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 SHAKURI just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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That’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.
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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We need to read history from the source.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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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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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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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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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