[00:12.29]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.23]I take a look at my life and realize nothing’s left
[00:18.48]Cause I’ve been blasting and laughing so long that even
[00:21.56]My mama thinks my minds gone but I ain’t never crossed
[00:25.69]A man that didn’t deserve it.
[00:27.41]Me be treated like a punk, you never unheard of
[00:30.68]You better watch how you’re talking and where you’re walking
[00:33.74]Or you and your homies might lined the chalked
[00:36.56]I really hate the trip but I gotta loc
[00:39.42]As the croak I see myself in the pistol smoke
[00:42.15]Fool! I’m the kinda g that little homies wanna be like
[00:44.63]All my knees in the night
[00:46.94]Saying prayers in the street light..
[02:48.70][02:00.25][00:48.95]Been spending most of our lives living in the gangsta’s paradise
[03:00.65][02:12.69][01:00.60]Keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta’s paradise
[01:12.45]Look at the situation, they got me facing
[01:15.43]I can never live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:18.33]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.20]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:24.22]I’m a educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.12]Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.31]I’m a loc’d gangsta set trippin banger
[01:33.38]And my homies is down so don’t arouse my anger
[01:36.12]Fool! death ain’t nothing but a heartbeat away
[01:38.97]I’m living life, do or die what can I say
[01:42.52]I’m twenty-three now , will I ever see twenty-four
[01:45.53]The way things are going I don’t know
[01:48.00]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.82]That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:24.66]Power in the money , money in the power
[02:27.44]Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.38]Everybodys running but half ain’t looking
[02:33.57]What’s going on in the kitchen but don’t know what’s cookin’
[02:36.73]They say I gotta learn but nobody’s here to teach me
[02:43.00]I guess they can’t , I guess they won’t , I guess they fornt
[02:46.68]That’s why my life is outta love fool !
[03:24.08][03:12.06]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:29.97][03:17.84]That the ones we hurt are you and me