Quotes from Tupac Shakur

Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.

I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS.

Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

I turn to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family.

Since I only got one life to ive, God forgive me for my sins, let me make it and i'll never steal again, or deal again, my only friend is my misery. Wantin revenge for the agony they did to me.

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I'm supposed to be.

I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.

God come save the youth, Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you, Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope you understand Forgive me for my mistakes, I gotta play my hand.

Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.

Life in the pen ain't for me 'cos I'd rather die.

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.

strength is overcome by weakness/Joy is overcome by Pain/The night is overcome by Brightness/and Love-it remains the same.

If I upset you, don't stress. Never forget That God isn't finished with me yet. I feel His hand on my brain... When I write rhymes, I go blind and let the Lord do His thang.

Death or success is what I quest, cause I'm fearless.

What doesn't kill me just makes me stronger

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.

Well, the first two days in prison, I had to go through what life is like when you've been smoking weed for as long as I have and then you stop. Emotionally, it was like I didn't know myself.

Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die.

My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack

I'll probably be punished for hard living.

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.

Everything in life is not all beautiful, not all fun. There is lots of killing and drugs.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.