[00:11.85] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.78] I take a look at my life
[00:16.10] and realize there's nothin' left
[00:17.99] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
[00:20.65] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
[00:24.09] But I ain't never crossed a man
[00:25.43] that didn't deserve it
[00:26.74] Me be treated like a punk,
[00:28.34] you know that's unheard of
[00:30.20] You better watch how you talkin'
[00:31.89] and where you walkin'
[00:33.13] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.88] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
[00:38.80] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
[00:41.99] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.18] On my knees in the night,
[00:46.50] sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[00:48.62] Been spendin' most their lives
[00:50.75] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[00:54.47] Been spendin' most their lives
[00:56.86] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:00.58] Keep spendin' most our lives
[01:02.97] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:06.69] Keep spendin' most our lives
[01:08.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:12.12] Look at the situation
[01:13.44] they got me facing
[01:14.77] I can't live a normal life,
[01:16.36] I was raised by the street
[01:17.70] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.88] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams
[01:23.80] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
[01:26.72] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:29.93] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
[01:33.11] And my homies is down,
[01:34.44] so don't arouse my anger
[01:35.65] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
[01:38.83] I'm livin' life do or die,
[01:40.69] what can I say?
[01:42.29] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?
[01:45.21] The way things is going I don't know
[01:47.59] Tell me why are we
[01:50.52] so blind to see
[01:53.44] That the ones we hurt
[01:56.63] are you and me?
[02:00.62] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:03.01] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:06.72] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:08.85] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:12.57] Keep spendin' most our lives
[02:14.96] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:18.69] Keep spendin' most our lives
[02:20.80] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:24.25] Power and the money,
[02:25.59] money and the power
[02:27.18] Minute after minute,
[02:28.77] hour after hour
[02:30.10] Everybody's runnin',
[02:31.44] but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.04] It's going on in the kitchen,
[02:34.62] but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.22] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.14] If they can't understand it,
[02:40.74] how can they reach me?
[02:42.59] I guess they can't,
[02:43.66] I guess they won't
[02:44.99] I guess they front,
[02:46.06] that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:48.71] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:50.83] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:54.55] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:56.94] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:00.66] Keep spendin' most our lives
[03:03.05] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:06.50] Keep spendin' most our lives
[03:08.90] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:11.81] Tell me why are we
[03:14.74] so blind to see
[03:17.39] That the ones we
[03:19.78] hurt are you and me?
[03:23.50] Tell me why are we
[03:26.69] so blind to see
[03:29.62] That the ones we hurt
[03:32.80] are you and me?
