotes

„In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.“

—  Tupac Shakur

„During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams“

—  Tupac Shakur

„Only God Can Judge Me
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my
life“

—  Tupac Shakur

„No matter what these people say about me, my music does not glorify any image, my music is spiritual if you listen to it. It's all about emotion, it's all about life.“

—  Tupac Shakur

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)

„Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.“

—  Tupac Shakur

Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996

„Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.
I find it difficult to carry on.
If I had an ear to confide in,
I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,
to help another carry on.
The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.
Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.
And sometimes…
I Cry
and no one cares about why.“

—  Tupac Shakur

„Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.“

—  Tupac Shakur

Variant: Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

„Some people say I was a thug and a gangster; other people remember me as a poet and a born leader. But I'm saying to you, measure a man by his actions fully, through his whole life, from the beginning to the end.“

—  Tupac Shakur

Posthumous attributions, Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

„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

„The only way I've been practicing my whole life, to live my life is to be responsible for what I do. I don't know how to be responsible for what every black male did, I don't know. And yes, I am gonna say that I'm a thug, that's because I came from the gutter and I'm still here! I'm not saying I'm a thug because I wanna rob you or rape people and things. I'm a business man, I mean, you know I'm a business man because you find me at my places of business.“

—  Tupac Shakur

1990s, Interview outside courthouse (1994)

„Pac's Life (2006)“

—  Tupac Shakur

Discography

„I made a metamorphose, I'm a new person today, because I used to strongly and honestly, honestly! I feel like I can represent my generation so much because I honestly did not care whether I lived or died. But now I can not die, with people thinking I'm a rapist or a criminal, I can not leave until this shit is straight, you know I'm not suicidal. I can't go until ya'll really know what time it is. And then after that, BOOM!, It's all over and we can see how this shit fall, but that's how it is, and the reason being is because if I can't live free, if I can't live with the same respect as the next man, I don't wanna be here, because god has cursed me to see what life should be like, If God wanted me to be this person and be happy here, he wouldn't let me feel so oppressed, he wouldn't let me feel so trampled on, you know what I'm saying, he wouldn't let me think the things I think. So I feel I'm doing Gods work, you know what I'm saying just because I don't have nothing to pass around for people to put money in a bucket don't mean I ain't doing God's work.“

—  Tupac Shakur

1990s, Ed Gordon interview (1994)

„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)

„Measure a man by his actions fully, from the beginning to the end. 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.“

—  Tupac Shakur

1990s, Prison interviews and interrogations (1995)