[00:11.58] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.50] I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
[00:17.86] 'Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
[00:20.90] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.42] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.30] Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:29.62] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'
[00:32.50] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.58] I really hate to trip but I gotta, loc
[00:38.36] As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:41.88] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:44.90] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[00:48.18] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:50.70] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.30] Been spendin' most their lives,
[00:56.74] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[00:59.95] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:02.54] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:06.42] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[01:08.62] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[01:11.70] They got the situation, they got me facin'
[01:14.57] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:17.74] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.35] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
[01:23.66] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:26.67] Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:29.76] I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:32.56] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:35.42] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
[01:38.90] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say
[01:41.82] I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four
[01:44.82] The way things are going I don't know
[01:47.29] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[01:53.02] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:00.29] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:03.29] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.30] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:08.78] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:12.38] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:14.82] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:18.14] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[02:20.56] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:23.98] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:26.74] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:29.74] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.89] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:35.82] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:38.62] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
[02:42.18] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:44.42] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:48.10] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:50.62] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.30] Been spendin' most their lives,
[02:56.82] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:00.18] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:02.62] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:06.18] Keep spendin' most our lives,
[03:08.70] Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
[03:11.78] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:17.10] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:23.29] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:29.10] That the one's we hurt, are you and me
