I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that’s ok.
AFENI SHAKUREven after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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 live with truth.
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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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Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.
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I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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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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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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Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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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 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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We need to read history from the source.
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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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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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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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