[00:00.000] 作词 : Artis Ivey Jr.[00:01.000] 作曲 : Artis Ivey Jr.[00:12.597]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death[00:15.777]I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left[00:19.072]'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that[00:22.686]Even my mamma thinks that my mind is gone[00:25.771]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it[00:28.709]Me be treated like a punk[00:30.691]You know that's unheard of[00:32.364]You better watch how you talking, and where you walking[00:35.483]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk[00:38.429]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc[00:41.593]As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool[00:45.146]I'm the kinda G that little homies want to be like[00:48.574]On my knees in the night[00:49.837]Saying prayers in the street light[00:51.887][00:52.036]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[00:58.045]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[01:04.706][01:18.137]They got the situation, they got me facing[01:20.513]I can't live a normal life[01:22.340]I was raised by the streets[01:24.044]So I gotta be down with the hood team[01:26.820]Too much television watching got me chasing my dreams[01:30.252]I'm a educated fool with money on my mind[01:33.690]Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye[01:36.694]I'm a loped out gangsta set trippin' bang[01:40.087]And my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger fool[01:43.565]Death ain't nothing but a heart beat away[01:46.798]I'm living life do or die, what can I say[01:49.920]I'm twenty-three now but will I live to see twenty-four[01:53.744]The way things is going I don't know[01:56.266][01:56.427]Tell me why are we so blind to see[02:02.426]That the ones we hurt are you and me[02:08.663][02:08.824]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[02:16.472]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[02:22.509][02:27.147]Gangsta's paradise[02:33.233]Gangsta's paradise[02:35.713][02:35.800]Power and the money, money and the power[02:38.606]Minute after minute, hour after hour[02:41.789]Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking[02:45.136]What's going on in the kitchen[02:46.932]But I don't know what's cooking[02:48.459]They say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach me[02:51.734]If they can't understand it[02:53.253]How the hell can they reach me[02:55.146]I guess they can't[02:56.640]I guess they won't[02:57.689]I guess they front[02:58.732]That's why I know my life is out of luck fool[03:01.342][03:01.505]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[03:08.051]They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise[03:14.304]We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise[03:21.285]We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise[03:27.314][03:27.332]Tell me why are we so blind to see[03:33.296]That the ones we hurt are you and me[03:39.529]Tell me why are we so blind to see[03:46.331]That the ones we hurt are you and me