Gangsta's Paradise
[00:14.68] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:17.69] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:20.95] 'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
[00:23.92] That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:26.68] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:29.68] Me be treated like a punk
[00:31.19] you know that's unheard of
[00:32.93] You better watch how you're talking
[00:34.69] and where you're walking
[00:35.96] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:38.95] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:41.66] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, FOOL
[00:45.21] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:47.69] On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
[00:51.66] Been spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:57.18] Been spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:14.93] Look at the situation they got me facin'
[01:17.66] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
[01:20.68] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:23.67] Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:26.67] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:29.90] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:32.94] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:35.93] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger,
[01:38.43] FOOL
[01:39.17] Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
[01:41.94] I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
[01:44.90] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
[01:48.15] The way things are going I don't know
[01:50.67] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:56.41] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:03.66] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:09.16] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:18.92] Gangsta's paradise
[02:24.92] Gangsta's paradise
[02:27.19] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:30.16] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:33.16] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
[02:35.91] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:38.92] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:41.92] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:45.17] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:47.66] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck,
[02:50.40] FOOL
[02:51.42] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:57.39] They been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:03.42] We keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:09.16] We keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:14.66] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:20.40] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[03:26.44] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:32.67] That the ones we hurt are you and me
