Tupac Shakur Thug Quotations

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?

I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

I'm a thug. And my thug comes from... my definition of thug comes from half of the street element. Straight street hustling.

I'm not really a religious person. But I believe that God wants me to do something and it has to do with Thug Life.

Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die.

My family tree consists of drug dealers, thugs, and killers.

Life give to you what you gave to it. So give your best.

And thats the way it was and thats the way the cookie crumbles

Stay in the game until the end of time.

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.

Picture me inside the misery of poverty, no man alive has ever witnessed struggles ive survived, praying hard for better days promised to hold on me and my dogs aint have a choice but to hold on.

If that's what the court can do, then punish me more then I've been punished already.

Temperature is as far as the heat goes, people are haters cos im doing something good. Hate me dont hate the hood. It made me strong, you wouldn't last that long.

And even though i act crazy I gotta thank the lord that you made meh.

My first words was thug for life and papa pass the mack

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.

I didn't create thug life, I diagnosed it

God come save the youth, Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you, Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope you understand Forgive me for my mistakes, I gotta play my hand.

And I hope I'm forgiven for Thug Livin when I die.

Life in the pen ain't for me 'cos I'd rather die.

Don't cry through your dispair.

The third always speaks the unspeakable words.

Will my enimies flee when they see me? Belive me, even thugz gotta learn to take it easy!

Rollin wit a posse full of paranoid drugdealaz!

I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!

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.

People die and people cry people want me dead.

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.

Misplaced hate makes disgrace the races.

Thug Life hit me like the Holy ghost.

It's hard to care when no one loves you.

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

Thug Life to me is dead.

Can the Lord forgive me? Got the spirit of a thug in me.

Even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?

This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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.

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

All the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I'm living just to die.

Got shot 5 times but I'm still breathing... living proof there's a God if you need a reason.

Of course I'm going to say "I'm a thug" that's because I came from the GUTTER and I'm still HERE!

Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

If you fall stand tall and come back for more.

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.

Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.

Let the Lord judge the criminals.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.

Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to geting pussy.

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven

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.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.

Keep your head up, Legs closed, Eyes open.

If you don't know me, don't judge me.

You gotta keep ur head up even when the road is hard never give up.

Why am I fighting to live, If I am just living to fight Why am I trying to see. When there aint nothing in sight Why am I trying to give, When no one gives me a try Why am I dying to live, If I am just living to die?

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

When I say ' thug' I mean not a criminal, someone who beats you over the head, I mean the underdog. You could have two people- one person has everything he needs to succeed and one person has nothing. If the person who has nothing succeeds, he's a thug. Cuz he overcame all the obstacles.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. Remember that.