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 laughing so long That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone But I can't condemn a man That don't deserve it Me be treated like a punk? You know that's unheard of You betta watch how ya talkin' And where ya walkin' or you and ya homies might be 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 kinda G the little homies want to be like On my knees in the night Saying prayers in the street light Been spending most their live's living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living in a gangsta's paradise Look at the situation they got me facing I can't live a normal life I was raised by the state so I gotta be down with the hood team Too much television watchin' Got me chasing dreams I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Mac 11 in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin banga And my homies are down So don't arouse my anger Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away I'm living life do or die What can I say? I'm 23 now But will I live to see 24 The way things are going 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 live's living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living in a gangsta's paradise Power and the money Money and the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's runnin' but half ain't looking They smelling gun in they kitchen but I don't know it's cookin' They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me If they don't 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 is outta luck fool Been spending most their live's living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our live's living 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