Gangstas paradise(full)

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left Coz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that, even my mama think that my mind is gone But I ain't never cross the 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 they croke 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 The getto situation, they got me facing 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 tin 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 twenty-three now, but 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 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 Keep spending most our lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise Keep 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 clickin' They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me, if they can't understand 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 Keep spending most our lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise Keep 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