--- title: "16 Mama Quotes By Tupac Shakur" description: "16 Mama quotes by Tupac Shakur. Plus more from Tupac Shakur and more Mama sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/tupac-shakur-516_cry_mama-raised-a-hellraiser-why-cry-that-s_775316.jpg" --- > [Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/mama-raised-a-hellraiser-why-cry-that-s-just-life-in-the-ghetto-do-or/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/tupac-shakur-516_cry_mama-raised-a-hellraiser-why-cry-that-s_775316.jpg) > [Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/ain-t-a-woman-alive-that-could-take-my-mama-s-place/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/tupac-shakur-516_alive_ain-t-a-woman-alive-that-could-take-my-m_1290869.jpg) > [Dear mama, yo baby boys doing fine tell the homies I'm in heaven and they aint got hoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/dear-mama-yo-baby-boys-doing-fine-tell-the-homies-i-m-in-heaven-and/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/tupac-shakur-516_baby_dear-mama-yo-baby-boys-doing-fine-tell-t_718659.jpg) > [June 16, 1971, mama gave birth to a Hell rasing heavenly son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/june-16-1971-mama-gave-birth-to-a-hell-rasing-heavenly-son/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/tupac-shakur-516_birth_june-16-1971-mama-gave-birth-to-a-hell-r_3046522.jpg) > [It was hell, hugging my Mama from a jail cell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/it-was-hell-hugging-my-mama-from-a-jail-cell/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/tupac-shakur-516_cells_it-was-hell-hugging-my-mama-from-a-jail_2666492.jpg) > [Even as a dope fiend mama. You always was a black queen mama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/even-as-a-dope-fiend-mama-you-always-was-a-black-queen-mama/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/tupac-shakur-516_black_even-as-a-dope-fiend-mama-you-always-was_1480209.jpg) > [Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty, been drinking liquor out of Mama's titty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/ever-since-i-was-an-itty-bitty-kitty-been-drinking-liquor-out-of-mama/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/tupac-shakur-516_alcohol_ever-since-i-was-an-itty-bitty-kitty-bee_2934971.jpg) > [My Mama always use to tell me, If you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/my-mama-always-use-to-tell-me-if-you-can-t-find-something-to-live-for/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/tupac-shakur-516_life_my-mama-always-use-to-tell-me-if-you-can_509252.jpg) > [My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/my-mama-always-used-to-tell-me-if-you-can-t-find-somethin-to-live-for/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/tupac-shakur-516_quote_my-mama-always-used-to-tell-me-if-you-ca_1919505.jpg) > [Mama gave birth to a hell raising heavenly son. See the doctor tried to smack me, but I smacked him back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/mama-gave-birth-to-a-hell-raising-heavenly-son-see-the-doctor-tried/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/tupac-shakur-516_birth_mama-gave-birth-to-a-hell-raising-heaven_439233.jpg) > [When my Mama asks me will I ever change, I tell her yeah... But it's clear I will always be the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/when-my-mama-asks-me-will-i-ever-change-i-tell-her-yeah-but-it-s/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/tupac-shakur-516_ask-me_when-my-mama-asks-me-will-i-ever-change_1557508.jpg) > [Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good, Tell the homies I'm in heaven, and they ain't got hoods. Seen a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/dear-mama-don-t-cry-your-baby-boy-s-doin-good-tell-the-homies-i-m-in/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/tupac-shakur-516_baby_dear-mama-don-t-cry-your-baby-boy-s-doin_2905447.jpg) > [I heard a rumor I died, Murdered in cold blood dramatized, Pictures of me in my final state, You know mama cried,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-heard-a-rumor-i-died-murdered-in-cold-blood-dramatized-pictures-of/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/tupac-shakur-516_baby_i-heard-a-rumor-i-died-murdered-in-cold_1467950.jpg) > [Now up and atom it's on, I was raised to be strong, and mama told me be a thug since the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/now-up-and-atom-it-s-on-i-was-raised-to-be-strong-and-mama-told-me-be/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/tupac-shakur-516_atoms_now-up-and-atom-it-s-on-i-was-raised-to_1025028.jpg) > [So much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times, I once contemplated suicide and woulda tried, but when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/so-much-pressure-in-this-life-of-mine-i-cry-at-times-i-once/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/tupac-shakur-516_cry_so-much-pressure-in-this-life-of-mine-i_1556058.jpg) > [Just because I write some songs about bad women, though, that doesn't mean I hate women. I've written songs that show great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/just-because-i-write-some-songs-about-bad-women-though-that-doesn-t/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/tupac-shakur-516_dear_just-because-i-write-some-songs-about-ba_1300962.jpg) ## Other authors on Mama ## More by Tupac Shakur > [This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/this-duo-inside-of-me-causes-the-perfect-opportunity-to-live-and/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/it-s-a-constant-man-ego-check-going-on-in-the-streets-in-this-world/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/when-an-angel-comes-down-and-takes-me-away-memories-of-me-and-my/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [My mother taught me three things, respect, knowledge-search for knowledge, it's an eternal journey. That's like my hair-cut, the line, 360 degrees, find knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/my-mother-taught-me-three-things-respect-knowledge-search-for/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [I' ve been shot five times but I'm still breathing living proof there a god if you need a reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-ve-been-shot-five-times-but-i-m-still-breathing-living-proof-there/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [I wanna take your misery, replace it with happiness but I need your faith in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-wanna-take-your-misery-replace-it-with-happiness-but-i-need-your/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [I didn't introduce thug life to America. Thug life is America. I don't get why the whole world is fearing me. I am scared,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-didn-t-introduce-thug-life-to-america-thug-life-is-america-i-don-t/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/sometimes-i-sit-and-look-at-life-from-a-different-angle/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [Everything bad you do comes back around to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/everything-bad-you-do-comes-back-around-to-you/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-just-spent-11-and-a-half-months-in-a-maximum-security-jail-got-shot/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinda scratches and marks, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/it-s-like-if-you-plant-something-in-the-concrete-and-if-it-grow-and/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [Every female wanna come up to me and show me how much they're not attracted to me... these minority women... they're the only women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/every-female-wanna-come-up-to-me-and-show-me-how-much-they-re-not/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-m-100-percent-original-and-that-s-what-got-me-here-my-rap-music-is/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [This time the truth's gettin told, heard enough lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/this-time-the-truth-s-gettin-told-heard-enough-lies/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) > [If that's what the court can do, then punish me more then I've been punished already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/if-that-s-what-the-court-can-do-then-punish-me-more-then-i-ve-been/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mama/tupac-shakur/#itemlist", "name": "16 Mama Quotes By Tupac Shakur", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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