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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.

Afeni Shakur

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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Life Love Myself Prayer Song Way Willing
The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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Archive Job Material Myself Son
Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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Constant Himself Life Love Reading
Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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Black History Stop Weapon
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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Better Myself Thinking Wake Up
Nelson 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.
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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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Goodness Grateful Mom Myself Son
All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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Himself Myself Opportunity Story
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 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
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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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When 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.
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I live with truth.
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I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
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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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