Gangsta's Paradise

[00:25.94] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.86] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:32.31] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.24] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:38.17] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:41.10] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:44.02] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:47.21] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:50.39] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:53.05] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:56.51] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:59.16] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.88] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.72] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.84] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.15] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.27] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.94] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:32.13] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:35.05] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:37.99] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:41.18] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:44.10] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:47.02] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:50.47] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:53.13] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say?

[01:56.31] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.24] The way things is going, I don't know

[02:02.16] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.47] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:14.91] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.75] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.87] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.71] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.81] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.20] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.39] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.32] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.50] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:53.42] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:56.61] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:59.01] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[03:02.72] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.57] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.67] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.52] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:26.36] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.68] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.79] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.63] That the ones we hurt are you and me?