Quotes from Tupac Shakur

America wants its respect.

How could you do me like that I took ya family in put some cash in ya pocket made you a man again

It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world.

If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.

When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its trouble.

I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just, make money off of everybody.

I ain't calling me God. I'm just doing my part on where I think hip hop should go. I think hip hop should be about more money, crazier sounds, different beats.

Money made me evil, court cases got me stressed Niggaz aimin at my head but I still wear my vest.

I wake up in the morning and ask myself; is life worth living? Should I blast myself?

It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy.

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.

I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.

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.

The only thing that can kill me is death, that's the only thing that can ever stop me, is death, and even then my music will live forever.

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it has soul to it, hip hop can live on.

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.

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.

Measure a man by his actions fully from the beginning to the end. Don't take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I'm about because you know better than that.

My music will mean something. I'll have my own production company. I'm doing my own movies. I have my own restaurant. I just wanna expand.

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.

I have no patience for anybody who doubts me, none at all.

Feel me now, picture my pain, embrace my words, make the world change.

I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal Trying 2 find peace of mind and still preserve my soul

You can't disrespect the love. You can't disrespect the peace treaty.