All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. ~Tupac Shakur
Good Me Trying
America wants its respect. ~Tupac Shakur
Respect America Wants
Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever. ~Tupac Shakur
Change Me You
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. ~Tupac Shakur
Music Down Him
I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated. ~Tupac Shakur
Death Fear No Fear
I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. ~Tupac Shakur
Myself Man People
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. ~Tupac Shakur
Respect Leader Think
I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad. ~Tupac Shakur
People You Bad
I'll probably be punished for hard living. ~Tupac Shakur
Living Hard Punished
I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. ~Tupac Shakur
Mother Child Society
I'm a reflection of the community. ~Tupac Shakur
Reflection Community
In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time. ~Tupac Shakur
Time Man Mind
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine? ~Tupac Shakur
Fight Crime Mine
It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down. ~Tupac Shakur
Time You Down
It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us. ~Tupac Shakur
God Struggle Man
It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave. ~Tupac Shakur
Life Day Fun
Let the Lord judge the criminals. ~Tupac Shakur
Judge Lord Criminals
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.' ~Tupac Shakur
Best Mama Die
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. ~Tupac Shakur
Dreams Reality Real
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care? ~Tupac Shakur
Me Help Care