Gangstas Paradise

[00:11.83] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.60] I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left

[00:17.75] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

[00:20.54] That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.58] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.82] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.17] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:33.10] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:35.97] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.72] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:42.14] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:45.10] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.12] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:53.87] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:00.27] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:07.94] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:12.15] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:15.01] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:18.01] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.69] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:23.81] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:27.08] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:30.07] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:32.65] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:35.82] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:38.81] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:41.97] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.13] The way things is goin', I don't know

[01:47.89] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.49] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[01:59.64] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.28] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.66] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.77] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:24.35] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.27] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.19] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:33.11] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.05] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.26] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:42.71] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:45.36] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[02:48.81] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.66] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.51] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:06.64] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:12.20] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:18.32] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.89] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:30.01] That the ones we hurt are you and me?