As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death
i take a look at my life and realise thereand's none left
and'cause iand've been brassing and laughing so long that
even my mamma thinks that my mind is gone
but i aint never crossed a man that didnand't deserve it
me be treated like a punk, you know thatand's unheard of
you better watch how you talking, and where you walking
or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
i really hate to trip but i gotta lope
as they croak i see myself in the pistal smoke ... fool
iand'm the kinda g that little homies want to be like
on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light
They been spending most their lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
they been spending most their lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
we keep spending most our lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
we keep spending most our lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
They got the situation, they got me facing
i canand't live a normal life, i was raised by the strip
so i gotta be down with the hood team
too much television watching got me chasing dreams
iand'm an educated fool with money on my mind
got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
iand'm a loped out gangsta set trippin banger
and my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger ... fool
death aint nothing but a heart beat away
iand'm living life do or die, what can i say
iand'm 23 never will i live to see 24
the way things is going i donand't know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
that the ones we hurt are you and me
They been spending most their lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
they been spending most their lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
we keep spending most our lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
we keep spending most our lives living in the gangstaand's paradise
Power and the money, money and the power
minute after minute, hour after hour
everybodyand's running, but half of them aint looking
whatand's going on in the kitchen, but i donand't know whatand's cooking
they say iand've got to learn but nobodyand's here to teach me
if they canand't understand it, how can they reach me
i guess they canand't
i guess they wonand't
i guess they front
thatand's why i know my life is out of luck ... fool
Tell me why are we so blind to see
that the ones we hurt are you and me
tell me why are we so blind to see
that the ones we hurt are you and me ...
