| [00:12.459] | As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death |
| [00:15.139] | I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left |
| [00:18.209] | 'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that |
| [00:21.459] | Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone |
| [00:24.249] | But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it |
| [00:27.38] | Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of |
| [00:30.549] | You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking |
| [00:33.480] | Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk |
| [00:36.290] | I really hate to trip but i gotta loc |
| [00:39.130] | As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool |
| [00:42.700] | I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like |
| [00:45.340] | on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight. |
| [00:48.0] | |
| [00:48.900] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [00:55.90] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:00.900] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:07.100] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:11.970] | |
| [01:12.650] | The getto situation, they got me facin' |
| [01:15.470] | I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes |
| [01:18.360] | So I gotta be down with the hood team |
| [01:21.360] | Too much television watching got me chasing dreams |
| [01:24.260] | I'm an educated fool with money on my mind |
| [01:27.350] | Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye |
| [01:30.300] | I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger |
| [01:33.370] | And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool |
| [01:36.210] | Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, |
| [01:39.480] | I'm living life, do or die, what can I say |
| [01:42.700] | I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24 |
| [01:45.660] | The way things are going I don't know |
| [01:47.600] | |
| [01:48.490] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [01:54.300] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
| [02:00.950] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:06.900] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:12.969] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:19.390] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:24.518] | Power and the money, money and the power |
| [02:27.659] | Minute after minute, hour after hour |
| [02:30.138] | Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking |
| [02:33.289] | What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' |
| [02:36.548] | They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me |
| [02:39.548] | If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me |
| [02:42.999] | I guess they can't, I guess they won't |
| [02:45.399] | I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool |
| [02:48.378] | |
| [02:49.259] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:55.138] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:00.969] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:06.999] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:12.409] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [03:18.439] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
| [03:24.298] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [03:29.988] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
| [03:39.589] |