... he says, pointing to his sagging jeans, pushing them down for extra emphasis. "Thug Life" is what Tupac calls his mission for the black community - a support group, a rap act, and a philosophy. "But why be a thug?" was heard from a member of his audience. "Because if I don't, I"ll lose everything I have. Who else ... about pain like Tupac. No one knows it like me," he says. "It separates me from other rappers. All that pain I"m talking about in my rap, you can see it."  Apparently, this pain is not just something he works out in his music or in his acting - it's something he ... remi...

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