Dangerous Minds

Gangsta's Paradise from Dangerous Minds

Gangsta's Paradise

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 momma thinks that my mind is gone

But I never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

Me be treated like a punk? You know that's unheard of

You betta watch out ya talking and where ya walking

Or you and ya 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 kind of G all the homies wanna be like

On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light

Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Look at the situation they got me facing, I can't live a normal life

I was raised by the state, 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

Mac 11 in my hand and a gleam in my eye

I'm loc´d out gangsta set tripping banga

And my homies are 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 a gangsta's paradise

Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a 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 their kitchen

But I don't know What's cooking

They say I gotta 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 

Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Keep spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise

Tell me why are we so blind to see

that the ones we hurt are you and me//