Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
 Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
 But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
 Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
 You better watch how you're talkin' and where you're walkin'
 Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
 I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
 As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
 I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
 On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Look at the situation they got me facin'
 I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
 So I gotta be down with the hood team
 Too much television-watchin' got me chasin' dreams
 I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
 Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
 I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
 And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
 Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
 I'm livin' life "do or die", what can I say?
 I'm 23 now, but 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?
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Power and the money, money and the power
 Minute after minute, hour after hour
 Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
 It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
 They say I 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 outta luck, fool
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?
 
 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
 Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
 But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
 Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
 You better watch how you're talkin' and where you're walkin'
 Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
 I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
 As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
 I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
 On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Look at the situation they got me facin'
 I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
 So I gotta be down with the hood team
 Too much television-watchin' got me chasin' dreams
 I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
 Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
 I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
 And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
 Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
 I'm livin' life "do or die", what can I say?
 I'm 23 now, but 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?
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Power and the money, money and the power
 Minute after minute, hour after hour
 Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
 It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
 They say I 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 outta luck, fool
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 They've been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 We keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?