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[00:25.93] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:28.44] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
[00:31.93] 'Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
[00:34.93] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:37.43] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:40.43] Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:43.95] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'
[00:46.93] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:49.68] I really hate to trip but I gotta, loc
[00:52.70] As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:56.18] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:58.71] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[01:02.43] Been spendin' most their lives,
[01:04.68] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:08.69] Been spendin' most their lives,
[01:10.68] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:14.25] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:16.94] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:20.44] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:22.94] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:25.95] They got the situation, they got me facin'
[01:28.69] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:31.69] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:34.67] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
[01:37.68] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:40.93] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:43.94] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:46.94] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:50.20] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
[01:52.71] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say
[01:55.71] I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four
[01:58.95] The way things are going I don't know
[02:01.43] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[02:07.21] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:13.43] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:16.93] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:20.68] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:22.68] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:26.18] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:28.93] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:32.44] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:34.68] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:37.96] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:40.97] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:43.93] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:46.93] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:50.18] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:52.93] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:56.43] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:58.71] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[03:02.72] Been spendin' most their lives,
[03:04.68] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:08.47] Been spendin' most their lives,
[03:10.94] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:14.45] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:16.93] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:20.43] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:22.95] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:25.68] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:31.43] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:37.45] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:43.43] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
