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.
AFENI SHAKURThe Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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 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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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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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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People can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.
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Arts can save children, no matter what’s going on in their homes.
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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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I live with truth.
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