Gangsta paradise

[00:25.72] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.48] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:31.99] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.01] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:37.27] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.53] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:43.53] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:46.96] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:50.21] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:52.22] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:55.74] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:58.50] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.26] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.27] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.03] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:19.54] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:25.84] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.35] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:31.37] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.38] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:37.40] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.42] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.73] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.52] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.78] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.54] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:55.82] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:58.58] The way things is goin' I don't know

[02:01.34] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.37] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:13.67] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:19.68] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:25.96] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.24] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.01] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:40.77] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.05] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.06] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:49.81] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:52.82] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:55.83] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:58.59] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.12] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:07.66] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:13.69] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.73] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:26.02] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.29] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.61] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.39] That the ones we hurt are you and me?