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.
AFENI SHAKURI 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.
More Afeni Shakur Quotes
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Black history won’t stop no bullets.
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I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.
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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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All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.
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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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Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.
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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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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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The critics never ever one time fairly criticized my son.
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We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
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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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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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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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