Lyrics:

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death**lf**I take a look at my life**lf**And realize there''s nothing left**lf**''Cause I''ve been brassing and laughing so long**lf**That even my momma thinks that my mind has gone**lf**But I ain''t never crossed a man that didn''t deserve it**lf**Me be treated like a punk, you know that''s unheard of**lf**You better watch how ya talking**lf**And where ya walking**lf**Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk**lf****lf**I really hate to trip but I gotta lop**lf**As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke**lf**Fool, I''m the kinda G that little homie''s wanna be like**lf**On my knees in the night**lf**Saying prayers in the street light**lf****lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf****lf**Forget the situation they got me facing**lf**I can''t live a normal life, I was raised by the state**lf**So I gotta be down with the ''hood team**lf**Too much television watching got me chasing dreams**lf**I''m an educated fool with money on my mind**lf**Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye**lf**I''m a locked out gangsta, set tripping banger**lf**And my homies is down so don''t arouse my anger**lf**Fool, death ain''t nothing but a heartbeat away**lf**I''m living life do or die, what can I say?**lf**I''m twenty-three now , will I ever live to see twenty-four?**lf**The way things is going I don''t know.**lf****lf**Tell me why are we so blind to see**lf**That the ones we hurt are you and me?**lf****lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf****lf**Power in the money, money in the power**lf**Minute after minute, hour after hour**lf**Everybody''s running, but half of them ain''t looking**lf**It''s going on in the kitchen**lf**But I don''t know what''s cooking**lf**They say I gotta learn**lf**But nobody''s here to teach me**lf**If they can''t understand it, how can they reach me?**lf**I guess they can''t, I guess they won''t**lf**I guess they front**lf**That''s why I know my life is out of luck, fool**lf****lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Been spending most their lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise**lf**Keep spending most our lives**lf**Living in a gangsta''s paradise