Gangsta's Paradise

[00:25.75] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.73] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:31.92] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.38] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:38.03] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.69] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:44.14] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:47.06] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:49.72] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:52.91] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:56.36] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:58.73] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.45] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.04] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.16] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.27] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:25.98] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.84] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state

[01:32.29] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.91] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:37.83] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.21] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.94] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.86] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.78] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.70] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:55.89] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.34] The way things is goin' I don't know

[02:01.52] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.37] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:13.76] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.06] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.20] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.30] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.13] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.06] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.17] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:46.69] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.14] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:52.96] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:56.40] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:58.79] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.11] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:07.95] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:13.91] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:19.59] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:25.69] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.54] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.76] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.86] That the ones we hurt are you and me?