:01:00
Fool, I'm the kind of"G"
the little homies wanna be like
:01:03
On mi knees in the night
sayin'prayers in the street light
:01:07
Been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:13
They been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:19
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:25
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:01:30
Look at the situation
they got me facin'
:01:33
I can't live with no hope
I was raised by the state
:01:36
So I gotta be down
with the hood team
:01:39
Took much television-watchin'
got me chasin'dreams
:01:42
I'm a educated fool
with money on mi mind
:01:45
Got mi tin in mi hand
and a gleam in mi eye
:01:48
I'm a loc'd out gangsta
set trippin'banga
:01:51
And mi homies is down
So don't arouse mi anger
:01:54
Fool, death ain't nothin'
but a heartbeat away
:01:57
I'm livin'life do or die
What can I say
:02:00
I'm 23, never will I live
to see 24
:02:03
The way things is goin'
I don't know
:02:06
Tell me por qué are we
so blind to see
:02:12
That the ones we hurt
are you and me
:02:19
Been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:25
They been spending most their lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:31
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:37
We keep spending most our lives
living in a gangsta's paradise
:02:42
Power and the money
Money and the power
:02:46
Minute after minute
Hour after hour
:02:49
Everybody's runnin', but half
of them ain't looked what's
goin'on in the kitchen
:02:53
But I don't know what's cookin'
:02:54
They say I got to learn
but nobody's here to teach me
:02:57
If they can't understand it
how can they reach me