As I walk thru the valley of the of death I take a look at my life and realize there's much 'Cause I've been brassin' and laughin' so that my Mama thinks that my mind is gone But I never crossed a man 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 homies might be a chap I really hate to but I gotta look As they croak I see myself in the pistals ... fool I'm the kind of cheater little homies wanna be 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 lives living in the paradise Keep most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
They got the situation, they got me I can't live with no more right, I was by the street So I gotta be damned the hood team Too much television got me chasin' dreams I'm a educated fool money on my mind Got my 10 in my and a gleam in my eye I'm a loped out certain trippin' banker And my homing is down so don't arouse my ... fool Dead bay nothin' but a heart away I'm light, do or die, what can I say I'm 23 now but I live to see 24 The way things is goin' I don't
Tell me why are we so to see That the ones we are you and me
Been spending most their lives living in the paradise Been spending most lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's Keep spending most our living in the gangsta's paradise
The and the money, money and the power Minute after minute, hour after money, but half of them ain't lookin' It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I know what's cooking They say I've got to learn but nobody's to teach me If they can't understand how can reach me I they can't I they won't I guess they That's why I know my is out of luck for
Been most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives in the gangsta's paradise
Tell me why are we so to see That the we hurt are you and me Tell me why are we so to see That the ones we are you and me ...