Intro:Ab Fm G Cm x2
Ab Fm
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
G Cm
I take a look at my life and realize thereʼs nothinʼ left
Ab Fm
Cause Iʼve been blasting and laughing so long,
G Cm
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
Ab Fm
But I ainʼt never crossed a man that didnʼt deserve it
G Cm
Me be treated like a punk you know thatʼs unheard of
Ab Fm
You better watch how youʼre talking and where youʼre walking
G Cm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
Ab Fm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
G Cm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
Ab Fm
Iʼm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
G Cm
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
Chorus:Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Look at the situation they got me facinʼ
G Cm
I canʼt live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
Ab Fm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
G Cm
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Ab Fm
Iʼm an educated fool with money on my mind
G Cm
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Ab Fm
Iʼm a locʼd out gangsta set trippinʼ banger
G Cm
And my homies is down so donʼt arouse my anger, fool
Ab Fm
Death ainʼt nothing but a heartbeat away,
G Cm
Iʼm living life, do or die, what can I say
Ab Fm
Iʼm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
G Cm
The way things is going I donʼt know
Bridge: Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Chorus:Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Power and the money, money and the power
G Cm
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Ab Fm
Everybodyʼs running, but half of them ainʼt looking
G Cm
Whatʼs going on in the kitchen, but I donʼt know whatʼs cookinʼ
Ab Fm
They say I gotta learn, but nobodyʼs here to teach me
G Cm
If they canʼt understand it, how can they reach me
Ab Fm
I guess they canʼt, I guess they wonʼt
G Cm
I guess they front, thatʼs why I know my life is out of luck, fool
Chorus:Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Been spending most their lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Ab Fm
Keep spending most our lives
G Cm
Living in the gangstaʼs paradise
Outro: Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ab Fm G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Fm G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Coda:Ab Fm G Cm x4
