[Intro]
      x2


[Verse 1]
            
As I walk thro

            
ugh the valley

            
 of the shadow

    
 of death
          
I take a look 

              
at my life and

            
 realize there

           
's nuttin' lef

t
            
Cause I've bee

            
n blastin and 

         
laughin so lon

g that
           
Even my mama t

             
hinks that my 

      
mind is gone


[Verse 2]
            
But I ain't ne

            
ver crossed a 

            
man that didn'

          
t deserve it
            
Me be treated 

            
like a punk, y

            
ou know that's

   
 unheard of
            
You better wat

            
ch how you tal

            
kin and where 

    
you walkin
            
Or you and you

            
r homies might

           
 be lined in c


halk


[Verse 3]
            
I really hate 

          
to trip but I 

      
gotta loc
            
As they croak 

            
I see myself i

            
n the pistol s

      
moke, fool
            
I'm the kinda 

           
G the little h

             
omies wanna be

 
 like
            
On my knees in

            
 the night, sa

            
yin prayers in

     
 the street li

ght


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Verse 4]
            
Look at the si

            
tuation, they 

                   
got me facin
            
I can't live a

            
 normal life, 

            
I was raised b

      
y the strict
            
So I gotta be 

          
down with the 

     
hood team
           
Too much telev

             
ision watchin 

            
got me chasin 


dreams


[Verse 5]
            
I'm a educated

          
 fool with mon

         
ey on my mind
            
Got my ten in 

            
my hand and a 

          
gleam in my ey

e
            
I'm a loc'ed o

          
ut gangsta, se

            
t-trippin bang

er
            
And my homies 

          
is down, so do

              
n't arouse my 


anger, fool


[Verse 6]
          
Death ain't nu

            
thin but a hea

        
rtbeat away
            
I'm livin life

            
 do-or-die-a, 

         
what can I say

?
            
I'm twenty-thr

            
ee now, but wi

            
ll I live to s

       
ee twenty-fo'?
            
The way things

          
 is goin I don

                 
't know


[Bridge]
            
Tell me why ar

          
e we so blind 

      
to see
            
That the ones 

          
we hurt are yo

      
u and me


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Verse 7]
            
Power and the 

          
money, money a

       
nd the power
           
Minute after m

           
inute, hour af

    
ter hour
          
Everybody's ru

            
nnin but half 

              
of them ain't 


lookin
            
It's goin on i

            
n the kitchen 

            
but I don't kn

          
ow what's cook

in
            
They say I got

            
 to learn but 

            
nobody's here 

   
to teach me
            
If they can't 

            
understand it,

            
 how can they 


reach me?
           
I guess they c

           
an't, I guess 

     
they won't
            
I guess they f

            
ront that's wh

            
y I know my li

            
fe is outta lu

ck, fool


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Chorus]
           
  We've been s

           
pending most o

   
ur lives
          
Living in the 

            
Gangsta's Para


dise


[Bridge]
            
Tell me why ar

          
e we so blind 

      
to see
            
That the ones 

          
we hurt are yo

      
u and me


[End]
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