Gangsta's Paradise

Gangsta' s Paradise - DJ In the Night

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 blastin and laughing so long that

Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

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

He 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 loc

As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool

I'm the kinda G that little homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night

Sayin' prayers in the street light

Been spending most our lives

Living in a Gangsta's Paradise

Been spending most our lives

Living in a Gangsta's Paradise

Keep spending most our lives

Living in a Gangsta's Paradise

Keep spending most our lives

Living in a Gangsta's Paradise

Forgot the situation they got me facin

I can't live a normal life

I was raised by the street

So I gotta be down with the hood team

Too much television watchin' got me chasin dreams

I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

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

I'm a loced-out gangsta set-trippin banger

And my homies is down

So don't arouse my anger fool

Death ain't nothing but a heart beat away

I'm livin life do-or-die ah what can I say

I'm twenty-three now will I live to see twenty-fo

The way things are goin I don't know

Tell me why are we -- so blind to see

That the ones we hurt -- are you and me

Been spending most their lives

Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

Been spending most their lives

Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

Keep spending most our lives

Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

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 ain't lookin

What's goin on in the kitchen

But I don't know what's cookin

They say I got ta 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 frontin that's why I know my life is out of luck fool

Thave been spending most their lives

Living in the Gangsta's Paradise

Thave 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