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My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we need to talk straight up and down.
Tupac Shakur
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Tupac Shakur
Age: 25 †
Born: 1971
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: September 13
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You reached your level, you don't want any more. We asked ten years ago, we were askin' with the Panthers, we were askin' in the Civil Rights Movement. Now those who were askin' are all dead or in jail, wo what are we gonna do? And we shouldn't be angry!?
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My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack
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Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live, and let's change the way we treat each other.
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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.
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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.
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You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.
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And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink.
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It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.
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Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.
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We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin.
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America wants its respect.
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Evil's lurking, I can see him smirking.
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You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.
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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, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.
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Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies (that's right)
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Dying on the inside, but outside you're looking fearless
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God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.
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Everyday there's more death, and plus I'm doughless. I'm seeing more reasons for me to proceed with thieving.
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Should we cry when the pope dies, my request we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcom X
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One day I'm gonna bust, blow up on this society, why did you lie to me, I couldn't find a trace of humanity.
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