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We Talk A Lot About Malcom X And Martin Luther King Jr, But It's Time To Be Like Them, As Strong As Them. They Were Mortal Men Like Us And Everyone Of Us Can Be Like Them. I Don't Want To Be A Role Model. I Just Want To Be Someone Who Says, This Is Who I Am, This Is What I Do. I Say What's On My Mind.

-Tupac Shakur

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Tupac Shakur

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We Talk A Lot About Malcom X And Martin Luther King Jr, But It's Time To Be Like Them, As Strong As Them. They Were Mortal Men Like Us And Everyone Of Us Can Be Like Them. I Don't Want To Be A Role Model. I Just Want To Be Someone Who Says, This Is Who I Am, This Is What I Do. I Say What's On My Mind.

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How Could You Do Me Like That I Took Ya Family In Put Some Cash In Ya Pocket Made You A Man Again

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It's No Longer A Fad To Be Down For The Young Black Male. Everybody Wants To Go Past. Like The Gangster Stuff, It Just Got Exploited.

June 16, 1971, Mama Gave Birth To A Hell Rasing Heavenly Son.

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