[00:11.66]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.34]I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left
[00:17.41]'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that
[00:20.66]Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.45]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.24]Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:29.75]You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking
[00:32.68]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.49]I really hate to trip but i gotta loc
[00:38.33]As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:41.90]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:44.54]on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight.
[00:47.20]
[00:48.10]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.29]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:00.10]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:05.94]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:11.17]
[01:11.85]The getto situation, they got me facin
[01:14.67]I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:17.56]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.56]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:23.46]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:26.55]Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:29.50]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:32.57]And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:35.41]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
[01:38.68]I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
[01:41.90]I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
[01:44.86]The way things are going I don't know
[01:46.80]
[01:47.69]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[01:53.05]That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:00.15]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.10]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:12.17]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:17.97]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:23.72]Power and the money, money and the power
[02:26.86]Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:29.34]Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
[02:32.49]What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin
[02:35.75]They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:38.75]If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me
[02:42.20]I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:44.06]I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:47.58]
[02:48.46]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.34]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:00.17]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:06.02]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:11.61]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:17.64]That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:23.05]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:29.19]That the one's we hurt, are you and me