As I walk through the valley
Fm
of the shadow of death
G
I take a look at my life
Cm
and realize there’s nothing left
G#
Cause I’ve been blasting
Fm
and laughing so long that
G
Even my momma thinks
Cm
that my mind is gone
G#
But I aint never crossed a man
Fm
that didn’t deserve it
C
Me be treated like a punk,
Cm
you know that’s unheard of
G#
You better watch how you talking,
Fm
and where you walking
G
Or you and your homies
Cm
might be lined in chalk
G#
I really hate to trip
Fm
but I gotta loc
G
As they croak I see myself
Cm
in the pistol smoke … fool
G#
I’m the kinda that little
Fm
homies want to be like
G
On my knees in the night,
Cm
saying prayers in the street light
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G#
Look at the situation,
Fm
they got me facing
G
I can’t live a normal life,
Cm
I was raised by the state
G#
So I gotta be down
Fm
with the hood team
G
Too much television
Cm
watching got me chasing dreams
G#
I’m an educated fool
Fm
with money on my mind
G
Got my 10 in my hand
Cm
and a gleam in my eye
G#
I’m a locked out gangsta
Fm
set trippin banger
G
And my homies are down
Cm
so don’t arouse my anger … fool
G#
Death aint nothing
Fm
but a heart beat away
G
I’m living life
Cm
do or die, what can I say
G#
I’m 23 now will I ever
Fm
live to see 24
G
The way things
Cm
is going I don’t know
G#
Tell me why are we
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt
Cm
are you and me.
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G#
Power in the money,
Fm
money in the power
G
Minute after minute,
Cm
hour after hour
G#
Everybody’s running,
Fm
but half of them aint looking
G
It’s going on in the kitchen,
Cm
but I don’t know what’s cooking
G#
They say I’ve got to learn
Fm
but nobody’s here to teach me
G
If they can’t understand it,
Cm
how can they reach me
G#
I guess they can’t
Fm
I guess they won’t
G
I guess they front
Cm
That’s why I know my life is out of luck … fool
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We’ve been spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G# Fm
We keep spending most our lives
G Cm
living in the gangsta’s paradise
G#
Tell me why are we
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt
Cm
are you and me.
G#
Tell me why are we
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt
Cm
are you and me.
