52 Quotes & Sayings By Tupac Shakur

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. Tupac Shakur

There's gon' be some stuff you gon' seethat'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. Tupac Shakur

I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. Tupac Shakur

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real. Tupac Shakur

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 Tupac Shakur

I don't understand how people canstand next to you one year, and next year, they cannot. They're going crazy, screaming. They can't take it that you're there. But last year I was in the same club, walking around, lonely like a motherfucker. Couldn't get a date or a dance. I was too skinny, too something, and now, "He's just adorable. He's just, oh! Tupac Shakur

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared. Tupac Shakur

If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you saying, it don’t matter that you didn’t make them die, it just matters that you didn’t save them. Tupac Shakur

My life was lived through falling rainso call on me if there be pain Tupac Shakur

As long as some suffer The River Flows ForeverAs long as there is pain The River Flows ForeverAs strong as a smile can be The River will Flow Forever Tupac Shakur

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

My inspiration for writing music is like Don McLean did when he did "American Pie" or "Vincent". Lorraine Hansberry with "A Raisin in the Sun". Like Shakespeare when he does his thing, like deep stories, raw human needs. I'm trying to think of a good analogy. It's like, you've got the Vietnam War, and because you had reporters showing us pictures of the war at home, that's what made the war end, or that shit would have lasted longer. If no one knew what was going on we would have thought they were just dying valiantly in some beautiful way. But because we saw the horror, that's what made us stop the war. So I thought, that's what I'm going to do as an artist, as a rapper. I'm gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they'll stop it quick. I've seen all of that-- the crack babies, what we had to go through, losing everything, being poor, and getting beat down. All of that. Being the person I am, I said no no no no. I'm changing this. . Tupac Shakur

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. Tupac Shakur

They ordered the exterminationof all minds they couldn't control Tupac Shakur

Where There is a willthere is a willto search and discover a better day Where a positive heartis all you needto rise beyondand succeed Where young minds grow and respect each other based on their deedsand not their colorwhen times are dimsay as I say" Where there's a willthere's a way! Tupac Shakur

I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear. Tupac Shakur

Can one come 2 conclusions, Before the question is conceived? Tupac Shakur

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

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walkwithout having feet Tupac Shakur

The only time I have problems is when I sleep. Tupac Shakur

This so called 'Home of the Brave'why isn't anybody Backing us up! When they c these crooked ass Redneck copsconstantly Jacking us up Tupac Shakur

If I had an ear 2 confide in I would cry among my treasured friends But who do u know that stops that longto help another carry on The world moves fast and it would rather pass u bythan 2 stop and c what makes u cry Tupac Shakur

No one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble. Not knowing how hard it is to carry on when no one loves you. Tupac Shakur

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on. Tupac Shakur

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

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. Tupac Shakur

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

America wants its respect. Tupac Shakur

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. Tupac Shakur

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams. Tupac Shakur

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

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East. Tupac Shakur

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

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

With all my fans I got a family again. Tupac Shakur

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down. Tupac Shakur

In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time. Tupac Shakur

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. Tupac Shakur