Gangsta's Paradise
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' leftCause I've been blasting and laughing so long,That even my mama thinks that my mind is goneBut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve itMe be treated like a punk you know that's unheard ofYou better watch how you're talking and where you're walkingOr you and your homies might be lined in chalkI really hate to trip but I gotta locAs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, foolI'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be likeOn my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin'I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streetsSo I gotta be down with the hood teamToo much television watching got me chasing dreamsI'm an educated fool with money on my mindGot my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eyeI'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' bangerAnd my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, foolDeath ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,I'm living life, do or die, what can I sayI'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24The way things are going I don't know
Tell me why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Power and the money, money and the powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody's running, but half of them ain't lookingWhat's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach meIf they can't understand it, how can they reach meI guess they can't, I guess they won'tI guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Tell me why are we so blind to seeThat the one's we hurt are you and meTell me why are we so blind to seeThat the one's we hurt are you and me[Fade out]