All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
AFENI SHAKUR
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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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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 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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I wasn’t available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would’ve been lost.
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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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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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