Gangsters Paradise

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
 'Cause I've been brassing and laughing so long
 That everyone thinks that my mind has gone
 But I 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 ya talking, and where ya walking
 'Cause this life will leave you lined in chalk
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Look at the situation they got me facing
 I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
 So I gotta be down with the 'hood team
 Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
 Death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
 I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
 I'm here right now, will I see tomorrow?
 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? (Tell me)
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Power in the money, money in the power
 Minute after minute, hour after hour
 Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
 It's going on in the kitchen
 But I don't know what's cooking
 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 I'm fucked
 That's how I know my life is out of luck
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 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 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?
 
 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
 'Cause I've been brassing and laughing so long
 That everyone thinks that my mind has gone
 But I 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 ya talking, and where ya walking
 'Cause this life will leave you lined in chalk
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Look at the situation they got me facing
 I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
 So I gotta be down with the 'hood team
 Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
 Death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
 I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
 I'm here right now, will I see tomorrow?
 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? (Tell me)
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Power in the money, money in the power
 Minute after minute, hour after hour
 Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
 It's going on in the kitchen
 But I don't know what's cooking
 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 I'm fucked
 That's how I know my life is out of luck
 ♪
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Been spending most their lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives
 Living in a gangsta's paradise
 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?