Gangsta's Paradise (From "Dangerous Minds")

Living in a Gansta's Paradise - Hits Of A Generation

Composer：Hits of a Generation

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

But I ain't 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 talkin' and where you walkin'

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 the little homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the streetlight

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Look at 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 loc'd out gangsta

Set trippin' banger

And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

Fool death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

I'm livin' life do or die

What can I say

I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24

The way things is goin' I don't know

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Power and the money

Money and the power

Minute after minute

Hour after hour

Everybody's runnin'

But half of them ain't lookin'

It's goin' on in the kitchen

But I don't know what's cookin'

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 frontin'

That's why I know my life is out of luck fool

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

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