[00:00.000] 作词 : Artis Ivey Jr.
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Artis Ivey Jr.
[00:12.597]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.777]I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
[00:19.072]'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that
[00:22.686]Even my mamma thinks that my mind is gone
[00:25.771]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:28.709]Me be treated like a punk
[00:30.691]You know that's unheard of
[00:32.364]You better watch how you talking, and where you walking
[00:35.483]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:38.429]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:41.593]As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool
[00:45.146]I'm the kinda G that little homies want to be like
[00:48.574]On my knees in the night
[00:49.837]Saying prayers in the street light
[00:51.887]
[00:52.036]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:58.045]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:04.706]
[01:18.137]They got the situation, they got me facing
[01:20.513]I can't live a normal life
[01:22.340]I was raised by the streets
[01:24.044]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:26.820]Too much television watching got me chasing my dreams
[01:30.252]I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
[01:33.690]Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:36.694]I'm a loped out gangsta set trippin' bang
[01:40.087]And my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger fool
[01:43.565]Death ain't nothing but a heart beat away
[01:46.798]I'm living life do or die, what can I say
[01:49.920]I'm twenty-three now but will I live to see twenty-four
[01:53.744]The way things is going I don't know
[01:56.266]
[01:56.427]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[02:02.426]That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:08.663]
[02:08.824]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:16.472]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:22.509]
[02:27.147]Gangsta's paradise
[02:33.233]Gangsta's paradise
[02:35.713]
[02:35.800]Power and the money, money and the power
[02:38.606]Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:41.789]Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
[02:45.136]What's going on in the kitchen
[02:46.932]But I don't know what's cooking
[02:48.459]They say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach me
[02:51.734]If they can't understand it
[02:53.253]How the hell can they reach me
[02:55.146]I guess they can't
[02:56.640]I guess they won't
[02:57.689]I guess they front
[02:58.732]That's why I know my life is out of luck fool
[03:01.342]
[03:01.505]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:08.051]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:14.304]We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:21.285]We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:27.314]
[03:27.332]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:33.296]That the ones we hurt are you and me
[03:39.529]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:46.331]That the ones we hurt are you and me