▶️ Gangsta Paradise

[00:25.37] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.82] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:31.75] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:35.47] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:37.86] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.78] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:43.97] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:46.89] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:49.81] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:52.74] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:56.18] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:59.11] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.29] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.14] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.26] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.10] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.23] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:28.63] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state

[01:31.81] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:34.75] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:37.67] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:40.86] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:43.78] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:46.97] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:49.63] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:52.81] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:56.04] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:58.97] The way things is goin' I don't know

[02:02.15] Tell me why are we so blind to see

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

[02:13.84] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.49] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.34] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

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

[02:38.03] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:40.99] Minute after minute, hour after hour

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

[02:47.09] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.02] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:53.20] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:56.13] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:59.08] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[03:02.53] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.12] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.27] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.11] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:25.96] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:31.29] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.42] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.26] That the ones we hurt are you and me?