:01:01
Fool, I'm the kind of "G"
the little homies wanna be like
:01:04
On my knees in the night
sayin' prayers in the street light
:01:08
Been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:13
They been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:19
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:25
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:30
Look at the situation
they got me facin'
:01:33
I can't live with no hope
I was raised by the state
:01:36
So I gotta be down
with the hood team
:01:39
Took much television-watchin'
got me chasin' dreams
:01:41
I'm a educated fool
with money on my mind
:01:44
Got my tin in my hand
and a gleam in my eye
:01:47
I'm a loc'd out gangsta
set trippin' banga
:01:50
And my homies is down
So don't arouse my anger
:01:53
Fool, death ain't nothin'
but a heartbeat away
:01:56
I'm livin' life do or die
What can I say
:01:59
I'm 23, never will I live
to see 24
:02:02
The way things is goin'
I don't know
:02:04
Tell me why are we
so blind to see
:02:10
That the ones we hurt
are you and me
:02:17
Been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:22
They been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:28
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:34
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:39
Power and the money
Money and the power
:02:42
Minute after minute
Hour after hour
:02:45
Everybody's runnin', but half
of them ain't looked what's
goin' on in the kitchen
:02:49
But I don't know what's cookin'
:02:51
They say I got to learn
but nobody's here to teach me
:02:54
lf they can't understand it
how can they reach me
:02:57
I guess they can't
I guess they won't
:02:59
I guess they front, that's why
I know my life it outta luck, fool