Tupac shakur quotes

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.

Even the genius ask questions.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got.

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.

June 16, 1971, mama gave birth to a Hell rasing heavenly son.

Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die.

Play the game, never let the game play you.

I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family.

If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.

Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing.

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.

Since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women. I wonder why we take from women, why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think its time we killed for our women, be real to our women, try to heal our women, cus if we dont we'll have a race of babies that will hate the ladies, who make the babies. And since a man can't make one he has no right to tell a women when and where to create one

Follow the rules or follow the fools.

We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?

I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem, it's not my fault, I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody. So I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.

No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you.

I'm not saying I'm going to rule the world, I'm going to change the world. But I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job. It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one, but let's not be selfish. And because we['re] not going to change the world, not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it. But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's going to clean it up!

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.

Study your lessons, don't settle for less.

In my death, people will understand what I was talking about.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

I'm not saying girls are perfect, because we all know that's not true. But why be unfaithful to her if she was true to you.

You either ride with us, or collide with us.

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

I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real

Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it.

Don't live to fight, fight to live.

I finally understand / for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it / There's no way I can pay you back / But the plan is to show you that I understand / You are appreciated

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but it's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were mortal men like us and everyone of us can be like them. I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do. I say what's on my mind.

Maybe in time you'll understand only God can save us.

You gotta keep ur head up even when the road is hard never give up.

A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul

When I say ' thug' I mean not a criminal, someone who beats you over the head, I mean the underdog. You could have two people- one person has everything he needs to succeed and one person has nothing. If the person who has nothing succeeds, he's a thug. Cuz he overcame all the obstacles.

Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter.

I know what good morals are, but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If you're in hell, how can you live like an angel? You're surrounded by devils,trying to be an angel? That's like suicide.

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

For every single dark night there is a brighter day.

Keep your head up, Legs closed, Eyes open.

It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.

They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.

Heaven ain't hard to find; all you gotta do is look.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.

God come save the youth, Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you, Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope you understand Forgive me for my mistakes, I gotta play my hand.

A woman bought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one.

Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers are worth a million.

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

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

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY ME?

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

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.

The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone

Cry later, but for now, let's enjoy the laughter.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.

There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education-a real sex education class-not just pictures and diaphragms and 'un-logical' terms and things like that.....there should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not, there are classes on gym, physical education, let's learn volleyball.

fear no man but only God

Take ones adversity Learn from their misfortune Learn from their pain Believe in something Believe in yourself Turn adversity into ambition Now blossom into wealth

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

Real eyes, realize, real lies.

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

If you don't know me, don't judge me.

Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.

It's hard to care when no one loves you.

I truly believe I've been blessed by God, and God walks with me

Once people take time to find out who I really am you'd be surprised

Tomorrow comes after the dark

Don't leave this world without giving it your all.

Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty, been drinking liquor out of Mama's titty.

If you're not dark inside and you come to this world, it'l turn you dark... and if you really have Sunshine inside you, it's not good to play in the dark. It's just gonna extinguish your fire.

Life give to you what you gave to it. So give your best.

All the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I'm living just to die.

Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear.

Look at those words, 'role' and 'model.' Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that's fake. I'm real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I party

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

I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle, I make mistakes but learn from every one, And when it's said and done, I bet this brother be a better one, If I upset you don't stress, Never forget, that God isn't finished with me yet

You have to work from one point to go to another. So I admire work ethic, I think it should be reinforced through our neighborhoods, that everybody should work hard, practice makes perfect, you have to be diligent with what you want, you have to apply yourself, you have to motivate your self. You have to do for self by yourself, and then you can do things for other people. That's what I had to do, I had to do for self.

I have no patience for anybody who doubts me, none at all.

Though things change, the future's still inside of me.

But tomorrow I see a change, a chance to build anew, built on Spirit, intent of heart, and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong ideas of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.

If I upset you, don't stress. Never forget That God isn't finished with me yet. I feel His hand on my brain... When I write rhymes, I go blind and let the Lord do His thang.

How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.

Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople billion dollars and then there’s people starving. There’s no way! There’s no way that these people should own planes and there people don’t have houses. Apartments. Shacks. Drawers. Pants! I know you’re rich. I know you got 40 billion dollars, but can you just keep it to one house? You only need ONE house. And if you only got two kids, can you just keep it to two rooms? I mean why have 52 rooms and you know there’s somebody with no room?! It just don’t make sense to me. It don’t.

No matter how hard it gets, keep your chest out, keep your head up and handle it.

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

strength is overcome by weakness/Joy is overcome by Pain/The night is overcome by Brightness/and Love-it remains the same.

Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall

God, When I was alone, and had nothing, I asked for a friend to help me bear the pain, No one came, except God, When I needed a breath to rise, from my sleep, No one could help me.. except God, When all I saw was sadness, and I needed answers, No one heard me, except God, So when I'm asked.. who I give my unconditional love to? I look for no other name, except God

Can’t sleep ‘cause all the dirt make my heart hurt

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I'm supposed to be.

There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. Remember that.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it

Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.

My only fear of death is reincarnation

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.

I thought I had friends but in the end n*iggaz dies lonely.

Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.

Break the chains in our brains that make us fear.

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight.

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.

Don't look back unless it's a good view.

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.

Forgive, but don't forget

My aim is to spread more smiles than tears.

The trick is to never lose hope!

Things change that's the way it is.

You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies.

I feel that what was done in the dark will come to light. There are secrets everybody's gonna find out about.

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

Fear is stronger than love

Feel me now, picture my pain, embrace my words, make the world change.