Tupac Shakur — "I'm a ghetto poet. I'm a ghetto philosopher."

"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. …"

"And if you only got two kids, can you just keep it to two rooms? I mean why have 52 rooms and you know there's somebody with no room?! It just don't make sense to me. It don't."

"I feel like Black people are the lost tribe of Israel. We are the real Jews."

"I'm a thug. I grew up in the streets. I don't know no other way to live."

"I’m not a gangster. Never was, never will be. I’m just a brother who fights back."