Gangsta'sParadise

Gangsta's Paradise - E.M.D.

As I walk through the valley

Of the shadow of death

I take a look at my life

And realize there's nothin' left

Cause I've been blasting

And laughing so long,

That even my mama thinks

That my mind is gone

But I ain't never crossed a man

That didn't deserve it

Me be treated like a punk

You know that's unheard of

You better watch how you're talking

And where you're walking

Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

As they croak,

I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night

Saying prayers in the streetlight

Been spending most their lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

Been spending most their lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

Look at the situation they got me facin'

I can't live a normal life,

I was raised by the streets

So I gotta be down with the hood team

Too much television watching got me chasing dreams

I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

I got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye

I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger

And my homies is down

So don't arouse my anger, fool

Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,

I'm living life, do or die, what can I say

I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24

The way things are going I don't know

Tell me why are we so blind to see

That the ones we hurt are you and me

Been spending most their lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

Been spending most their lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

We keep spending most our lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

We keep spending most our lives,

Living in the gangsta's paradise

Power and the money,

Money and the power

Minute after minute,

Hour after hour

Everybody's running,

But half of them ain't looking

What'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 me