Gangsta Paradise

[00:25.95] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.67] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left

[00:31.86] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.04] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:37.96] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.89] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:43.55] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:47.00] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:49.66] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:53.11] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:56.02] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:58.96] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.15] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.01] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.12] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.23] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.34] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:29.01] 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

[01:35.10] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:38.03] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.95] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:44.14] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger

[01:46.80] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:49.72] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:53.45] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say

[01:56.37] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.29] The way things is going, I don't know

[02:00.88] Tell me why are we, so blind to see

[02:07.53] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?

[02:14.17] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.55] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.39] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.50] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.34] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.26] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.19] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.64] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.29] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:52.69] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:56.41] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:59.06] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[03:02.78] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.36] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.47] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.32] Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:26.43] Tell me why are we, so blind to see

[03:31.75] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?

[03:38.12] Tell me why are we, so blind to see

[03:43.70] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?