Tupac Shakur Quotes - Page 8

I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal Trying 2 find peace of mind and still preserve my soul

My mother taught me three things, respect, knowledge-search for knowledge, it's an eternal journey. That's like my hair-cut, the line, 360 degrees, find knowledge always. And she taught me to not be quiet, if there's something on my mind speak it. But also to listen.

There ain't no place like paradise.

It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other

I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love.

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

Even a genius has his questions.

When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.

We probably in hell already, our dumb asses not knowing.

I believe in God. Whatever supposed to happen supposed to happen. But I can not live in a jail cell. That's why I don't rob people and stick up people.

I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me, He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

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.

My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My musi is spiritual. It's like Negro spiituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome.

Got shot 5 times but I'm still breathing... living proof there's a God if you need a reason.

I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS.

I'm tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent

I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.

Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?

Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching you English and then teaching you how to understand double talk-a politician's double talk-not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and German, when am I going to Germany? I can't even afford to pay my rent in America, how am I going to Germany?

Before we find world peace, we gotta find peace in the war on the streets.

Goin insane, never die, live eternal, who shall I fear?

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.

Can you picture my prophecy?

The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.