I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURI have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKURArts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
AFENI SHAKURI believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
AFENI SHAKURAnger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that?
AFENI SHAKURNelson 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.
AFENI SHAKURI just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
AFENI SHAKURI have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
AFENI SHAKURWhatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
AFENI SHAKURRevolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
AFENI SHAKURThat’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AFENI SHAKURWhen I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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.
AFENI SHAKURAll we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
AFENI SHAKURI wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.
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