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.
AFENI SHAKURWhen I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
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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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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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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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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 just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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 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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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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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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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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