[00:11.72] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [00:14.57] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left [00:17.98] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that [00:21.00] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone [00:23.74] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it [00:26.70] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of [00:30.07] You better watch how ya talkin' and where ya walkin' [00:32.96] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk [00:35.97] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc [00:38.78] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool [00:42.23] I'm the kind of G that little homies wanna be like [00:45.00] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light [00:48.23] Been spending most their lives [00:50.80] Living in a gangsta's paradise [00:54.32] Been spending most their lives [00:56.93] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:00.24] Keep spending most our lives [01:02.84] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:06.21] Keep spending most our lives [01:08.86] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:12.18] Look at the situation they got me facin' [01:14.86] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes [01:17.99] So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:20.77] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams [01:23.75] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind [01:26.88] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye [01:29.94] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger [01:32.92] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool [01:36.32] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away [01:38.88] I'm livin' my life do-or-die, uh, what can I say? [01:42.17] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24? [01:45.04] The way things is going, I don't know [01:47.66] Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:53.35] That the ones we hurt are you and me? [01:57.70] [02:00.24] Been spending most their lives [02:03.10] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:06.36] Been spending most their lives [02:08.92] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:12.37] Keep spending most our lives [02:14.94] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:18.38] Keep spending most our lives [02:20.92] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:24.34] Power and the money, money and the power [02:27.02] Minute after minute, hour after hour [02:30.01] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't lookin' [02:33.06] What's going on in the kitchen? But I don't know what's cookin' [02:36.16] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me [02:39.15] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me? [02:42.31] I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they front [02:45.97] That's why I know my life is out of luck, fool [02:48.52] Been spending most their lives [02:51.09] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:54.33] Been spending most their lives [02:57.12] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:00.47] Keep spending most our lives [03:02.99] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:06.50] Keep spending most our lives [03:09.21] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:11.92] Tell me why are we, so blind to see [03:17.42] That the ones we hurt, are you and me? [03:23.30] Tell me why are we, so blind to see [03:29.49] That the ones we hurt, are you and me? [03:34.16]