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They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor.
Из песни "Keep Ya Head Up"; альбом "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z."
Вариант: У них есть деньги на войны, но они не могут накормить бедных.

My Mama used to tell me if u can’t find somethin to live for, you best find somethin to die for.
Вариант: Моя мама обычно говорила мне, что, если ты не можешь найти то, ради чего стоит жить, лучше найти то, за что стоит умереть.

My only fear of death is comin back to these streets reincarnated.
Из песни "To My Unborn Child"; альбом "Until the End of Time"

Life’s a wheel of fortune and it’s my chance to spin it.
Из песни "16 On Death Row", альбом "R U Still Down?"

Из интервью каналу MTV, 1992 год.

Let me say for the record, I am not a gangsta and never have been. Im not the thief, who grabs your purse. Im not the guy, who jacks your car. Im not down with the people who steal and hurt others. Im just a brother, who fight back.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

It always happens, all the n*ggaz that change the world die, they dont get to die like regular people, they die violently.

Only God can judge me.»
Одноименная песня; альбом "All Eyez On Me"

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, theres a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it

There’s gonna be some stuff u gonna see, that’s gonna make it hard to smile in the future. But through whatever you see, through all the rain and all the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit.

If God wanted me to be quiet he would’ve never showed me what he does.

Now the whole worlds callin me a killer, all I ever did, was try to reach the kids with the realer.

Real n*ggaz do what they wanna do, b*tch n*ggaz do what they can.

Я говорю то, что думаю.
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.

Though are hands are chained like they are, they haven’t taken music from us yet. So that’s how I’ll fight. People tell me don’t quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear.

I was raised in this society, so there's no way for me to be expected the perfect person cause I'ma do what I'ma do.

So I'm hopeless. Rollin' down the freeway swervin, don't worry,I'm about to crash up on the curb, 'cause my visions blurry. Maybe if they tried to understand me, what should I do?I had to feed my fuckin' family, what else could I do? But be a thug, out slangin' with the homies, fuck hangin' with them phonies in the clubs.Got my mind on danger, never been a stranger to homicide. My city's full of gang bangers and drive-bys, why do we die at an early age? He was so young, but still a victim of the 12 gauge,my memories of a corpse.
Из песни "Pain"; альбом "Picture My Pain"

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I’m supposed to be…

Let the Lord judge the criminals.»
Из песни "I Wonda If Heaven Got a Ghetto", альбом "R U Still Down?"

I am society’s child, this is how they made me, and now im sayin what’s on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me, America.

I feel like role models today are not meant to be put on a pedestal. But more like angels with broken wings.

The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots, they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.

Источник: Из песни Troublesome '96