As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing 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 chalked

I really hate the trip but I gotta loc
As the croak I see myself in the pistol smoke
Fool! Im the kinda G that little homies wanna be like
on my knees in the night
Saying prayers in the street light.

( chorus )
Been spending most our lives living in the gangstas paradise (x2)
Keep spending most of our lives living in the gangstas paradise (x2)

Forgot the situation, they got me facing
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Im a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Im a loced-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
Im living life, do-or-die what can I say?
Im twenty-three now , will I live to see twenty-four
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
( chorus )

Power in the money , money in the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's running but half of them ain't looking
Whats going on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin
They say I got to learn but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
I guess they can't , I guess they won't , I guess they front
That's why I know my life is outta luck fool !

(chorus )
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me ( x2 )

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Thanks to (Kenny R. Siles) for correcting these lyrics. Feb 13, 2008