� 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 laughing and blasting 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, yeah you know that's unheard of You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk I really hate to trip but I gotta look When I'm out as they croak I see myself in the bristle smoke I'm the kind of G that little homies wanna be like Knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our 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 street so I gotta be down with the hood team Too many television watching got me chasing dreams I'm an educated fool with money on my mind I got a ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm a loped out gangsta *** tripping banger Let my homies on down, don't arouse my anger A dead thing, nothing but a heartbeat The way I'm living life, do or die, what can they say? I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24 the way things are going, I don't know So tell me why are we so *** blind to see That the blood we shed was you and me Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise Power and the money, money and the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's trotting, but half of them ain't hopin' What's going on in the kitchen? But I don't know what's cookin' And I gotta work, but nobody's here to teach me I can't understand, how can they reach me? Why can't they catch? Why can't they watch? Monsters and drugs, that's what my life is all about Shout out to Epitaph, shout out to Fruitous Records, Pump College 90s Shout out to all the bands on the record Following in reverse, 2014 and Beyond Gangsta's paradise, baby Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Men spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise