110+ Tupac Shakur Quotes On Friends, Thug And Fake Friends

Tupac Shakur was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time, selling over 75 million records worldwide. He was tragically killed in 1996 at the age of 25, but his legacy and influence still live on today. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tupac Shakur on love, life, friends.

Top 10 Tupac Shakur Quotes

1. You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.
2. Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
3. If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.
4. My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'
5. Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it
6. God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.
7. Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies
8. Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!
9. Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.
10. I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

Tupac Shakur Image Quotes

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. — Tupac Shakur

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions. — Tupac Shakur

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared! — Tupac Shakur

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. — Tupac Shakur

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

Losing my homies in a hurry, they're relocating to the cemetery. — Tupac Shakur

Don’t leave this world without giving it your all. — Tupac Shakur

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

For every single dark night there is a brighter day. — Tupac Shakur

Let the Lord judge the criminals. — Tupac Shakur

Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got. — Tupac Shakur

My only fear of death is reincarnation — Tupac Shakur

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. — Tupac Shakur

Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy. — Tupac Shakur

With all my fans I got a family again. — Tupac Shakur

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward — Tupac Shakur

The only time I have problems is when I sleep. — Tupac Shakur

Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine? — Tupac Shakur

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy — Tupac Shakur

I truly believe I've been blessed by God, and God walks with me — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Short Quotes

• Losing my homies in a hurry, they're relocating to the cemetery.
• If you don't know me, don't judge me.
• Dear mama, yo baby boys doing fine tell the homies I'm in heaven and they aint got hoods.
• It’s just me against the world.
• For every single dark night there is a brighter day.
• Let the Lord judge the criminals.
• Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.
• Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy.
• The only time I have problems is when I sleep.
• fear no man but only God

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Love

No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you. — Tupac Shakur

So much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times, I once contemplated suicide and woulda tried, but when I held that nine, all I could see was my mama's eyes, no one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble, not knowing it's hard to carry on when no one loves you. — Tupac Shakur

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

Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up. And when he tells you you ain’t nothing, don’t believe him. And if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him. — Tupac Shakur

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection — Tupac Shakur

we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, dont ask me why, thank god, and ask me how — Tupac Shakur

I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they showed a young brother love. — Tupac Shakur

I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other. — Tupac Shakur

My mother was a woman. A black woman. A single mother. Raising two kids on her own. So she was dark skinned. Had short hair. Got no love from nobody except for a group called the Black Panthers. So that's why she was a Black Panther. — Tupac Shakur

I'm a sucker for love — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Life

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

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

Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall — Tupac Shakur

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

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

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

Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it. — Tupac Shakur

Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life — Tupac Shakur

Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got. — Tupac Shakur

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? — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Friends

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. — Tupac Shakur

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. — Tupac Shakur

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal. — Tupac Shakur

I'm used on every level. I have no friends. I have no resting place. I never sleep. I can never close my eyes. It's horrible. — Tupac Shakur

I'm down for you, so ride with me. My enemies your enemies, Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me. — Tupac Shakur

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

I thought I had friends but in the end n*iggaz dies lonely. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Thug Life

I didn't create thug life, I diagnosed it — Tupac Shakur

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. — Tupac Shakur

I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world. — Tupac Shakur

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward — Tupac Shakur

Thug Life to me is dead. — Tupac Shakur

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 — Tupac Shakur

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

I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

Thug Life hit me like the Holy ghost. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Death

My only fear of death is reincarnation — Tupac Shakur

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

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East. — Tupac Shakur

We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that? — Tupac Shakur

I wonder if heaven got a ghetto? — Tupac Shakur

Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't get in. — Tupac Shakur

My biggest fear of death is to come back reincarnated — Tupac Shakur

Suge is the boss of Death Row, the don, you understand? But im the underboss, the capo. That's my job to what's best for Death Row — Tupac Shakur

Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells. Just in case. — Tupac Shakur

I will die Before My Time. Because I feel the shadow's Depth. So much I wanted to accomplish. before I reached my Death — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About War

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. — Tupac Shakur

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor. — Tupac Shakur

As wars come and go, my soldier stays eternal — Tupac Shakur

And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink. — Tupac Shakur

Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight. — Tupac Shakur

Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok. It's music, it's hip-hop, it's ground breaking. When I do it, it's war. — Tupac Shakur

Before we find world peace, we gotta find peace in the war on the streets. — Tupac Shakur

They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Family

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. — Tupac Shakur

With all my fans I got a family again. — Tupac Shakur

I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family. — Tupac Shakur

I turn to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family. — Tupac Shakur

Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me. Stranded on welfare, another broken family. — Tupac Shakur

How many pistols smoking coming from a broken family? — Tupac Shakur

Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly. — Tupac Shakur

Mama gave birth to a hell raising heavenly son. See the doctor tried to smack me, but I smacked him back. — Tupac Shakur

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop. — Tupac Shakur

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

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Inspiring

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit. — Tupac Shakur

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day. — Tupac Shakur

But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up — Tupac Shakur

I finally understand / for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it / There's no way I can pay you back / But the plan is to show you that I understand / You are appreciated — Tupac Shakur

Elevation of today's generation, if I can make them listen. Prisons ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed. — Tupac Shakur

My aim is to spread more smiles than tears. — Tupac Shakur

You gotta find a way to survive cause they win when your soul dies. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Thoughtful

I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts. — Tupac Shakur

Can you imagine what it's like for you to be who I am, who I was, and for them to say that I raped a woman? And for the whole world to actually be entertaining the thought that you raped a woman. That's hell. — Tupac Shakur

Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks. — Tupac Shakur

To me, I feel that my game is strong. I feel as thought I'm a shining prince, just like Malcolm, and I feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Hard

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. — Tupac Shakur

Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody. — Tupac Shakur

No matter how hard it gets, keep your chest out, keep your head up and handle it. — Tupac Shakur

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

It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted. — Tupac Shakur

How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness. — Tupac Shakur

I'm tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. — Tupac Shakur

To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About People

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. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul — Tupac Shakur

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

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. — Tupac Shakur

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address. — Tupac Shakur

I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible. — Tupac Shakur

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 the people who steal and hurt others. I`m just a brother who fight back. — Tupac Shakur

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life. — Tupac Shakur

I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Quotes About Leave

Don’t leave this world without giving it your all. — Tupac Shakur

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

It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy. — Tupac Shakur

The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes. — Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur Famous Quotes And Sayings

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. — Tupac Shakur

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions. — Tupac Shakur

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared! — Tupac Shakur

The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. — Tupac Shakur

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

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

Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good, Tell the homies I'm in heaven, and they ain't got hoods. Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook, Drippin' peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke. — Tupac Shakur

Don’t leave this world without giving it your all. — Tupac Shakur

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

It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds. — Tupac Shakur

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action. — Tupac Shakur

For every single dark night there is a brighter day. — Tupac Shakur

I'm not saying girls are perfect, because we all know that's not true. But why be unfaithful to her if she was true to you. — Tupac Shakur

Let the Lord judge the criminals. — Tupac Shakur

Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got. — Tupac Shakur

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey. — Tupac Shakur

My only fear of death is reincarnation — Tupac Shakur

Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. — Tupac Shakur

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

Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' pussy. — Tupac Shakur

With all my fans I got a family again. — Tupac Shakur

I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward — Tupac Shakur

The only time I have problems is when I sleep. — Tupac Shakur

Real eyes, realize, real lies. — Tupac Shakur

Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine? — Tupac Shakur

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy — Tupac Shakur

I truly believe I've been blessed by God, and God walks with me — Tupac Shakur

The trick is to never lose hope! — Tupac Shakur

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day. — Tupac Shakur

Study your lessons, don't settle for less. — Tupac Shakur

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

We probaly in hell already, our dumb asses not knowin, everybody kissin ass to go to heaven aint goin. — Tupac Shakur

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?' — Tupac Shakur

Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle. — Tupac Shakur

Keep your head up, Legs closed, Eyes open. — Tupac Shakur

We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins. — Tupac Shakur

I know what good morals are, but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If you're in hell, how can you live like an angel? You're surrounded by devils,trying to be an angel? That's like suicide. — Tupac Shakur

All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. — Tupac Shakur

I was raised in this society so you can't expect me to be a perferct person cause Ima do what Ima do. — Tupac Shakur

Life give to you what you gave to it. So give your best. — Tupac Shakur

I am society’s child. This is how they made me and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America. — Tupac Shakur

Take ones adversity Learn from their misfortune Learn from their pain Believe in something Believe in yourself Turn adversity into ambition Now blossom into wealth — Tupac Shakur

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

I rap about fighting back. I make it uncomfortable by putting details to it. It might not have been politically correct but I've reached somebody; They relating to me. They relate to the brutal honesty in the rap. — Tupac Shakur

Gangsta Rap is dead. I've moved on. And the raps that I'm rappin to my community shouldn't be filled with rage? They shouldn't be filled with same attrocities that they gave me? The media they don't talk about it, so in my raps I have to talk about it, and it seems foreign because there's no one else talking about it. — Tupac Shakur

Only God can judge me. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold. — Tupac Shakur

Strugglin' and striving, that's how the dough come. — Tupac Shakur

We are being wiped off the face of this earth At an extremely alarming rate And even more alarming is the fact That we are not fighting back — Tupac Shakur

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

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. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

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. — Tupac Shakur

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play — Tupac Shakur

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers are worth a million. — Tupac Shakur

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down. — Tupac Shakur

Life Lessons by Tupac Shakur

1. Tupac Shakur taught us to stay true to ourselves and to never give up on our dreams, no matter how hard life may seem.
2. He also showed us that it is important to stand up for what you believe in and to fight for justice and equality.
3. Finally, Tupac's music and lyrics encouraged us to be resilient in the face of adversity and to always strive for greatness.