Quotes from Tupac Shakur

I think being humble is sexy.

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.

If you're not cheering for me, for what I'm doing, don't cheer for me. Don't cheer cause you think I'm cute, you know what I'm saying, screw that. Cheer for me for what I'm doing, for what I stand for, and when I go to jail you should cheer louder.

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day.

Even warriors put their spears down on sundays.

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.

You either evolve or disappear.

The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer.

I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We're made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear.

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

I don't mean to sound sleezy but tease me. I don't want it if it's that easy.

America is the biggest gang in the world.

It's like a battle tryin' to find the right words to say at the right time.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

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.

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.

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 get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.

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.

In my brain all I think about is fame.

We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.

I am being ripped off, because I've never lied to the press. Just as much truth I bring to my work, a journalist should bring that much truth to their work.

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