--- title: "18 Trying Quotes By Tupac Shakur" description: "18 Trying quotes by Tupac Shakur. Plus more from Tupac Shakur and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/tupac-shakur-516_focus_will-i-succeed-paranoid-from-the-weed-an_3234566.jpg" --- > [Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed and hocus pocus, try to focus but I can't see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/will-i-succeed-paranoid-from-the-weed-and-hocus-pocus-try-to-focus/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/tupac-shakur-516_focus_will-i-succeed-paranoid-from-the-weed-an_3234566.jpg) > [I struggle to be rugged and raw dude, trying to survive in the trials and lawsuits, Everybody wants to test me, WHY…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-struggle-to-be-rugged-and-raw-dude-trying-to-survive-in-the-trials/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/tupac-shakur-516_lawsuit_i-struggle-to-be-rugged-and-raw-dude-try_2914340.jpg) > [I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-finally-understand-for-a-woman-it-ain-t-easy-trying-to-raise-a-man/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/tupac-shakur-516_easy_i-finally-understand-for-a-woman-it-ain_2245640.jpg) > [I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just, make money off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-try-to-find-my-way-in-the-world-you-know-i-try-to-be-somebody/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/tupac-shakur-516_knows_i-try-to-find-my-way-in-the-world-you-kn_2593740.jpg) > [I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-m-not-a-gangsta-rapper-i-rap-about-things-that-happen-to-me-i-got/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/tupac-shakur-516_five_i-m-not-a-gangsta-rapper-i-rap-about-thi_317412.jpg) > [All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/all-i-m-trying-to-do-is-survive-and-make-good-out-of-the-dirty-nasty/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/tupac-shakur-516_dirty_all-i-m-trying-to-do-is-survive-and-make_1482423.jpg) > [After a long day of trying, to make my songs pay, making love all day against the wall in the hallway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/after-a-long-day-of-trying-to-make-my-songs-pay-making-love-all-day/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/tupac-shakur-516_dirty_after-a-long-day-of-trying-to-make-my-so_1428051.jpg) > [I exist in the depths of solitude pondering my true goal Trying 2 find peace of mind and still preserve my soul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-exist-in-the-depths-of-solitude-pondering-my-true-goal-trying-2/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/tupac-shakur-516_depth_i-exist-in-the-depths-of-solitude-ponder_2259129.jpg) > [Why am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fight Why am I trying to see, when there aint nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/why-am-i-fighting-to-live-if-i-m-just-living-to-fight-why-am-i-trying/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/tupac-shakur-516_death_why-am-i-fighting-to-live-if-i-m-just-li_351027.jpg) > [I know what good morals are, but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-know-what-good-morals-are-but-you-re-supposed-to-disregard-good/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/tupac-shakur-516_angel_i-know-what-good-morals-are-but-you-re-s_2307997.jpg) > [God damn! Drug dealers dealin' to the kiddies, Livin' in the city ain't no pity on the itty-bitty. We try to cry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/god-damn-drug-dealers-dealin-to-the-kiddies-livin-in-the-city-ain-t/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/tupac-shakur-516_cities_god-damn-drug-dealers-dealin-to-the-kidd_3039812.jpg) > [Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/instead-of-of-being-so-metaphorical-with-the-rhyme-i-was-encouraged/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/tupac-shakur-516_metaphorical_instead-of-of-being-so-metaphorical-with_233178.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) > [It's been stress and drama for a long time now, man. So much has happened. I got shot five times by some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/it-s-been-stress-and-drama-for-a-long-time-now-man-so-much-has/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/tupac-shakur-516_drama_it-s-been-stress-and-drama-for-a-long-ti_1890549.jpg) > [ Being in Marin City was like a small town so it taught me to be more \[straightforward\] with my style. Instead of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/being-in-marin-city-was-like-a-small-town-so-it-taught-me-to-be-more/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/tupac-shakur-516_cities_being-in-marin-city-was-like-a-small-tow_2089461.jpg) > [I gotta big mouth, I can’t help it, I talk from my heart, I’m real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-gotta-big-mouth-i-can-t-help-it-i-talk-from-my-heart-i-m-real/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/tupac-shakur-516_big-mouth_i-gotta-big-mouth-i-can-t-help-it-i-talk_2314753.jpg) > [I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIETY! First they try to murder me then they lie to me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-will-never-understand-this-society-first-they-try-to-murder-me-then/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/tupac-shakur-516_community_i-will-never-understand-this-society-fir_1415181.jpg) > [Now the whole worlds calling me a killer all I ever did was try to reach the kids with the realer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/now-the-whole-worlds-calling-me-a-killer-all-i-ever-did-was-try-to/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/tupac-shakur-516_calling_now-the-whole-worlds-calling-me-a-killer_1016856.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/tupac-shakur/#itemlist", "name": "18 Trying Quotes By Tupac Shakur", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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