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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.

Afeni Shakur

We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven’t already been.
AFENI SHAKUR

Angry Philosophy
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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College Impact Notice Oneself People Revolution Skill System Young
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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Flaw Himself Honesty Love People Work
We need to read history from the source.
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History Need Reading Source
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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Daughter Happiness Live Myself Secret
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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Different Father Fight Myself Rebel
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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Bright Give Up Impact Light People Time
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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Absence Death Myself People Presence Thinking
I live with truth.
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Live One Liner Truth
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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Art Creation Description Help Hope Maintain Myself
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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Believe Body Fans Myself Responsibility Work
I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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Action Enough Himself Respect Responsibility
I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
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Himself Myself Right Shame
I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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Feeling Home Myself Rest Wife
Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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Death Himself Live Powerful
The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don’t take responsibility for what you did wrong.
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Responsibility Worst Wrong Yourself

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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