Gangsta's paradise
[00:11.98] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.90] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
[00:18.26] 'Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
[00:21.30] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.82] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.70] Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:30.02] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'
[00:32.90] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.98] I really hate to trip but I gotta, loc
[00:38.76] As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:42.28] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.30] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[00:48.58] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:51.10] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.70] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:57.14] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:00.35] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:02.94] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:06.82] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:09.02] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:12.10] They got the situation, they got me facin'
[01:14.97] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:18.14] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.75] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
[01:24.06] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.07] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.16] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:32.96] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:35.82] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
[01:39.30] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say
[01:42.22] I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four
[01:45.22] The way things are going I don't know
[01:47.69] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[01:53.42] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:00.69] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:03.69] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.70] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:09.18] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:12.78] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:15.22] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:18.54] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:20.96] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:24.38] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.14] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.14] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:34.29] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.22] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.02] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:42.58] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:44.82] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:48.50] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:51.02] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.70] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:57.22] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:00.58] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:03.02] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:06.58] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:09.10] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:12.18] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:17.50] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:23.69] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:29.50] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
