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As I G#walk through the valley of the Fshadow of death I take a Glook at my life And reaCmlize there's nothing left. 'Cause G#I've been blasting and Flaughing so long That Geven my momma thinks that my Cmmind has gone. But I ain't G#never crossed a man that Fdidn't deserve it. Me be Gtreated like a punk, you Cmknow that's unheard of. You G#betta watch how ya talkingF, and where ya walking Or Gyou and your homies might be Cmlined in chalk. I G#really hate to trip but I Fgotta lob, As they Gcroak, I see myself in the Cmpistol smoke. Fool, G#I'm the kinda g that little Fhomie's wanna be like, On my Gknees in the night, sayingCm prayers in the street light.
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G# We've been spending Fmost our lives Living Gin a gangsta's Cmparadise. (x2)
G# We keep spending Fmost our lives Living Gin a gangsta's Cmparadise. (x2)
Look at the situation, they got me facing, I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state. 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 ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye. I'm a locked out gangsta, set tripping banger And my homies are down so don't arouse my anger. Fool, death ain't nothing but a heart beat away, I'm living life do or die, what can I say? I'm twenty-three now, will I ever live to see twenty-four, The way things is going I don't know. Tell me why are we So blind to see. That the ones we hurt Are you and me? We've been spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We've been spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. Power in the money, money in the power, Minute after minute, hour after hour, Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking It's going on in the kitchen But I don't know what's cooking. 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, foo! We've been spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We've been spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. Tell me why are we So blind to see. That the ones we hurt Are you and me? Tell me why are we So blind to see. That the ones we hurt Are you and me?