[00:11.70] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [00:15.05] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left [00:18.25] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that [00:21.35] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone [00:23.77] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it [00:26.87] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of [00:30.14] You better watch how ya talking and where ya walking [00:33.17] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk [00:36.27] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc' [00:38.99] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool [00:42.23] I'm the kind of g' that little homie's wanna be like [00:45.03] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light [00:48.38] Been spending most their lives [00:51.26] Living in a gangsta's paradise [00:54.12] Been spending most their lives [00:57.07] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:00.32] Keep spending most our lives [01:03.16] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:06.30] Keep spending most our lives [01:09.17] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:12.34] Look at the situation they got me facing [01:14.96] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes [01:18.16] So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:20.81] Too much television watching got me chasing dreams [01:23.89] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind [01:27.03] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye [01:30.12] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger [01:33.17] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool [01:36.12] Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away [01:39.13] I'm living my life do-or-die, uh, what can I say? [01:42.54] I'm twentythree now, but will I live to see twentyfour? [01:45.73] The way things is going, I don't know [01:47.89] Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:53.49] That the ones we hurt are you and me [02:00.39] Been spending most their lives [02:03.16] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:06.66] Been spending most their lives [02:09.24] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:12.44] Keep spending most our lives [02:15.24] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:18.73] Keep spending most our lives [02:21.27] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:24.38] Power and the money, money and the power [02:27.40] Minute after minute, hour after hour [02:30.35] Everybody's running but half of them ain't lookin' [02:33.30] What's going on in the kitchen? But I don't know what's cookin' [02:36.37] They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me [02:39.36] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me? [02:42.77] I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they front [02:46.07] That's why I know my life is out of luck, fool [02:48.83] Been spending most their lives [02:51.20] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:54.63] Been spending most their lives [02:57.20] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:00.82] Keep spending most our lives [03:03.03] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:06.74] Keep spending most our lives [03:09.54] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:12.21] Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:17.56] That the ones we hurt are you and me [03:23.78] Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:29.76] That the ones we hurt are you and me [03:36.59]