Tupac Amaru Shakur, better known by his stage name 2Pac and by his alias Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential rappers of all time.
The star musician was born on June 16, 1971, and he was the son of a former Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur who hailed from Harlem, New York. He was better known to his fans as Tupac or 2Pac.
All Eyez On Me and his Greatest Hits are among the best-selling albums in the US. TUPAC sold more than 75 million records, and that consistently tops the polls as one of the greatest of all time.
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He became embroiled in the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop feud, involving New York’s Bad Boy Records and the Los Angeles-based Death Row Records.
How did Tupac Die?
On the night of September 7, 1996, Tupac was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas as he headed to a gig at Club 662.
Death Row Records boss Suge Knight was driving the car and 2Pac was a front-seat passenger as they led a convoy of cars.
A shooter in a white Cadillac, which pulled up on the right-hand passenger side of Tupac’s BMW at traffic lights, opened fire at 11:15 pm.
The star was hit four times – in the chest, arm, and thigh then died six days later.
Hours earlier Tupac and his entourage had watched boxer Mike Tyson fight Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand casino.
Afterward in the lobby, Tupac and his crew – some of whom were associated with the LA gang The Bloods – attacked Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson after 2Pac threw the first punch.
Compton-based Anderson was reportedly a rival Crips gang member who previously robbed a medallion from one of 2Pac’s entourage.
Are you in search of Tupac’s quotes, we have compiled 80 of his best quotes about life and love. Read on.
Best Tupac Quotes About Life
1. “Never surrender, it’s all about the faith you got; don’t ever stop, just push it ‘till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fail.”
2. “It’s a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.”
3. “I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.”
4. “My mama always used to tell me: ‘if you can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.’”
5. “If God wanted me to be quiet, he would’ve never showed me what he does.”
6. “I’ll probably be punished for hard living.”
7. “I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m saying what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.”
8. “I don’t have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.”
9. “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.”
10. “There’s nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
11. “In my mind, I’m a blind man doing’ time.”
12. “With all my fans I got a family again.”
13. “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.”
14. “Of course I’m going to say “I’m a thug,” that’s because I came from the gutter and I’m still here!”
15. “I’ve been shot five times but I’m still breathing, living proof there is a God if you need a reason.”
16. “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.”
17. “If we really are saying that rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you are saying, it doesn’t matter that you didn’t make them die. It just matters that you didn’t save them.”
18. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.”
19. “That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don’t see why everybody feels as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life.”
20. “Forgive but don’t forget, the girl keeps 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.”
21. “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 more real.”
22. “Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love. All that love I gave didn’t mean nothing when it came to fear.”
23. “One day I’m gonna bust, blow up on this society. Why did you lie to me? I couldn’t find a trace of equality.”
24. “I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought ‘thug life’ to America. I didn’t create ‘thug life;’ I diagnosed it.”
25. “If I was white, I would be like John Wayne. I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play. Somebody who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, from poverty.”
26. “Even warriors put their spears down on Sundays.”
27. “There’s no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated.”
28. “You just can’t be calling us fakers and pretenders and non-creative and say we can’t freestyle.”
29. “No matter who committed the crime, they all yell at me. And the media is greedier than most. You could sell ‘em your soul and they’ll be on ya till a nigga’s a ghost.”
30. “I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I’m supposed to be.”
31. “You can never “just be friends” with someone you fall in love with.”
32. “It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other.”
33. “Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.”
34. “America wants its respect.”
35. “I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.”
36. “The only time I have problems is when I sleep.”
37. No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn’t glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It’s all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.”
38. “Don’t change on me. Don’t extort me unless you intend to do it forever.”
39. “They got money for the war but can’t feed the poor.”
40. “What people do for the struggle of power is madness.”
41. “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.”
42. “I know a death follows me, but I murder him first.”
43. “Ain’t a woman alive that can take my momma’s place.”
44. “This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.”
45. “I know what good morals are, but you’re supposed to disregard good morals when you’re living in a crazy, bad world. If you’re in hell, how can you live like an angel? You’re surrounded by devils, trying to be an angel? That’s like suicide.”
46. “It doesn’t stop ’til the casket drop.”
47. “I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”
48. “I did not want to become the victim, so became the bully.”
49. “Don’t believe everything you hear. Real eyes, realize, real lies.”
50. “I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow.”
51. “Everybody is at war with different things. I am at war with my own heart sometimes.”
52. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.”
53. “If you let a person talk long enough, you’ll hear their true intentions! Listen twice, speak once.”
54. “You know it’s funny when it rains it pours. They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”
55. “No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn’t glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It’s all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.”
56. “The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone.”
57. “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.”
58. “It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.”
59. “Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.”
60. “In my mind, I’ll be thinking is this true, will I fail? Am I supposed to fail? Should I just stop trying and give up? But then, that’s exactly what they’re waiting for me to do.”
61. “Every day, I’m standing outside trying to sing my way in: We are hungry, please let us in We are hungry, please let us in. After about a week that song is gonna change to We hungry, we need some food. After two, or three weeks, it’s like: Give me the food, Or I’m breaking down the door. And after a year you’re just like: I’m picking the lock. Coming through the door blasting.”
62. “Until it happened, I really did believe that no Black person would ever shoot me. I believed that I didn’t have to fear my own community, You know, I was like I represent them. I’m their ambassador to the world, they will never do me wrong.”
63. “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 gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up, and handle it.”
Best Tupac Quotes About Love
64. “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?”
65. “Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.”
66. “Fear is stronger than love.”
67. “I wanna take your misery, replace it with happiness. But I need your faith in me, I’m a sucka for love.”
68. “You can never “just be friends” with someone you fall in love with.”
69. “Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love. All that love I gave didn’t mean nothing when it came to fear.”
70. “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
71. “Everything’s a gamble love most of all.”
72. “we were young and we were dumb, but we had a heart.”
73. “Just because she’s a soldier, doesn’t mean you should put her through war.”
74. “I can make ya Luv me! best to chill with a nigga cuz u sure can’t punch me!”
75. “I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn for affection.”
76. I love kids, I love the innocence. It just does something to my chest, the innocence that they have & how they look up to you, & how you can’t do any wrong to them. I love that man. I’ll do anything, I’ll do dang near anything for them. All the kids in my life, my nieces & nephews can get anything they want. They got the best Christmas, everything they get whatever they want. Imma sucka for them.”
77. “Never apologize for how much love you have to give. Just feel sorry for those who didn’t want any of it.”
78. “There’s no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated.”
79. “Unconditional love. Talking about the stuff that doesn’t wear off, it doesn’t fade. It’ll last for all these crazy days, these crazy nights. Whether you are wrong or right, I still love you, still feel you, still there for you. No matter what, you will always be in my heart with unconditional love.”
80. “Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.”
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