Song :
C
Intro :
Ab Fm G Cm
Ab Fm
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
G Cm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
Ab Fm
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
G Cm
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
Ab Fm
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
G Cm
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
Ab Fm
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
G Cm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
Ab Fm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
G Cm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
Ab Fm
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
G Cm
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
Chorus :
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Look at the situation they got me facin'
G Cm
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
Ab Fm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
G Cm
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Ab Fm
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
G Cm
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Ab Fm
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
G Cm
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
Ab Fm
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
G Cm
I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
Ab Fm
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
G Cm
The way things is going I don't know
Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Chorus :
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Power and the money, money and the power
G Cm
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Ab Fm
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
G Cm
What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
Ab Fm
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
G Cm
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
Ab Fm
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
G Cm
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
Chorus :
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives,
G Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
Outro :
Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
