(Spoken) You want to tell me what this is all about?
G# Fm As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death G Cm I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left G# Fm Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long, G Cm That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone G# Fm But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it G Cm Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of G# Fm You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking G Cm Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk G# Fm I really hate to trip but I gotta loc G Cm As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool G# Fm I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like G Cm On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
Chorus:
G# Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G# Fm Look at the situation they got me facin' Gm Cm I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets G# Fm So I gotta be down with the hood team Gm Cm Too much television watching got me chasing dreams G# Fm I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Gm Cm Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye G# Fm I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger Gm Cm And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool G# Fm Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, Gm Cm I'm living life, do or die, what can I say G# Fm I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24 Gm Cm The way things are going I don't know G# Fm Gm Cm Tell me why are we so blind to see G# Fm Gm Cm That the ones we hurt are you and me
Chorus:
G# Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise G# Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
Verse: G# Fm Power and the money, money and the power Gm Cm Minute after minute, hour after hour G# Fm Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking Gm Cm What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' G# Fm They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me Gm Cm If they can't understand it, how can they reach me G# Fm I guess they can't, I guess they won't Gm