Gangsta's Paradise-E.M.D.

[00:02.40]Gangsta's Paradise -E.M.D [00:12.870]As I walk through the valley [00:14.290]Of the shadow of death [00:15.700]I take a look at my life [00:17.460]And realize there's nothin'left [00:19.389]Cause I've been blasting [00:20.718]And laughing so long, [00:22.137]That even my mama thinks [00:23.746]That my mind is gone [00:25.346]But I ain't never crossed a man [00:27.106]That didn't deserve it [00:28.654]Me be treated like a punk [00:30.234]You know that's unheard of [00:32.52]You better watch how you're talking [00:34.10]And where you're walking [00:35.140]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk [00:38.299]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc [00:41.239]As they croak, [00:41.949]I see myself in the pistol smoke,fool [00:44.899]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like [00:47.418]On my knees in the night [00:49.167]Saying prayers in the streetlight [00:51.527]Been spending most their lives, [00:53.986]Living in the gangsta's paradise [00:57.876]Been spending most their lives, [01:00.246]Living in the gangsta's paradise [01:05.235]Look at the situation they got me facin' [01:08.245]I can't live a normal life, [01:09.785]I was raised by the streets [01:11.495]So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:14.484]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams [01:17.592]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind [01:20.671]I got my 10in my hand and a gleam in my eye [01:23.981]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin'banger [01:27.170]And my homies is down [01:28.480]So don't arouse my anger,fool [01:30.640]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, [01:33.330]I'm living life,do or die,what can I say [01:36.810]I'm 23now,but will I live to see 24 [01:39.829]The way things are going I don't know [01:42.338]Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:48.658]That the ones we hurt are you and me [01:56.198]Been spending most their lives, [01:58.708]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:02.458]Been spending most their lives, [02:04.847]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:08.767]We keep spending most our lives, [02:11.416]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:15.96]We keep spending most our lives, [02:17.656]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:21.156]Power and the money, [02:22.566]Money and the power [02:24.226]Minute after minute, [02:25.726]Hour after hour [02:27.386]Everybody's running, [02:28.826]But half of them ain't looking [02:30.136]What's going on in the kitchen, [02:31.996]But I don't know what's cookin' [02:33.536]They say I gotta learn, [02:35.76]But nobody's here to teach me [02:36.766]If they can't understand it, [02:38.605]How can they reach me [02:40.315]I guess they can't, [02:41.595]I guess they won't [02:42.715]I guess they front, [02:43.765]That's why I know my life is out of luck,fool [02:46.924]We keep spending most our lives, [02:49.174]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:52.953]We keep spending most our lives, [02:55.472]Living in the gangsta's paradise [02:59.282]We keep spending most our lives, [03:01.812]Living in the gangsta's paradise [03:05.591]We keep spending most our lives, [03:08.151]Living in the gangsta's paradise [03:11.60]Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:17.320]That the one's we hurt are you and me [03:23.670]Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:29.910]That the one's we hurt are you and me