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As I G#walk through the valley of the Fmshadow of death I take a G7look at my life And reaCmlize there's nothing left. 'Cause G#I've been blasting and Fmlaughing so long That G7even my momma thinks that my mCmind has gone. But I ain't G#never crossed a man that Fmdidn't deserve it. Me be G7treated like a punk, you kCmnow that's unheard of. You G#betta watch how ya talkingFm, and where ya walking Or G7you and your homies might be lCmined in chalk. I G#really hate to trip but I Fmgotta tho, As they G7croak, I see myself in the pCmistol smoke. Fool, G#I'm the kinda g that little Fmhomie's wanna be like, On my G7knees in the night, sayingCm prayers in the street light.
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G# We've been spending Fmmost our lives Living G7in a gangsta's pCmaradise. (x2)
G# We keep spending Fmmost our lives Living G7in a gangsta's pCmaradise. (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?