Tupac Shakur Quotes To Celebrate Late Rap Legend's Birthday

Rapper Tupac Shakur would have celebrated his 52nd birthday Thursday, if he was alive.

One of the most celebrated artists in hip-hop history, he had several stage-names such as 2Pac, Pac and Makaveli.

The rapper, whose original birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, was born in 1971, and was shot and killed in 1996 at the age of 25.

"When people say ’Pac is the best rapper of all time, they don’t just mean he's the best rapper," Complex reported rapper Shock G said in the documentary "Thug Angel." "They just mean what he had to say was the most potent, most relevant and that he was the better human being."

Here are some of the rapper’s most famous quotes to remember him by, courtesy Goodreads.

1. “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on.”

2. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.”

3. “Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping its dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.”

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

5. “They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.”

6. “Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.”

7. “If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.”

8. “Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes.”

9. “Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.”

10. “I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.”