As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life and realize nothing's left

Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that even

My mama thinks my minds 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 lined in chalk



I really hate the trip but I gotta loc

As the croak I see myself in the pistol smoke

Fool! I'm the kinda g that little homies wanna be like

All my knees in the night

Saying prayers in the street light..



( chorus )

Been spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise (x2)

Keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise (x2)



Look at the situation, they got me facing

I can never live a normal life, I was raised by the street

So I gotta be down with the hood team

Too much television watching got me chasing 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 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 twenty-three now , will I live to see twenty-four

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

( chorus )



Power in the money , money in the power

Minute after minute, hour after hour

Everybodys running but half ain't looking

What's going on in the kitchen but don't know what's cookin'

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

If they cant understand it, how can they reach me

I guess they can't , I guess they won't , I guess they front

That's why my life is outta luck fool !



(chorus )

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me ( x2 )


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