As I walk thru the of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's much 'Cause I've been brassin' and laughin' so that Even my Mama that my mind is gone But I crossed a man that didn't deserve it Me be treated like a punk, you know unheard of You'd better watch how you talkin', and where walkin' Or you and your might be like a chap I really to check but I gotta look As they croak I see myself in the pistals ... fool I'm the of cheater little homies wanna be like On my knees in the night, prayers in the street light
Been spending most their livin' in the gangsta's paradise spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
They got the situation, got me facin' I can't with no more right, I was raised by the street So I gotta be with the hood team Too much television got me chasin' dreams I'm a educated fool with on my mind Got my 10 in my hand and a in my eye I'm a loped out certain trippin' banker And my homing is down so don't arouse my ... fool Dead bay but a heart beat away I'm livin' light, do or die, can I say I'm 23 now but will I to see 24 The way things is goin' I don't
Tell me why are we so to see the ones we hurt are you and me
Been spending their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's Keep spending most our living in the gangsta's paradise spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
The and the money, money and the power after minute, hour after hour Everybody's money, but half of them ain't It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's They say I've got to learn but nobody's there to me If they can't how can they reach me I guess they I guess they I guess front That's why I know my life is out of for
spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's Keep spending most our lives living in the paradise
me why are we so blind to see That the ones we are you and me me why are we so blind to see That the ones we are you and me ...