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When you were born the world was smiling, and you cry, because living a life so that you are dying smiled, cried and the world.

Tupac Shakur

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Tupac Shakur
Age: 25 †
Born: 1971
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: September 13
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I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal Trying 2 find peace of mind and still preserve my soul
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I guarantee if people keep mm..supportin' me....Just buying my records, goin to my concerts, just supporting me..I'ma keep givin' money....Like Makaveli, every time it go platinum, I'm putting money up for community centers.
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I'm a sucker for love
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I smoke blunt to take the pain out and if I wasn't high I'd probably blow my brains out.
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Some say they expect Illuminati take my body to sleep.
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Born through hard times, Ghetto child of mine. I wonder if you have to suffer for your father's crimes.
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It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy.
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My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My musi is spiritual. It's like Negro spiituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome.
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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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I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real
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To all the seeds that follow me protect your essence, Born with less, but you still precious.
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I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.
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All B.S. aside, it all comes down to... we got to survive. I mean, even warriors put their spears down on Sundays. We got to survive here in this country... 'cause I'm not going back to Africa. We got to survive here. And for us to survive here-White folks, Black folks, Korean folks, Mexican folks, Puerto Ricans-we got to understand each other.
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The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots, they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.
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They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty.
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A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul
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Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there's much more to life than poverty.
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The eyes of mortal men, threaten you with doom They regret to see you, set, but it is time, for the moon
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I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.
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