Gangta's Paradise

[00:25.82] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.57] I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left

[00:31.83] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

[00:34.82] That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:36.32] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.82] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:42.33] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:45.57] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:49.58] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:52.33] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:55.08] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:58.82] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:01.57] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:07.85] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:13.32] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:19.33] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:25.58] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.32] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:31.57] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.07] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:37.33] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.32] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.83] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.58] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.58] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.58] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:55.32] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:58.57] The way things is goin', I don't know

[02:00.83] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:06.58] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:13.07] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:19.57] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:25.83] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:31.58] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:39.58] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.83] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:43.57] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:46.83] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:49.33] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:52.58] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:56.08] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:58.57] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.07] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:07.58] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:13.82] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:19.83] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:25.82] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:30.58] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:42.82] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.57] That the ones we hurt are you and me?