I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
AFENI SHAKURThe worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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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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Please remember that my great grandmother was a slave. My grandmother was a sharecropper. My mother was a factory worker.
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We need to read history from the source.
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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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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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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 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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