Verse 1As I Walk Through The ValleyOf The Shadow Of DeathI Take A Look At My LifeAnd Realize There's Nothin' Left'Cause I've Been Blastin'And Laughin' So Long ThatEven My Momma Thinks ThatMy Mind Is GoneBut I Ain't Never Crossed A ManThat Didn't Deserve ItMe Be Treated Like A Punk,You Know That's Unheard OfYou Better Watch How You Talkin'And Where You Walkin'Or You And Your HomiesMight Be Lined In ChalkI Really Hate To Trip,But I Gotta LocAs They Croak, I See MyselfIn The Pistol SmokeFool, I'm The Kinda GThe Little Homies Wanna Be LikeOn My Knees In The Night,Sayin' Prayers In The StreetlightChorusBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseVerseLook At The SituationThey Got Me FacingI Can't Live A Normal Life,I Was Raised By The StreetSo I Gotta Be DownWith The Hood TeamToo Much Television Watchin',Got Me Chasing DreamsI'm A Educated FoolWith Money On My MindGot My Ten In My HandAnd A Gleam In My EyeI'm A Loc'd Out Gangsta,Set Trippin' BangerAnd My Homies Is Down,So Don't Arouse My AngerFool, Death Ain't Nothin'But A Heart Beat AwayI'm Livin' Life Do Or Die,What Can I Say?I'm 23 Now But WillI Live To See 24?The Way Things Is GoingI Don't KnowTell Me Why Are We So Blind To SeeThat The Ones We Hurt Are You And Me?ChorusBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseVersePower And The Money,Money And The PowerMinute After Minute,Hour After HourEverybody's Runnin', ButHalf Of Them Ain't Lookin'It's Going On In The Kitchen,But I Don't Know What's Cookin'They Say I Gotta Learn,But Nobody's Here To Teach MeIf They Can't Understand It,How Can They Reach Me?I Guess They Can't,I Guess They Won'tI Guess They Front,That's Why I Know My Life Is Out Of Luck, FoolChorusBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseBeen Spendin' Most Their LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseKeep Spendin' Most Our LivesLivin' In A Gangsta's ParadiseTell Me Why Are We So Blind To SeeThat The Ones We Hurt Are You And Me?Tell Me Why Are We So Blind To SeeThat The Ones We Hurt Are You And Me?