The 35 best phrases of 2Pac (Tupac Shakur)
Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971 - 1996) (born Lesane Parish Crooks), and later known as 2Pac or MakaveliHe was an American rap artist who grew up in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York.
His career as a rapper was spectacular, selling more than 100 million copies of his albums. and being considered as the best rap artist of all time by the prestigious magazine Rolling stone. His lyrics, full of violent rhymes and about juvenile crime, tell us about the Bronx, with its inequalities and the prevailing racism in American society.
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Famous quotes from rapper 2Pac
His life was as turbulent as his verses can suggest. The rivalry between rap bands from the East and West of the United States had Tupac at the center of controversy for decades. Unfortunately, on September 7, 1996, 2Pac was killed in a shooting as he was leaving a concert in Las Vegas, and died a few days later.
His legacy in the world of hip-hop is unparalleled. Magazine Forbes, in 2008, revealed that Tupac Shakur was among the 10 dead celebrities who raised the most money year after year.
To honor this exceptional African-American musician, we have set out to compile 2Pac's best phrases (and some of his famous verses) in this article.
1. With my death, people will understand what I was talking about.
Sad premonitory phrase that spoke of a redemptive ending.
2. Only God can Judge Me.
"Only God Can Judge Me." Humans should not impose their views on good and evil.
3. They can kill the revolutionary, but never the revolution ...
One of those 2Pac phrases that tell us about his transforming spirit.
4. You cannot pretend to be an angel if demons are around you.
It is difficult to maintain a high code of ethics when you live in the Bronx.
5. You must make a woman fall into your arms without you falling into her hands.
Succumbing to a woman's charms can spell doom for any man.
6. I am not afraid of the enemy who attacks me but the false friend who embraces me.
On false friendship and its dire consequences.
7. Practice will make me the true owner of the secret, not just your knowledge as the lazy believe.
The teacher is based on practice, not talent.
8. Wars come and go, but my soldiers are eternal.
A teamwork phrase and eternal loyalty.
9. Everyone is at war with different things... I am sometimes at war with my own heart.
On the contradictions in the mind and soul of Tupac Shakur.
10. Misdirected hatred is the misfortune of the races.
Evil leaders can steer rage onto destructive paths.
11. The past is what determines our future.
A most true space-time paradox.
12. They dare to judge me without even knowing me.
Without justice or compassion, someone else's gaze can be destructive.
13. You grow, we all grow, we are made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear.
Natural selection points this out.
14. We talk a lot about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., but it's time to be like them, as strong as them.
On leaders for the civil rights of African Americans.
15. You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, and even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to piece together the clues, justifying what could have happened. Or you can leave the tracks on the ground and move on.
Give up procrastination And getting started is the only recipe for personal development.
16. If you make it through the darkness of the night, it will be a very sunny day.
Sadness doesn't last forever.
17. Revenge is the best pleasure after sex.
its winning mentality at times it could lead to aggressive and vindictive behaviors.
18. Not that I idolize Machiavelli. I idolize that way of thinking about where you do whatever it is that makes you achieve your goals.
About one of his intellectual references, Nicolás Machiavelli, who gives his name to one of 2Pac's nicknames.
19. My message is: Young black people can do anything if they give us the opportunity, if they stop trying to crush us. And this goes for my colleagues.
The black community, very repressed in the United States for centuries, and its ability to get ahead.
20. I'm not saying that I'm going to rule the world but if I keep talking about how dirty someone is going to have to clean it up.
Phrase of special egocentric value.
21. Wrap me in words of destruction and I will explode but give me the will to survive and watch the world grow.
Extracted from a verse he composed for one of his raps.
22. When he dies, I will be a living legend.
Omen that came true. Following his death, he was declared by an overwhelming majority to be the greatest artist the hip-hop movement has seen in America.
23. Money brings bitches, bitches bring lies
Lyrics of his song "All Eyez On Me".
24. Get together with real men (referring to thugs) if you want to be one of them.
How do gangsters in the Bronx get tough? Tupac makes it clear to us in this verse.
25. I would commit myself to a woman who is very, very strong. A woman who loves me because I could love her more than she loves me.
His vision of love.
26. Be individual, work hard, study, keep your mind in order and trust no one.
His philosophy of life, summarized in a single famous quote.
27. Only intelligence examines itself.
Self-awareness makes us have that skill called metacognition.
28. We must remember that tomorrow comes after darkness.
Without sadness, there would be no joy.
29. That always happens, all the black people who change the world die, they don't die like normal people, they die violently.
Sad reflection on the end of many activists of African American ethnicity.
30. The lie is not a lie, it is the truth.
His Machiavellian spirit is reflected in this famous phrase.
31. Mom, tell me if I'm wrong, is God just another cop?
Brutal reflection on the coercive forces of the state, especially harsh against blacks.
32. My mom used to tell me that if she couldn't find something to live for better he will find something to die for.
If you don't have a goal in life, you can go through without pain or glory.
33. Each one has the maximum memory for what interests him and the minimum for what does not interest him.
Brilliant reflection on the human condition.
34. What you feed as seeds grows and then hits you in your face. That is a life of crime.
About the “thug lifestyle”.
35. The only thing a sleeping man gets are dreams ...
Not waking up and putting action in your life is wasting time.
