Gangsta's Paradise

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 

I take a look at my life and realise there's none left 

'Cause I've been brassing and laughing so long that 

Even my mamma thinks that my mind is gone 

But I aint never crossed a man that didn't deserve it 

Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of 

You better watch how you talking, and where you walking 

Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk 

I really hate to trip but I gotta lope 

As they croak I see myself in the pistal smoke ... fool 

I'm the kinda G that little homies want to be like 

On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light 

They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise 

They 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 

They got the situation, they got me facing 

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strip 

So I gotta be down with the hood team 

Too much television watching got me chasing dreams 

I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind 

Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye 

I'm a loped out gangsta set trippin banger 

And my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger ... fool 

Death aint nothing but a heart beat away 

I'm living life do or die, what can I say 

I'm 23 never will I live to see 24 

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 

They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise 

They 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 and the money, money and the power 

Minute after minute, hour after hour 

Everybody's running, but half of them aint looking 

What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking 

They say I've got to 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 out of luck ... fool 

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 ... 

Album: Gangsta’s Paradise and I Am L.V.