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.
AFENI SHAKURAll we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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 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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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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I live with truth.
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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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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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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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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 learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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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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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