I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
AFENI SHAKUREverything 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
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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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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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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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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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We need to read history from the source.
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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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.
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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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 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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I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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I 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.
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