As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there apos s nothin apos left
Cause I apos ve been blasting and laughing so long
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain apos t never crossed a man that didn apos t deserve it
Me be treated like a punk you know that apos s unheard of
You better watch how you apos re talking and where you apos re walking
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool
I apos 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 apos s paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin apos
I can apos t live a normal life I was raised by the streets
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
I apos m an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my

in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I apos m a loc apos d out gangsta set trippin apos banger
And my homies is down so don apos t arouse my anger fool
Death ain apos t nothing but a heartbeat away
I apos m living life do or die what can I say
I apos m

now but will I live to see

The way things are going I don apos t know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Power and the money money and the power
Minute after minute hour after hour
Everybody apos s running but half of them ain apos t looking
What apos s going on in the kitchen but I don apos t know what apos s cookin apos
They say I gotta learn but nobody apos s here to teach me
If they can apos t understand it how can they reach me
I guess they can apos t I guess they won apos t
I guess they front that apos s why I know my life is out of luck fool
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta apos s paradise
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the one apos s we hurt are you and me
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the one apos s we hurt are you and me