[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
D Gm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
Eb Cm
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that
D Gm
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
Eb Cm
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
D Gm
Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
Eb Cm
You better watch how you talking, and where you walking
D Gm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
Eb Cm
I really hate to trip but I gotta lob
D Gm
As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool
Eb Cm
I'm the kinda G that little homies want to be like
D Gm
On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light
[Chorus]
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Weâ ve been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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Weâ ve been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse 2]
Eb Cm
Look at the situation, they got me facing
D Gm
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
Eb Cm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
D Gm
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Eb Cm
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
D Gm
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Eb Cm
I'm a locked out gangsta set trippin banger
D Gm
And my homies are down so don't arouse my anger fool
Eb Cm
Death ain't nothing but a heart beat away
D Gm
I'm living life do or die, what can I say
Eb Cm
I'm twenty three now will I ever live to see twenty four
D Gm
The way things is going I don't know
[Bridge]
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Tell me why are we so blind to see
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That the ones we hurt are you and me.
[Chorus]
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We've been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We've been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse 3]
Eb Cm
Power in the money, money in the power
D Gm
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Eb Cm
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
D Gm
Itâ s going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking
Eb Cm
They say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach me
D Gm
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
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I guess they can't
Cm
I guess they won't
D
I guess they front
Gm
That's why I know my life is out of luck fool
[Chorus]
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We've been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We've been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
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We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Eb Cm D Gm
We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[Bridge]
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Tell me why are we so blind to see
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That the ones we hurt are you and me
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Tell me why are we so blind to see
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That the ones we hurt are you and me.
[Outro]
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