As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I take a look at my life and realise there's none left. 'Cause I've been brassing and laughing so long that. Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone. But I aint never crossed a man that didn't deserve it. Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheared of. You better watch how you talking, and where you walking or you and your homies might be lined in chalk.
I really hate to trip but I gotta lope. As they croak. I see myself in the pistal smoke ... fool I'm the kind of G that little homies want to be like.
On my knees in the night,saving prayers in the street light.
Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending mos their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
They got a situation, they got me facing. I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strip. So I gotta be down with the hood team. Too much television watching got me chasing dreams. I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind. Got
my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye. I'm loped out gangsta set trippin banger. And my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger ... fool. Death ain't nothing but a heart beat away. I'm living life do or die, what can I say. I'm 23 never will I live to see 24. The way things is 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 lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Power and the money, money and the power.
Minute after minute, hour after hour. Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking. What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking. They say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach me. If they can'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 out of luck...fool.
Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Been spending most their lives livin in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise.
Keep spending most their lives livin in the gangsta's paradise.
