As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realise there's nothing left Coz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that Even my mama thinks 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 lying in chalk I really hate to trip but i gotta loc As they groove 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 They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We 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 teen 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 grim in my eye I'm a low down 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 23 now, but will I live to see 24 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 They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the 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 What'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 undersstand it, how can they teach 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 They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the gangsta's paradise We 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

[F]Oh [d]Oh [E7]Oh [a]Oh [F]Oh [d]Oh [E7]Oh [a]Oh As I wa[F]lk through the valley of the sha[d]dow of death I take a lo[E7]ok at my life and rea[a]lise there's nothing left Coz [F]I've been blasting and lau[d]ghing so long, that Ev[E7]en my mama thinks that my mi[a]nd is gone But I ain't ne[F]ver cross the man that di[d]dn't deserve it Me be tre[E7]ated like a punk you kn[a]ow that's unheard of You be[F]tter watch how you're talking, [d]and where you're walking Or [E7]you and your homies might be ly[a]ing in chalk I re[F]ally hate to trip but i go[d]tta loc As they groo[E7]ve I see myself in the pi[a]stol smoke, fool [F]I'm the kinda G the little ho[d]mies wanna be like On my kn[E7]ees in the night, saying pra[a]yers in the streetlight They've [F]been spending [d]most their lives Living [E7]in the gangsta's pa[a]radise They've [F]been spending [d]most their lives Living [E7]in the gangsta's pa[a]radise We [F]keep spending [d]most our lives Living [E7]in the gangsta's pa[a]radise We [F]keep spending [d]most our lives Living [E7]in the gangsta's pa[a]radise Lo[F]ok at the situation, they [d]got me facing I can't [E7]live a normal life, I was ra[a]ised by the stripes So I go[F]tta be down with the ho[d]od teen Too much te[E7]levision watching got me cha[a]sing dreams I'm an edu[F]cated fool with mo[d]ney on my mind Got my [E7]ten in my hand and a gle[a]am in my eye I'm a lo[F]ck'd out gangsta [d]set trippin' banger And my ho[E7]mies is down so don't aro[a]use my anger, fool De[F]ath ain't nothing but a hea[d]rtbeat away I'm living [E7]life, do or die, [a]what can I say I'm [F]23 now, but will I [d]live to see 24 The [E7]way things are going I don't [a]know Tell me [F]why are [d]we, so bli[E7]nd to [a]see That the on[F]e's we hu[d]rt, are [E7]you and [a]me Be[F]en spendin' mo[d]st their lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's par[a]adise Be[F]en spendin' mo[d]st their lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's par[a]adise Ke[F]ep spendin' mo[d]st our lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's pa[a]radise Ke[F]ep spendin' mo[d]st our lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's pa[a]radise Po[F]wer and the money, mo[d]ney and the power Mi[E7]nute after minute, ho[a]ur after hour Ever[F]ybody's runnin', but ha[d]lf of them ain't lookin' It's going [E7]on in the kitchen, but [a]I don't know what's cookin' They [F]say I gotta learn, but no[d]body's here to teach me If th[E7]ey can't understand it, [a]how can they reach me? I[F] guess they can't, I [d]guess they won't I guess they [E7]front, that's why I know my [a]life is out of luck, fool Be[F]en spendin' mo[d]st their lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's par[a]adise Be[F]en spendin' mo[d]st their lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's par[a]adise Ke[F]ep spendin' mo[d]st our lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's pa[a]radise Ke[F]ep spendin' mo[d]st our lives Livin' [E7]in a gangsta's pa[a]radise Tell me [F]why are [d]we so bli[E7]nd to [a]see That the [F]ones we [d]hurt are [E7]you and [a]me? Tell me [F]why are [d]we so bli[E7]nd to [a]see That the [F]ones we [d]hurt are [E7]you and [a]me?