719 Quotes by Tupac Shakur

I see the ground is the symbol for the poor people; the poor people is gonna open up this whole world and swallow up the rich people, ’cause the rich people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, you know what I’m saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so poor and hungry, you know what I’m saying? It’s gonna be like – there might be some cannibalism out this mother. They might eat the rich.

I find any great man, black or white, I’m going to study him, learn him so he can’t be great to me no more.

There ain’t no place like paradise.

If we’re all saying that rap is an art form then we gotta be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you’re saying, it don’t matter that you didn’t make them die, it just matters that you didn’t save them.

It’s no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. Everybody wants to go past. Like the gangster stuff, it just got exploited.

I ain’t racist but lets trade places.

When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It’s mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.

Don’t cry through your dispair.

To me, I feel that my game is strong. I feel as thought I’m a shining prince, just like Malcolm, and I feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything.