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You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin'
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?
The way that things is goin', I don't know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Power in the money, money in the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they front
That's why I know my life is out of luck
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
You've been spendin' most their life
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise