We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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.
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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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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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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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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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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.
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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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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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We need to read history from the source.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 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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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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