(Spoken)You want to tell me what this is all about?As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nuttin left Cause I've been blastin' and laughin so long that Even my ma'ma 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, foolI'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like On my knees in the night Sayin prayers in the street light We been spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's Paradise We been spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's ParadiseWe keep spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's Paradise Look at the situation, they got me facingI can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripSo 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'ed out gangsta, set-trippin banger And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, foolDeath ain't nuthin but a heart beat away I'm livin life do-or-die-a, what can I say? I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-fow'? The way things is goin' I don't knowTell me why are we, so blind to see That the ones we hurt, are you and meWe been spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's Paradise We been spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's ParadiseWe keep spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives living in a Gangsta's ParadisePower 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 goin on in the kitchen, but I dont know what's cookin They say I got ta learn, ...