As I walk through the valley of the of death I a look at my life and realize there's not much left 'Coz I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, Even my mama thinks my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man didn't deserve it Me be treated like a punk you know unheard of You better how you're talkin', and where you're walkin' Or you and your might be lined in chalk
I really hate to but I gotta, loc As I I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool I'm the kinda G the little homies be like On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the
Been most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise Keep most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the paradise
They got the situation, got me facin' I can't live a normal life, I was by the stripes So I gotta be down the hood team Too much television watchin' got me dreams
I'm an educated fool with money on my Got my 10 in my and a gleam in my eye I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' And my homies is down so don't my anger, fool
ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away I'm livin' life, do or die, can I say I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see The way are going I don't know
me why are we, so blind to see That the we hurt, are you and me
Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise Keep spendin' most our lives, in the gangsta's paradise spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Power and the money, and the power Minute after minute, after hour runnin', but half of them ain't lookin' What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know cookin'
say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me If they can't understand it, how can they me I guess can't, I guess they won't I they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
Been spendin' their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise Been spendin' most their lives, in the gangsta's paradise Keep spendin' our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise Keep spendin' our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise
me why are we, so blind to see That the we hurt, are you and me Tell me why are we, so to see the one's we hurt, are you and me