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

I’d be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to me. I wasn’t happy at all on the streets. That was the addict speaking.

Tupac Shakur

I’d love to go back to when we played as kids, but things change. And that’s the way it is.

Tupac Shakur

I’ll probably be punished for hard living.

Tupac Shakur

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.

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

I’m a reflection of the community.

Tupac Shakur

I’m a thug. And my thug comes from… my definition of thug comes from half of the street element. Straight street hustling.

Tupac Shakur

I’m calling for dialogue. I’m gathering attention for dialogue which is what you do in a struggle for power.

Tupac Shakur

I’m doing this for the kid who truly leads a ‘thug life’ and thinks it’s hopeless.

Tupac Shakur