People 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 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I live with truth.
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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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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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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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