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For me, revolution is around young people with no skills, college education, and coming from everywhere having an economic impact on an entire system which no one notices.

Afeni Shakur

I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don’t live behind secrets, we don’t live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
AFENI SHAKUR

Daughter Happiness Live Myself Secret
Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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Artist Himself Revolution Worth Young
Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Art Children Deep Home Save
I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.
AFENI SHAKUR

Angry Better Life Myself Need Place Time
I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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Himself Myself Right Shame
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.
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Civil Culture History Movement Myself Right Yourself
That’s just the way life is. We have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to pay the price for what’s right – and for what we do wrong. That’s one of the things that I love about my son. My son was always willing to take his weight.
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Life Love Myself Prayer Song Way Willing
I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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Feeling Home Myself Rest Wife
I just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
AFENI SHAKUR

Addiction Myself Need Obsession Work
Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
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Contribution Country Help Measurement Myself People Work
The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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Responsibility Worst Wrong Yourself
Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
AFENI SHAKUR

Angry Burn Consume Justice Yourself
Everything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such love for his work and his people.
AFENI SHAKUR

Flaw Himself Honesty Love People Work
Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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Himself Punishment Special Time Training
That’s what art is for me. It helps you maintain hope by giving you the ability to either create outside your reality, or to describe your reality.
AFENI SHAKUR

Art Creation Description Help Hope Maintain Myself
I live with truth.
AFENI SHAKUR

Live One Liner Truth

For me, revolution is around young people with no skills, college education, and coming from everywhere having an economic impact on an entire system which no one notices.

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