As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death



I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left



coz I've been blastin and laughin 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 I Grow 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





They got the situation, they got me facin'



I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes



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 one's 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



spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise



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 kickin'



they say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me



if they can't undersstand 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



spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise



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