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 everyone thinks my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man (that didn't deserve it)
To be treated like a punk (you know that's unheard of)
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
Cause this life'll leave you lined in chalk
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Forget 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
cuz' television watching got me chasing dreams
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
I'm living life, do or die, what can I sayI'm here right now, will I save 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
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, 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 meI guess they can't, I guess they won't
Tell me why
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most of my life living in the gangsta's paradise
Why are we so blind to see
That the one's we hurt are you and me
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