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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.

Afeni Shakur

I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the depth of his humanity.
AFENI SHAKUR

Art Deep Honest Humanity Myself Person Son
Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Art Children Deep Home Save
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
I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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Money Myself Son
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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College Impact Notice Oneself People Revolution Skill System Young
I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.
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Day Missing Myself Son Thankful
Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
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Angry Burn Consume Justice Yourself
I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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Goodness Grateful Mom Myself Son
That’s what people are who have that impact on us. They are ahead of their time. They can’t help it. They get put into a small, frail body, and they are given a light that is much too bright for that cavity.
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Bright Give Up Impact Light People Time
The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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Archive Job Material Myself Son
When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food. I could only have what was there.
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Carry Food Myself Pregnant Prison
I wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
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Art Available Children Lost Myself Right Son
The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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Criticism Oneself Son Time
That’s what Tupac and I got from my dad – the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for being different.
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Different Father Fight Myself Rebel
I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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Choice Movie Music Myself Producer
All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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Himself Myself Opportunity Story

Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.

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