“I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”
Tupac Shakur“I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society.”
Tupac Shakur“What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made.”
Tupac Shakur“Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
Tupac Shakur“It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave.”
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“It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.”
Tupac Shakur“Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.”
Tupac Shakur