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I don’t want to be the Tupac of comedy. I want to live to see these retweets.
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The speaker jokes that being remembered as the “Tupac of comedy” is less appealing than staying alive to enjoy immediate online praise. “These retweets” represent visible approval in the present, so the line favors experiencing success firsthand over becoming a larger-than-life figure remembered later.
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