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 SHAKURI have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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I live with truth.
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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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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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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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 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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We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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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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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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I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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I’m not a filmmaker. I’m not a music producer by choice.
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