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As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death |
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I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left |
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'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that |
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Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone |
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But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it |
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Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of |
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You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking |
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Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk |
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I really hate to trip but i gotta loc |
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As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool |
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I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like |
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on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight. |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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The getto situation, they got me facin |
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I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes |
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So I gotta be down with the hood team |
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Too much television watching got me chasing dreams |
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I'm an educated fool with money on my mind |
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Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye |
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I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger |
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And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool |
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Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, |
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I'm living life, do or die, what can I say |
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I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24 |
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The way things are going I don't know |
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Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
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That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Power and the money, money and the power |
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Minute after minute, hour after hour |
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Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking |
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What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin |
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They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me |
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If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me |
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I guess they can't, I guess they won't |
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I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
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Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
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That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
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Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
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That the one's we hurt, are you and me |