Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.
AFENI SHAKUREven after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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I read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things.
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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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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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I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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I live with truth.
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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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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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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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