Tupac Shakur
Look at those words, 'role' and 'model.' Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that's fake. I'm real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I partyCollection: Real
Once people take time to find out who I really am you'd be surprisedCollection: People
Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got.Collection: Inspirational
Forgive, but don't forgetCollection: Forgiving
Though things change, the future's still inside of me.Collection: Things Change
The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.Collection: True Friend
Even the genius ask questions.Collection: Rapper
For every single dark night there is a brighter day.Collection: Tattoo
Things change that's the way it is.Collection: Real
Can’t sleep ‘cause all the dirt make my heart hurtCollection: Hurt
Keep your head up, Legs closed, Eyes open.Collection: Eye
If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.Collection: Doe
But tomorrow I see a change, a chance to build anew, built on Spirit, intent of heart, and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong ideas of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.Collection: Dream
Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it.Collection: Rapper
I'm not saying I'm going to rule the world, I'm going to change the world. But I guarantee I will spark the brain that will change the world. And that's our job. It's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the one, but let's not be selfish. And because we['re] not going to change the world, not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it. But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody's going to clean it up!Collection: Jobs
We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?Collection: Selfish
In my death, people will understand what I was talking about.Collection: Rapper
Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter.Collection: Rapper
Everyday there's more death, and plus I'm doughless. I'm seeing more reasons for me to proceed with thieving.Collection: Order
Don't support the phonies, SUPPORT THE REALCollection: Real
It aint about black or white cause we`re humanCollection: White
I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man.Collection: Men
Heart of a solider with a brain to teach your whole nation.Collection: Heart
It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.Collection: Thinking
I'm gonna tie you up, blind fold you, and we gonna play which hole feel the best.Collection: Play
Time to heal our women, be real to our women. And if we don't, then we'll have a race of babies, that hate the ladies that make the babies.Collection: Baby
I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere, I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with...Every time I had to go to a new apartment, I had to reinvent myself, myself. People think just because you born in the ghetto you gonna fit in. A little twist in your life and you don't fit in no matter what. If they push you out of the hood and the White people's world, that's criminal...Hell, I felt like my could be destroyed at any moment.Collection: Growing Up
Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks.Collection: Dirty
When you were born the world was smiling, and you cry, because living a life so that you are dying smiled, cried and the world.Collection: Dying
Suge is the boss of Death Row, the don, you understand? But im the underboss, the capo. That's my job to what's best for Death RowCollection: Jobs
When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of timeCollection: Song
Picture me inside the misery of poverty, no man alive has ever witnessed struggles ive survived, praying hard for better days promised to hold on me and my dogs aint have a choice but to hold on.Collection: Dog
Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded. God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous.Collection: Rapper
I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.Collection: Giving Up
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts.Collection: Rap
I don't bang for the color or the land. I bang for the principles and for the honor. I'm bangin' for the Westside- this is in my heart, this is how I feel.Collection: Heart
I see myself as real. Like I mean if I was the President I would have a responsibility, because people put me there. Nobody put me here. They just buy my records. They wouldn't buy my records if my records wasn't good. I'm being who i am in the record.Collection: Real
Before we find world peace, we gotta find peace in the war on the streets.Collection: War
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy.Collection: Revenge
I put the pistol by my head, and say a prayer. I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?Collection: Prayer
Goin insane, never die, live eternal, who shall I fear?Collection: Rapper
If I could patent 'being real', I think I could own that.Collection: Real
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.Collection: Dream
My mother taught me three things, respect, knowledge-search for knowledge, it's an eternal journey. That's like my hair-cut, the line, 360 degrees, find knowledge always. And she taught me to not be quiet, if there's something on my mind speak it. But also to listen.Collection: Mother
I'm tired of being a nice guy, I've been poor all my life, but don't know quite why.Collection: Nice
Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching you English and then teaching you how to understand double talk-a politician's double talk-not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and German, when am I going to Germany? I can't even afford to pay my rent in America, how am I going to Germany?Collection: Teaching
I am 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.Collection: Children
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.Collection: Who I Am