GANGSTA'S PARADISE
[00:11.54] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.72] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
[00:17.91] 'Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
[00:21.10] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:24.02] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.94] Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:30.13] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'
[00:33.58] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:36.51] I really hate to trip but I gotta, loc
[00:39.16] As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:42.35] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.27] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[00:48.72] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:51.12] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.84] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:57.22] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:00.68] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:03.07] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:06.79] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:08.91] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:12.37] They got the situation, they got me facin'
[01:15.02] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:18.21] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.40] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
[01:24.32] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.24] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.43] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:33.35] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:36.54] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
[01:39.19] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say
[01:42.12] I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four
[01:45.83] The way things are going I don't know
[01:47.46] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[01:53.83] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:00.45] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:03.37] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.83] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:09.48] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:12.94] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:15.33] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:19.05] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:21.17] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:24.36] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.54] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.47] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.37] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.56] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.48] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:42.93] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:45.32] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:49.04] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:51.43] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.89] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:57.27] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:00.99] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:03.39] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:07.10] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:09.23] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:12.18] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:18.03] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:23.87] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:29.98] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
