Gangsta's Paradise

作曲：D. Rasheed,A. Levy, Jr,L. Sanders,S. Wonder

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

you and your 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 kinda g the little homies wanna be like

on my knees in the night

saying prayers in the streetlight

been spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most our lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

keeps living in the gangsta's paradise

look at the situation they got me facin

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

got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

i'm a loced out gangsta sign

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 twenty three now

but 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

been spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

spending most our lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

power in the money

money in the power

minute after minute

hour after hour

everybody's running

but half of them ain't looking

what's going on in the kitchen

but i don't know what's cookin

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 can't

i know my life is out of luck fool

been spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most their lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

spending most our lives

living in the gangsta's paradise

tell me why are we so blind to see

that the ones we hurt are you and me