When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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.
AFENI SHAKURBlack history won’t stop no bullets.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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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 have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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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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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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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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The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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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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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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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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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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The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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