"I never thought I was the best rapper-the best nothin'. I think I'm the realest nigga out there. I do think that. I think I own that. 'Cause I think being real is just being true. I'm the nigga that will wear a suit when everybody's got on khakis. I'll be baldheaded when everybody's wearing braids. I'll wear braids when they all baldheaded. I'm just being real. I don't have insecurities-well, I do, but I just put them in front of everybody, like my mom and my life and me being little.
"We got to kill this niggeritis. Niggas hate me just 'cause of what you doin', niggas plotting on you 'cause of omen, and niggas hatin' to see you shine. We got to kill that. Before we can kill it in our black nation, we got to kill it in the Hip Hop Nation, and that's what I'm doin'. It's the only reason I'm back: to bring the heat. And I feel like God is tellin' me to do it. I feel like Black Jesus is controlling me. He's our saint that we pray to; that we look up to. Drug dealers, they sinning, right? But they'll be millionaires. How I got shot five times only a saint, only Black Jesus, only a nigga that know where I'm coming from, could be, like, "You know what? He's gonna end up doing some good." I gotta do that.
People might be, like, "This nigga's conceited, but fuck it. I feel like I shine. And I don't give a fuck how much white people, the media, niggas, black people, playa haters, police, whoever, try to darken my shine, I'ma always shine through. They could lie about my words, but they always gonna ring true 'cause it's my essence; it's in my essence, and that's what's always gonna come through." - Tupac Shakur in his last interview with VIBE, Sept. 1996
"So Many Tears"
"Dear Mama"
"Keep Ya Head Up"
"Changes"
"Thugz Mansion (Acoustic)"
Pac's finest moment in Juice.
June 15, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
Happy Bornday, Tupac Shakur.
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Comments
1.
m says:
2pac is alive
September 12, 2007 at 11:35 am
2.
Shamir says:
Long lives the king forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28, 2007 at 3:37 pm
3.
SYLVESTER A.K.A SLY says:
HALA YOU MY LOVE BROTHER PAC, YOU MAKE ME LOVE RAP MUSIC AND HAVE LOVE FOR ANY NIGAR THAT COMES FROM WEST COAST. REST IN PEACE.
HALA YOU AFENI SHAKUR WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A GHETTO KING IN THE WAR. MUCH LOVE TO SHAKUR FAMILY,
SLY FROM NIGERIA
July 9, 2007 at 10:53 am
4.
Andreen Parker says:
i still love tupac and his music,may it live forever
July 6, 2007 at 6:32 pm
5.
crystal sparrow says:
2Pac is the realest man out there still. 2Pac gave me Hope and to this day I stil bump all of his beats. 2Pac will live forever and eva. He will stay in all of our hearts
June 29, 2007 at 7:21 pm
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surigreg says:
for me tupac was a brother who could bring his truth out in a way very few people will ever be able to. he touched my soul every time. When its my time to shine i'll just remember "war stories" and let all the rest fly by. peace be to god and bless
June 21, 2007 at 10:49 am
8.
MIGUEL ORTIZ says:
my comment is that tupac was a straight thug ni***r when he use to grow up in the hood as a born ghetto child making his own life to death
June 21, 2007 at 8:39 am
9.
Antoinette says:
THAT SHIT IS SO TRUE LET THE MAN HAVE THE SHINE BECAUSE HE IS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK MAN
June 21, 2007 at 7:31 am
10.
trydmyte says:
yo! is hard to say but r.i.p brotherman. hope to see u when my time is up.
June 21, 2007 at 4:59 am
11.
jerorocks says:
Pac, i miss u so much en it hurts so much to see that u are not with us on this day physically but wherever u are just know that we shell always be with us Spiritually! Happy BD Pac
June 20, 2007 at 6:21 am
12.
SAKA says:
I was a kid when u died...but ur word's still goin be on when i die....makaveli...i still see no changes.....still racist faces...we need u once more to voice out..i beleive the dead still speaks!!!!!!!!!!!
June 20, 2007 at 12:54 am
13.
Lyricology says:
Happy B-Day to 2Pac, we love you Afeni.
Daph & Fam n CT
June 19, 2007 at 1:45 pm
14.
414 SOUTH SIDE JEFF says:
BIGS AINT HAVE SH8T ON U MY NIGGA RIP LOL
June 19, 2007 at 1:00 am
15.
felisha williams says:
I LOVE YOU TUPAC AND REST IN PEACE MY NIGGA.
June 18, 2007 at 10:04 pm
16.
Beautiful. says:
I will always LOve you. Happy Birthday Tupac Amaru Shakur.
June 18, 2007 at 8:34 pm
17.
Daphine says:
I can't believe it's been 10 almost 11 years. Wow dose time fly, happy B-day your family is still in my prayers.
June 18, 2007 at 5:12 pm
18.
Tybu says:
I miss you TuPac. I admired how you express yourself, your knowledge, and that fact that you carried no fear. I live with what you had. And most of all I love keeping and real and being real to myself and to the people around me regardless of their differences.
June 18, 2007 at 10:41 am
19.
804 nigg says:
r.i.p. pac my family made sure i grew up listening to your music you gon always be in heavy rotation when im around
June 18, 2007 at 7:02 am
20.
Ellams sollazo says:
2pac happy belated birthday its no question tha you where a true soldier and the greatst rapper of all time rest in peace and may God continue to guide and bless your mum.
June 18, 2007 at 4:51 am
21.
Freez says:
i wonder if heaven got a ghetto...r.i.p.tupac
June 17, 2007 at 11:21 pm
22.
Keith A. Logan says:
Happy belated birthday, pac. RIP. The greatest rapper of all time. Then and now. Slim. Lincoln, N.E.
June 17, 2007 at 4:01 pm
23.
denny says:
happy birthday big homey and rest in peace ...
June 17, 2007 at 10:30 am
24.
Colton says:
yoo pac i wasnt really listenin to u when u were alive cause i was jus small but now i listen to u everyday
r.i.p tupac
f**k THE B.I.G
June 17, 2007 at 10:04 am
25.
Anonnymous says:
Happy birthday pac!
June 16, 2007 at 10:14 pm
26.
Ashley says:
Happy Birthday Pac we miss you!
June 16, 2007 at 7:08 pm