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I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.

Afeni Shakur

I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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Choice Movie Music Myself Producer
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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Day Missing Myself Son Thankful
All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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Himself Myself Opportunity Story
We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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Angry Feeling Justice Recognition Satisfaction
The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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Criticism Oneself Son Time
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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Civil Culture History Movement Myself Right Yourself
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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Agreement Finding Myself Reading
Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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Death Himself Live Powerful
Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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Constant Himself Life Love Reading
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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College Impact Notice Oneself People Revolution Skill System Young
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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Art Available Children Lost Myself Right Son
Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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Himself Punishment Special Time Training
We need to read history from the source.
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History Need Reading Source
Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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Art Children Deep Home Save
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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Angry Burn Consume Justice Yourself
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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Bright Give Up Impact Light People Time

I 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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