I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
AFENI SHAKURI learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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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 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 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 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 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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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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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 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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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 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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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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