| [00:11.66] | As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death |
| [00:14.34] | I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left |
| [00:17.41] | 'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that |
| [00:20.66] | Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone |
| [00:23.45] | But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it |
| [00:26.24] | Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of |
| [00:29.75] | You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking |
| [00:32.68] | Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk |
| [00:35.49] | I really hate to trip but i gotta loc |
| [00:38.33] | As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool |
| [00:41.90] | I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like |
| [00:44.54] | on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight. |
| [00:47.20] | |
| [00:48.10] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [00:54.29] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:00.10] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:05.94] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [01:11.17] | |
| [01:11.85] | The getto situation, they got me facin |
| [01:14.67] | I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes |
| [01:17.56] | So I gotta be down with the hood team |
| [01:20.56] | Too much television watching got me chasing dreams |
| [01:23.46] | I'm an educated fool with money on my mind |
| [01:26.55] | Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye |
| [01:29.50] | I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger |
| [01:32.57] | And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool |
| [01:35.41] | Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, |
| [01:38.68] | I'm living life, do or die, what can I say |
| [01:41.90] | I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24 |
| [01:44.86] | The way things are going I don't know |
| [01:46.80] | |
| [01:47.69] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [01:53.05] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
| [02:00.15] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:06.10] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:12.17] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:17.97] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:23.72] | Power and the money, money and the power |
| [02:26.86] | Minute after minute, hour after hour |
| [02:29.34] | Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking |
| [02:32.49] | What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin |
| [02:35.75] | They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me |
| [02:38.75] | If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me |
| [02:42.20] | I guess they can't, I guess they won't |
| [02:44.06] | I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool |
| [02:47.58] | |
| [02:48.46] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [02:54.34] | Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:00.17] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:06.02] | Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise |
| [03:11.61] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [03:17.64] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |
| [03:23.05] | Tell me why are we, so blind to see |
| [03:29.19] | That the one's we hurt, are you and me |