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Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.
Tupac Shakur
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Tupac Shakur
Age: 25 †
Born: 1971
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: September 13
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It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.
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EVEN THOUGH I'M MARKED FOR DEATH, I'MA SPARK TILL I LOSE MY BREATH
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Dear mama, yo baby boys doing fine tell the homies I'm in heaven and they aint got hoods.
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Now up and atom it's on, I was raised to be strong, and mama told me be a thug since the day I was born. The fame was a plot to try a change me, and what's strange is nobody knew my name.
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To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff.
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I looked up and all I saw was blue lights. If I die tonight, I'm dying in a gun fight.
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What people do for the struggle of power is madness.
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If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center.
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Expose foes wit my hocus pocus flows, they froze now suckas idolize my chosen blows
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I'm responsible for what i did. I'm not responible for what every black male did. Yes! I call myself a THUG, because i grew up in the ghetto. And im still standing.
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I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game.
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Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night... What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone...
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When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same until the end of time.
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Thug Life to me is dead.
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Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.
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There's a machine that I have nothing to do with. It's called the Tupac Machine.
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It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinds of scratches and marks, you ain't gonna say, 'Damn, look at all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from the concrete.' You're gonna be like, 'Damn, a rose grew from the concrete?'
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As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal
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But tomorrow I see a change, a chance to build anew, built on Spirit, intent of heart, and ideas based on truth. Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong ideas of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.
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Since I only got one life to ive, God forgive me for my sins, let me make it and i'll never steal again, or deal again, my only friend is my misery. Wantin revenge for the agony they did to me.
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