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The People Made Me From The Littlest Crack Head To The Biggest Baller So If I Am Bad Its Because Of The Bay And If I Am Good Its Because Of The Bay

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The People Made Me

Tupac Shakur

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The People Made Me From The Littlest Crack Head To The Biggest Baller So If I Am Bad Its Because Of The Bay And If I Am Good Its Because Of The Bay

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Fear No Man But Only God

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Dear Mama, Yo Baby Boys Doing Fine Tell The Homies I'm In Heaven And They Aint Got Hoods.

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They Claim That I'm Violent Just Cuz I Refuse To Be Silent.

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Play The Game, Never Let The Game Play You.

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And Did You Ever Stop To Think That Im Old Enough To Go To War But I Aint Old Enough To Drink.

With All This Extra Stressin The Question I Wonder Is After Death, After My Last Breath When Will I Finaly Get To Rest? Through This Supression They Punish The People That's Askin Questions And Those That Possess, Steal From The Ones Without Possesions The Message I Stress: To Make It Stop Study Your Lessons Don't Settle For Less - Even The Genius Asks-es Questions Be Grateful For Blessings Don't Ever Change, Keep Your Essence The Power Is In The People And Politics We Address.

America Wants Its Respect.

The Realest People Don’t Have A Lot Of Friends.

I Didn't Choose The Thug Life, The Thug Life Chose Me.

Did You Hear About The Rose That Grew From A Crack In The Concrete Proving Nature's Laws Wrong It Learned 2 Walk Without Having Feet

Hoping They Bury Me With Ammunition, Weed, And Shells. Just In Case.

Take A Look At My Family, A Different Father Every Weekend.

Niggaz Need Guns, Too.

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Through Every Dark Night, There's A Bright Day After That.

The Third Always Speaks The Unspeakable Words.

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I'm A Reflection Of The Community.

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There's Nobody In The Business Strong Enough To Scare Me.

The Only Thing That Comes To A Sleeping Man Is Dreams.

Don't Support The Phonies, Support The Real

And Thats The Way It Was And Thats The Way The Cookie Crumbles

Measure A Man By His Actions Fully From The Beginning To The End. Don’t Take A Piece Out Of My Life Or A Song Out Of My Music And Say This Is What I’m About Because You Know Better Than That.

I'll Probably Be Punished For Hard Living.

God Damn! Drug Dealers Dealin' To The Kiddies, Livin' In The City Ain't No Pity On The Itty-bitty. We Try To Cry, But Still They All Die, I Try To Speak To The Youth, And The Truth Is: They All High.

Even As A Dope Fiend Mama. You Always Was A Black Queen Mama.

Don't Look Back Unless It's A Good View.

I Don't Bang For The Color Or The Land. I Bang For The Principles And For The Honor. I'm Bangin' For The Westside- This Is In My Heart, This Is How I Feel.

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My Biggest Fear Of Death Is To Come Back Reincarnated

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Though Things Change, The Future's Still Inside Of Me.

How Many Pistols Smoking Coming From A Broken Family?

Unanswered Questions

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It’s Just Me Against The World.

Me Against The World

Dying On The Inside, But Outside You're Looking Fearless

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Be Grateful For Blessings, Don't Ever Change, Keep Your Essence. The Power Is In The People And Politics We Address.

What Doesn't Kill Me Just Makes Me Stronger

In My Death, People Will Understand What I Was Talking About.

I'm Not Saying I'm Gonna Change The World, But I Guarantee That I Will Spark The Brain That Will Change The World.

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.

I Truly Believe I've Been Blessed By God, And God Walks With Me

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But I See Now That Whether I Show Up For Work Or Not, The Evil Forces Are Going To Beat Me. They're Going To Come 100 Percent, So If I Dont Be 100 Percent Pure-hearted, I'm Going To Lose. And Thats Why I'm Losing.

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Even As A Little Seed, I Could See His Plan For Me. Stranded On Welfare, Another Broken Family.

I Stop And Stare At The Younger, My Heart Goes To 'em, They Stressed Out And Goin' Under.

My Life Is In Denial. And When I Die, Baptized In Eternal Fire, I'll Shed Many Tears.

One Day I'm Gonna Bust, Blow Up On This Society, Why Did You Lie To Me, I Couldn't Find A Trace Of Humanity.

Once People Take Time To Find Out Who I Really Am You'd Be Surprised

It Was Tough Sitting In Jail Listening To Jay Leno And Rush Limbaugh And Everybody Making Jokes About Me Getting Shot. And Watching The Media Report All Kinds Of Lies About Me, Like That I Got Raped In Jail. That Never Happened. But At Least While I Was Locked Down, All The Inmates Gave Me Props Encouragement, And So Did Lots Of Mothers And Kids, Who Wrote Me Letters Of Support.

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