Tupac Quotes

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

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

I don’t have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.

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.

I’m a reflection of the community.

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

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’m not a gangster. I’m more like a poet with a flashy belt.

I’m not perfect, but I strive to be the best person I can be.

The seed must grow regardless of the fact that it’s planted in stone.

You gotta make a change. It’s time for us as a people to start making some changes. Let’s change the way we eat, let’s change the way we live, and let’s change the way we treat each other.

I just don’t want to be forgotten. That’s all I’m asking.

Fear is stronger than love.

My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’

Don’t change on me. Don’t extort me unless you intend to do it forever.

We can never go nowhere unless we share with each other.

I’m a genuine person. I embrace my failures and I embrace my demise.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blooded mirth, than to have someone tell me how I was feeling.

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, and I tell my own personal stories.

Strive for perfection, embrace the struggles, and never lose sight of your dreams.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

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.

I just want to be the one to tell my own story.

No matter what these people think about me, I still love them.

Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don’t.

In my mind, I’ll be thinking, ‘Is this real? Are they really on my team or are they trying to play me?’ Then I realized you can’t give people the power to play you.

Don’t believe everything you hear. Real eyes, realize, real lies.

We can all change the world, if we change ourselves first.

Even warriors put their spears down on Sundays.

My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It’s all about emotion, I tell my own personal stories. If you listen to the lyrics, it’s all about emotion, it’s all about depression, anger, empowerment, and love.

Don’t change on me. Don’t extort me unless you intend to do it forever.

I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes, but learn from every one. And when it’s said and done, I bet this brother be a better one.

Only the strong survive.

I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man.

I know I’m on the right path because things stopped being easy.

My music is not just music- it’s medicine.

I’m 23 years old. I might just be my mother’s child, but in all reality, I’m everybody’s child.

My mom had just passed away, and I said: ‘I’m tired of being broke. I want some money.’

It’s like role-playing, making believe, and dressing up. I think a lot of people confuse what I’m doing with gangsta rap.

We wouldn’t ask why a rose that grew from the concrete has damaged petals. In turn, we would celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun.

I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.

I’m trying to change the world, and I’m trying to make it a better place for a better tomorrow.

Don’t let them control you. They’ll try to control you if you let them.

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

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.

If you can make it through the night, there’s a brighter day.

I would rather have been shot straight up in cold blooded mirth than to live with arisen doubt.

I don’t have to be what you want me to be.

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.