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 ShakurRead
Yo get a real job. Rappin doesn't pay the rent, I hate the studio cause that's where all my money went.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the struggle between pursuing one's passion and the necessity of financial stability.
In this quote, Tupac Shakur reflects on the harsh realities of pursuing a career in music, emphasizing that while he has a passion for rapping, it does not provide sufficient financial support to cover his living expenses. This highlights the tension between artistic pursuits and practical responsibilities, illustrating the need to balance dreams with economic realities.
In practice
In a motivational speech to young artists about the importance of financial planning.
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.
I'm down for you, so ride with me._x000D_ _x000D_ My enemies your enemies,_x000D_ _x000D_ Cause you ain't ever had a friend like me.
Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.
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 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.
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.
The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.
You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived.
I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12-year-old. So I got to live an actual life. And I've kept that mentality. Just because there's a hurricane going on around you doesn't mean you have to open the window and look at it.
If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life.
These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Before prison, before the war, before the sight of a corpse became a banality.
I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily. I don't remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me.
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