As i Walk Trough The Valley Of The Shadow Of The Dead

As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death 
i take a look at my life and realise there's none left 
'cause i've been brassing and laughing so long that 
even my mamma thinks that my mindis gone 
but i aint 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 talking, and where you walking 
or you and yourhomies 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 
i'm the kinda g that little homies want to be like 
on my knees in thenight, saying prayers in the street light 
They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise 
they been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise 
we keepspending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise 
we keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise 
They got the situation, they got me facing 
i can't live a normal life, i wasraised by the strip 
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 
got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in myeye 
i'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 
i'm living life do or die, what can i say 
i'm 23never will i live to see 24 
the way things is going i don'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 thegangsta's paradise 
they 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 thegangsta's paradise 
Power and the money, money and the power 
minute after minute, hour after hour 
everybody's running, but half of them aint looking 
what's going on in the kitchen, but i...