Gangstas Paradise
[00:12.08] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.09] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:18.35] 'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
[00:21.32] That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:24.08] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:27.08] Me be treated like a punk
[00:28.59] you know that's unheard of
[00:30.33] You better watch how you're talking
[00:32.09] and where you're walking
[00:33.36] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:36.35] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:39.06] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, FOOL
[00:42.61] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.09] On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
[00:49.06] Been spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.58] Been spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:12.33] Look at the situation they got me facin'
[01:15.06] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
[01:18.08] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.07] Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:24.07] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.30] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.34] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:33.33] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger,
[01:35.83] FOOL
[01:36.57] Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
[01:39.34] I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
[01:42.30] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
[01:45.55] The way things are going I don't know
[01:48.07] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.81] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:01.06] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.56] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:16.32] Gangsta's paradise
[02:22.32] Gangsta's paradise
[02:24.59] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.56] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.56] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
[02:33.31] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.32] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.32] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:42.57] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:45.06] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck,
[02:47.80] FOOL
[02:48.82] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.79] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:00.82] We keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:06.56] We keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:12.06] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:17.80] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[03:23.84] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:30.07] That the ones we hurt are you and me
