as i walk through the valley
of the shadow of death
i take a look at my life and
realize there's nuthin'left
cuz i've been blasting
and laughing so long that
even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
but i never crossed a man
that didn't deserve it
me be treated like a punk
you know that's unheard of
you better watch how you're
talking and where you're walking
or you and your homies
might be lined in chalk
i really hate to trip but i gotta loc
as they croak i see myself
in the pistol smoke fool
i'm the kinda g the little
homies wanna be like
on my knees in the night saying
prayers in the streetlight
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
the getto situation they got me facin
i can't live a normal life
i was raised by the street
so i gotta be down with the hood team
too much television watching
got me chasing dreams
i'm an educated fool
with money on my mind
got my tin in my hand
and a gleam in my eye
i'm a loc'd out gangsta
set trippin banger
and my homies is down so
don't arouse my anger fool
death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
i'm living life do or
die what can i say
i'm 23 now but will i live to see 24
the way things are going i don't know
tell me why are we so blind to see
that the one's we hurt are you and me
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
power and the money money and the power
minute after minute hour after hour
everybody's running but
half of them ain't looking
what's going on in the kitchen
but i don't know what's cookin
they say i got to learn but
nobody's here to teach me
if they can't understand
it how can they reach me
i guess they can't i guess they won't
i guess they front that's why i
know my life is out of luck fool
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
been spending most their lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
keep spending most our lives
living in the gangsta's paradise
tell me why are we so blind to see
that the one's we hurt are you and me
tell me why are we so blind to see
that the one's we hurt are you and me
