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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.

Afeni Shakur

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
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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I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
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Absence Death Myself People Presence Thinking
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
The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
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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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Angry Burn Consume Justice Yourself
I think what it was is that Tupac was extremely passionate, very honest and raw in his approach to communicating. He understood communicating. And I think he just did it from a deep place within.
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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.
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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.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.
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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.
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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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