All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
AFENI SHAKURI live with truth.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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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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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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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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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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 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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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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When I carried Tupac, when I was five months pregnant they put me back in jail, my bail was revoked. When my bail was revoked, I was not allowed to have my own food.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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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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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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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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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