Gangsta's Paradise

[00:26.03] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.79] I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left

[00:32.04] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

[00:34.78] That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:38.03] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.79] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:44.29] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:47.28] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:50.29] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:53.04] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:56.03] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:59.27] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:03.03] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.78] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.78] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.79] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.29] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:29.04] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:32.04] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.97] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:38.23] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.97] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.97] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.99] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.97] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.72] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:56.49] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.23] The way things is goin', I don't know

[02:01.97] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.48] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:14.97] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.48] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.97] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.72] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.48] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.23] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.23] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.48] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.22] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:53.48] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:56.48] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:58.97] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.74] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.72] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.48] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.47] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:26.22] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.72] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.74] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.72] That the ones we hurt are you and me?