Lyrics:

Yeah! Mmmmhhhhmmmmm!

Just a minute and I can tell you about the things that don't need to be.
Here we are at the place where it all began, people can't you see
Thought you knew about the west side, east side Gs on the creep and go
Only living for the day, never worried about tomorrow.
Always tripping, now we're slipping, ladies bitching, babies missing
From the evils of the world

They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

Power and the money, money is the power, ain't a damn thing funny, this is a jack-up (fool) don't you holler
'Cause I don't have that long and I know that it's wrong, but I live by the G's rules and it's on
So don't you trip, 'cause I won't slip, I keep my Gs by my side and my thing on my hip
So don't you creep by my 'hood without your heat or it's the grim reaper that you're sure to meet
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me.

They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

Now here's another that comes to mind, 'bout a sister that put herself in a bind
She keeps praying on the day that her man would come home from prison to stay.
The life she's livin', The love she's givin'
The pain is killin', The stress she's feelin'
From the evils of the world.

They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm
Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm

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.
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
Ain't no gangstas living in paradise
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