Gangsters Paradise

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 brassing and laughing so long That everyone thinks that my mind has 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 ya talking, and where ya walking 'Cause this life will leave you lined in chalk Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Look at the situation they got me facing I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state So I gotta be down with the 'hood team Too much television watching got me chasing dreams Death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say? I'm here right now, will I see tomorrow? The way things are going I don't know Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me? (Tell me) Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Power in the money, money in the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking It's going on in the kitchen But I don't know what's cooking They say I gotta 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 I'm fucked That's how I know my life is out of luck Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me?