We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
AFENI SHAKURWe cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
AFENI SHAKURI learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
AFENI SHAKURAnger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
AFENI SHAKURWhen I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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.
AFENI SHAKURI have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
AFENI SHAKURI might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
AFENI SHAKURThe critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
AFENI SHAKURBlack history won’t stop no bullets.
AFENI SHAKURPeople can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.
AFENI SHAKURAll we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
AFENI SHAKURWe must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
AFENI SHAKURI have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURI’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
AFENI SHAKURI’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
AFENI SHAKURThat’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.
AFENI SHAKURWe need to read history from the source.
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