Gangsta's Paradise Lyrics

[As I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so longThat even my momma thinks that my mind has goneBut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve itMe be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard ofYou better watch how ya' talking and where ya' walkingOr you and your homies might be lined in chalkI really hate to trip but I gotta lobAs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smokeFool, I'm the kinda g' that little homie's wanna be likeOn my knees in the night saying prayers in the street light]

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


[Look at the situation, they got me facingI can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streetSo I gotta be down with the 'hood teamToo much television watching, got me chasing dreamsI'm an educated fool with money on my mindGot my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eyeI'm a locked out gangsta, set tripping bangerAnd my homies are down so don't arouse my anger, fool! Death ain't nothing but a heart beat awayI'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 powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody's running, but half of them ain't lookingIt's going on in the kitchenBut I don't know what's cooking! They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach meIf they can't understand it, how can they reach me? I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they frontThat's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!]

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 weSo blind to seeThat the ones we hurtAre you and me?]

Tell me [why are weSo blind to seeThat the ones we hurtAre you and me?]