Gangsta's Paradise

[00:11.13] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.31] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:17.50] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:20.69] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.33] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.52] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:29.71] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:32.63] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:35.78] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:38.71] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:41.89] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:44.80] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.51] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:54.36] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:59.93] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:06.28] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:12.13] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:14.52] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:17.72] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.62] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:23.54] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:26.47] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:29.40] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:32.85] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:36.04] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:38.70] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say?

[01:41.88] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.03] The way things is going, I don't know

[01:47.12] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.22] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:00.36] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.48] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.05] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.15] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:24.00] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.19] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.11] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:32.50] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:35.95] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:38.88] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:42.60] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.46] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.44] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.30] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.15] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:05.97] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:11.52] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.37] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.47] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.32] That the ones we hurt are you and me?