Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on 16 June 1971 in New York City. His father’s name was Billy Garland, and his mother’s name was Afeni Shakur. Both were members of the Black Panther Party. For this reason, many criminal charges were also imposed on them. A month before Tupac was born, his mother had been acquitted of 150 separate charges. Tupac’s childhood was spent among people involved in many criminal cases. In 1990, he collaborated with the hip-hop group Digital Underground. In late 1991 he released his solo album ‘2 Paclips Now’. Which was based on many important issues such as racism, poverty, violence, and teenage pregnancy. But due to raising his voice on these controversial issues, where many of his loyal fans became, he also had to face the hatred of many people. Presenting the most famous 135 Tupac Shakur Quotes that are full of creativity and intelligence about life, love, loyalty, and people.
Tupac Shakur Quotes
“Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.”
– Tupac Shakur
- “I don’t have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Don’t change on me. Don’t extort me unless you intend to do it forever.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Everybody’s at war with different things. I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If you can make it through the night, there’s a brighter day.” – Tupac Shakur
- “During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.” – Tupac Shakur
- “We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other.” – Tupac Shakur
- “The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can see and feel.” – Tupac Shakur
- “When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.” – Tupac Shakur
- “We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Do everything you can to make it around the system, over the system, or out the system.” – Tupac Shakur
- “All I’m trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.” – Tupac Shakur
- “My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’” – Tupac Shakur
- “I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn for affection” – Tupac Shakur
- “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” – Tupac Shakur
- “This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.” – Tupac Shakur
- “One thing we all adore, something worth dying for, nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searchin’ for fortune and fame.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.” – Tupac Shakur
- “The only time I have problems is when I sleep.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn’t mean you can’t grow.” – Tupac Shakur
- “When I was a little baby, I remember that one moment of calm-peace, and 3 minutes after that, it was on.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’m not saying girls are perfect cause we all know that’s not true. But why be unfaithful to her if she was true to you?” – Tupac Shakur
- “I hate the man in the mirror ’cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Pay no mind to those who talk behind your back, it simply means that you are 2 steps ahead.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I would rather be stricken blind, than to live without expression of mind.” – Tupac Shakur
- “You know nothing can stop me but loss of breath and I’m still breathing so it’s still on.” – Tupac Shakur
- “People die but legends live forever.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I don’t want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do, I say what’s on my mind.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I am a society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him.” – Tupac Shakur
- “That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don’t see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. and handle it.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that’s bad, I’m going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I’m doing is right. So I feel like I’m going to heaven”. – Tupac Shakur
- “Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers.” – Tupac Shakur, Changes
- “Ain’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s place.” – Tupac Shakur, Hail Mary
- “It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other.” – Tupac Shakur, Changes
- “For a woman it ain’t easy tryin’ to raise a man.” – Tupac Shakur, Dear Mama
- “Time to heal our women, be real to our women.” – Tupac Shakur, Keep Ya Head Up
- “Everything will be alright if you hold on
- It’s a struggle every day, gotta roll on.” – Tupac Shakur, Dear Mama
- “I know you’re fed up, ladies, but keep ya head up.” – Tupac Shakur, Keep Ya Head Up
- “You gotta learn to hold your own.” – Tupac Shakur, Changes
- “Sometimes life can be a heavy load.” – Tupac Shakur, Hail Mary
- “There’s no way I can pay you back, but the plan Is to show you that I understand: you are appreciated.” – Tupac Shakur, Dear mama
- “Look to my future, ‘cause my past is all behind me.” – Tupac Shakur, Only God Can Judge Me
- “Recollect your thoughts, don’t get caught up in the mix.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Always do your best, don’t let the pressure make you panic.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Don’t think I don’t see you haters, I know y’all in disguise.” – Tupac Shakur
“Be grateful for blessings.”
– Tupac Shakur
- “Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?” – Tupac Shakur
- “Can’t close my eyes cause all I see is terror. I hate the man in the mirror cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer.” – Tupac Shakur
- “There’s nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.” – Tupac Shakur
- “We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.” – Tupac Shakur
- “The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.” – Tupac Shakur
- “You can never “just be friends” with someone you fall in love with.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Even warriors put their spears down on Sundays.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Don’t leave this world without giving it your all.” – Tupac Shakur
- “A woman brought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.”– Tupac Shakur
- “Life is a wheel of fortune and it’s my turn to spin it.” – Tupac Shakur
- “A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Ain’t a woman alive that could take my mama’s place.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.” – Tupac Shakur
- “So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up…. and handle it.” – Tupac Shakur
- “They have money for war but can’t feed the poor.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Many dreams are what we had and plenty wishes.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If they take half the buildings that they use to praise God and give it to the m#therf#ckers who need God we’d be ‘aight.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I did not wanted to become the victim, so became the bully.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Everytime I speak, I want the truth to come out. Everytime I speak I want a shiver.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.” – Tupac Shakur
- “It don’t stop ’til the casket drop.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Watch for phonies, keep your enemies close, watch your homies.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end, no matter how hard we fight.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Don’t believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies.” – Tupac Shakur
- “What people do for the struggle of power is madness.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’m a reflection of the community.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Even the genius ask questions.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That’s bad.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?”― Tupac Shakur
- “Only God can judge me.” – Tupac Shakur
- “It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.” – Tupac Shakur
- As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal.”― Tupac Shakur
- “My life was lived through falling rain, so call on me if there be pain.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’ll probably be punished for hard living.” – Tupac Shakur
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- “No one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble. Not knowing how hard it is to carry on when no one loves you.” – Tupac Shakur
- “There’s no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
- I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots.”― Tupac Shakur
- “And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.”― Tupac Shakur
- “If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.” – Tupac Shakur
- “For quiet times disappear listen to the ocean.”― Tupac Shakur
- “Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’m doing this for the kid who truly leads a ‘thug life’ and thinks it’s HOPELESS.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.” – Tupac Shakur
- “In my death, people will understand what I was talking about.” – Tupac Shakur
- “To all the seeds that follow me protect your essence, Born with less, but you still precious.” – Tupac Shakur
- “To me, I am the hardest Nigg@ out there cause I am real I cry when I need to but I am real.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it’s worth millions.” – Tupac Shakur
- “The Only Thing That Comes to A Sleeping Man is Dreams.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Stop killing each other – let’s just smoke a blunt.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure. And if you fall, stand tall and come back for more.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I’d rather die like a man than live like a coward.” – Tupac Shakur
- “With all my fans I got a family again.” – Tupac Shakur
“Things will never be the same, that’s just the way it is.”
– Tupac Shakur
- “Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.”― Tupac Shakur
- “Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Always falling too deep in a relationship, always end up being the one that’s hurt the most.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Whatever it takes to switch places with the bustas on top.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I came to California to escape the violence, to escape New York.” –
- Tupac Shakur
- “I want to learn from my mistakes.” – Tupac Shakur
- “I got a big mouth, I can’t help it. I talk from my heart, I’m real.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Don’t live to fight, fight to live.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Fear no man but only God.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If you let a person talk long enough, you’ll hear their true intentions.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Everybody that said I wasn’t nothing… my whole goal is to just make them ashamed that they wrote me off like that.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If you grew up happy, too happy […] I don’t think that prepares you for the world.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don’t want it if that easy.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?” – Tupac Shakur
- “No one knows my struggle they only see the trouble.” – Tupac Shakur
- “The fake get in where they fit in, the real stand strong where they belong.” – Tupac Shakur
- “We was young and we was dumb but we had heart.” – Tupac Shakur
- “Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up and when he tells you You ain’t nothing, don’t believe him.” – Tupac Shakur
- “It’s a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If you could walk a mile in my shoes, you’d be crazy too.” – Tupac Shakur
- “If I was white I would have been like John Wayne… I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play.” – Tupac Shakur
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