Gangsta's Paradise

Gangsta' s Paradise - Old Skool R & B Masters

As I walk through the valley

Of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life

And realize there's nothing left

'Coz I've been blastin'

And laughin' 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

Me be treated like a punk you know

That's unheard of

You better watch how you're talkin'

And where you're walkin'

Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

I really hate to trip

But I gotta loc

As I grow 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 the gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

They got the situation

They got me facin'

I can't live a normal life

I was raised by the stripes

So I gotta be down

With the hood team

Too much television watchin'

Got me chasin' dreams

I'm an educated fool

With money on my mind

Got my 10 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 heartbeat away

I'm livin' life do or die

What can I say

I'm twenty-three now

But will I live to see twenty-four

The way things are going I don't know

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the one's we hurt are you and me

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the 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'

What's going 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 front

That's why I know my life is

Out of luck fool

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Been spendin' most their lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise

Keep spendin' most our lives

Livin' in the gangsta's paradise