I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
AFENI SHAKURPeople can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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 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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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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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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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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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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