54 Quotes by Afeni Shakur

Please remember that my great grandmother was a slave. My grandmother was a sharecropper. My mother was a factory worker.

I might be the only one who's never taken a dime from my son.

That's what Tupac and I got from my dad - the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for being different.

That's what people are who have that impact on us. They are ahead of their time. They can't help it. They get put into a small, frail body, and they are given a light that is much too bright for that cavity.

People can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.

I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac's entire body of work is made available for his fans.

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.

I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the depth of his humanity.