[00:11.33]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death[00:14.13]I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left[00:17.50]'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that[00:20.41]Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone[00:22.92]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it[00:25.79]Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of[00:28.99]You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking[00:31.71]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk[00:34.73]I really hate to trip but i gotta loc[00:37.58]As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool[00:40.85]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like[00:43.42]on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight.[01:10.32]The getto situation, they got me facin'[01:12.63]I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes[01:15.84]So I gotta be down with the hood team[01:18.31]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams[01:21.32]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind[01:24.29][01:27.19]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger[01:30.35]And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool[01:33.42]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,[01:36.09]I'm living life, do or die, what can I say[01:39.41]I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24[01:42.38]The way things are going I don't know[01:45.58]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[01:51.30]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[01:57.07]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:03.15]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:08.97]Power and the money, money and the power[02:11.44]Minute after minute, hour after hour[02:14.24]Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking[02:17.15]What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'[02:20.21]They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me[02:23.07]If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me[02:26.35]I guess they can't, I guess they won't[02:28.51]I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool[02:32.18]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:37.95]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:43.62]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:49.60]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise[02:55.23]Tell me why are we, so blind to see[03:00.49]That the one's we hurt, are you and me[03:06.43]Tell me why are we, so blind to see[03:12.15]That the one's we hurt, are you and me