Gangsta's Paradise

[00:25.83] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.75] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:31.94] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.13] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:37.78] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.70] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:43.89] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:46.81] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:50.27] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:52.92] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:55.84] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:58.92] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.79] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.54] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.65] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.76] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.07] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.73] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:31.92] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.84] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:38.02] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.68] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.87] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.79] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.71] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.90] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:55.72] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.17] The way things is goin' I don't know

[02:01.45] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.30] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:14.64] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.65] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.23] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.61] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.18] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.01] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:43.93] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.12] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:49.93] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:53.12] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:56.31] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:58.96] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.68] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.79] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.01] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.18] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:25.92] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.39] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.50] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.34] That the ones we hurt are you and me?