Gangsta's Paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' 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, you know that's unheard of

You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Look at the situation they got me facing

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 watchin', got me chasing dreams

I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

Got my ten 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

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me?