Gangsta's paradise

[00:12.16] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.84] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left

[00:18.51] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:21.57] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:24.46] 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

[00:30.07] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:33.09] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:37.35] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:39.33] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:42.43] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:45.65] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.77] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:53.83] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:00.20] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:06.60] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:12.27] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:15.20] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:18.36] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:21.25] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:24.23] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:27.12] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:30.24] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger

[01:33.17] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:36.25] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:38.87] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say

[01:42.34] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.47] The way things is going, I don't know

[01:48.00] Tell me why are we, so blind to see

[01:53.55] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?

[02:00.71] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.60] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.19] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.12] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:24.33] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.10] Minute after minute, hour after hour

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

[02:33.56] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.41] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.33] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:42.48] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:45.00] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.61] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.77] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.72] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:06.65] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:12.66] Tell me why are we, so blind to see

[03:17.83] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?

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

[03:29.93] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?