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 nothing left

'Cause I've been blasting and laughin' so long that

Even my Mama 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 get 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 kind of G that little homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

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 chasin' dreams

I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

Got my ten in my hand and the gleam in my eye

I'm a loc'ed out gangsta sent trippin' bangin'

And my homies is down so don't rouse my anger

Fool, death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away

And I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say

I'm twenty three now, but will I live to see twenty four

The way things are goin', I don't know

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Power and the money, money and the power

Minute after minute, hour after hour

Everybody's runnin' but half of them ain't lookin'

What's goin' on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin'

They say I gotta learn but nobody's there to teach me

If they can 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's out of luck fool

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Keep spending most our lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise

Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangster's paradise