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[00:12.12] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.78] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:18.23] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:21.16] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:24.08] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.46] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.18] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

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

[00:36.30] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.95] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

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

[00:45.06] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:49.04] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:54.09] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:00.73] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:06.57] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:12.42] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:15.08] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state

[01:18.00] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.92] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:24.10] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:27.03] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:29.95] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:33.14] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:35.79] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:38.99] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:42.17] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.35] The way things is goin' I don't know

[01:48.01] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.32] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:01.03] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.34] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.45] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.30] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:24.40] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.32] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.25] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:33.43] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.89] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.27] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:42.74] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.86] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[02:49.11] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.15] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.26] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:06.37] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:12.21] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.79] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.64] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.75] That the ones we hurt are you and me?