As I walk through the valley

of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life and

realize there's nothing left

'Cause I've been laughing

and blasting so long

That even my momma thinks

that my mind is gone!

But I ain't never crossed a

man that didn't deserve it

Me be treated like a punk? Yeah,

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

I'm the kinda G, the little

homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night, saying

prayers in the street light

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

Look at the situation,

they got me facing

I can't live a normal life,

I was raised by the streets

So I gotta be down with the hood team

Too many television watching

got me chasing dreams

I'm an educated fool

with money on my mind

I got a 10 in my hand

and a gleam in my eye

I'm a loc'd out gangsta

set tripping banger

And my homies are down,

don't arouse my anger

And 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

So tell me why are we

so f g blind to see

The ones 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 it's cooking

Say I gotta learn, but

nobody's here to teach me

If they can't understand,

how can they reach me?

I guess they can't, I guess

they won't, I guess they front

That's why my life is out of luck,

yeah

Haha; fuck, everyone

What up?

Shout out to Epitaph, shout

out to Fearless Records

Punk Goes 90's, shout out to

all the bands on the record

Falling In Reverse, 2014 and beyond

Gangsta's paradise, baby

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