[00:02.40]Gangsta's Paradise -E.M.D
[00:12.870]As I walk through the valley
[00:14.290]Of the shadow of death
[00:15.700]I take a look at my life
[00:17.460]And realize there's nothin'left
[00:19.389]Cause I've been blasting
[00:20.718]And laughing so long,
[00:22.137]That even my mama thinks
[00:23.746]That my mind is gone
[00:25.346]But I ain't never crossed a man
[00:27.106]That didn't deserve it
[00:28.654]Me be treated like a punk
[00:30.234]You know that's unheard of
[00:32.52]You better watch how you're talking
[00:34.10]And where you're walking
[00:35.140]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:38.299]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:41.239]As they croak,
[00:41.949]I see myself in the pistol smoke,fool
[00:44.899]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:47.418]On my knees in the night
[00:49.167]Saying prayers in the streetlight
[00:51.527]Been spending most their lives,
[00:53.986]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:57.876]Been spending most their lives,
[01:00.246]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:05.235]Look at the situation they got me facin'
[01:08.245]I can't live a normal life,
[01:09.785]I was raised by the streets
[01:11.495]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:14.484]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:17.592]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:20.671]I got my 10in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:23.981]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin'banger
[01:27.170]And my homies is down
[01:28.480]So don't arouse my anger,fool
[01:30.640]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
[01:33.330]I'm living life,do or die,what can I say
[01:36.810]I'm 23now,but will I live to see 24
[01:39.829]The way things are going I don't know
[01:42.338]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:48.658]That the ones we hurt are you and me
[01:56.198]Been spending most their lives,
[01:58.708]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:02.458]Been spending most their lives,
[02:04.847]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:08.767]We keep spending most our lives,
[02:11.416]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:15.96]We keep spending most our lives,
[02:17.656]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:21.156]Power and the money,
[02:22.566]Money and the power
[02:24.226]Minute after minute,
[02:25.726]Hour after hour
[02:27.386]Everybody's running,
[02:28.826]But half of them ain't looking
[02:30.136]What's going on in the kitchen,
[02:31.996]But I don't know what's cookin'
[02:33.536]They say I gotta learn,
[02:35.76]But nobody's here to teach me
[02:36.766]If they can't understand it,
[02:38.605]How can they reach me
[02:40.315]I guess they can't,
[02:41.595]I guess they won't
[02:42.715]I guess they front,
[02:43.765]That's why I know my life is out of luck,fool
[02:46.924]We keep spending most our lives,
[02:49.174]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:52.953]We keep spending most our lives,
[02:55.472]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:59.282]We keep spending most our lives,
[03:01.812]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:05.591]We keep spending most our lives,
[03:08.151]Living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:11.60]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:17.320]That the one's we hurt are you and me
[03:23.670]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:29.910]That the one's we hurt are you and me