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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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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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Now don't you ever tell a lie just confide in me Would you die 4 me? Tell me baby would you ride 4 me?
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In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.
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You need to hit the door, search for a new guy. Cause I only got one night in town.
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Now the whole worlds calling me a killer all I ever did was try to reach the kids with the realer.
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I didn't introduce thug life to America. Thug life is America. I don't get why the whole world is fearing me. I am scared, but so are they. It's like I am having a panic attack cause I have 15,000 people wanting to do what I want, listing to everything I say.
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Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious.
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It takes skill to be real. Time to heal each other
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Can't nobody touch me right now. Maybe next month all of this will be over. But this month I'm takin' every movin' target out.
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I'm calling for dialogue. I'm gathering attention for dialogue which is what you do in a struggle for power.
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I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on.
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Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.
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There ain't nothin' like a Black woman.
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No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you.
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I just put out a hardcore double album. Next I'm gonna put out an introspective album.
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Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. I'm not the thief who grabs your purse. I'm not the guy who jacks your car. I'm not down with people who steal and hurt others. I'm just a brother who fights back. I'm not some violent closet psycho. I've got a job. I'm an artist.
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I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing...... That's what I want little niggaz to see.
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I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
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Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die.
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If you don't know me, don't judge me.
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