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As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left `Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone But I never crossed a man that didn't deserve it Me be treated like a punk? You know that's unheard of You betta watch out ya talking and where ya walking Or you and ya 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'm the kind of G all the homies wanna be like On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light **Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise** Look at the situation they got me facing, I can't live a normal life I was raised by the state, so I gotta be down with the hood team Too much television watching got me chasing dreams I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Mac 11 in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm locīd out gangsta set tripping banga And my homies are 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 ones we hurt are you and me* **Chorus** Power and the money, money and the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking What's going on in their 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 understand it, how can they reach me? I guess they can't, I guess they won't I guess they front That's why I know my life is outta luck, fool **Chorus** *Bridge* [x2] | ||||
