Gangsta's Paradise

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 blasting and laughing so long,
 That even my mama 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 talking and where you're walking
 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 saying prayers in the streetlight
 Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep 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 streets
 So I gotta be down with the hood team
 Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
 I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
 Got my 10 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 nothing but a heartbeat away,
 I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
 I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
 The way things are 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, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives, living 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 cookin'
 They say I gotta 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, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the one's we hurt are you and me
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the one's we hurt are you and me