Gangsta's Paradise-Joe Ray

[ti:Gangsta's Paradise] [ar:Gangsta's Paradise] [al:Paradise Of A Gangster] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Gangsta's Paradise - Gangsta's Paradise [00:12.41]As I walk through the valley [00:13.84]Of the shadow of death [00:15.07]I take a look at my life [00:16.68]And realize there's nothing left [00:18.60]Cause I've been blasting [00:19.90]And laughing so long that [00:21.65]Even my mama thinks that [00:22.91]My mind is gone [00:24.04]But I ain't never crossed a man [00:25.86]That didn't deserve it [00:27.07]Me be treated like a punk [00:28.77]You know that's unheard of [00:30.49]You better watch how ya talking [00:32.39]And where ya walking [00:33.31]Or you and your homies [00:34.71]Might be lined in chalk [00:36.58]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc [00:39.10]As they croak [00:40.04]I see myself in the pistol smoke fool [00:42.11]I'm the kind of G [00:43.78]That little homies wanna be like [00:45.45]On my knees in the night [00:46.90]Saying prayers in the street light [00:49.00]Been spending most our lives [00:51.18]Living in a gangsta's paradise [00:54.10] [00:54.94]Keep spending most our lives [00:57.37]Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:00.13] [01:00.88]Been spending most our lives [01:03.42]Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:06.01] [01:06.81]Keep spending most our lives [01:09.41]Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:12.32]Look at the situation [01:13.93]They got me facing [01:15.11]I can't live a normal life [01:16.72]I was raised by the street [01:18.29]So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:21.36]Too much television watching [01:22.59]Got me chasing dreams [01:24.13]I'm an educated fool [01:25.47]With money on my mind [01:27.04]Got my ten in my hand [01:28.77]And a gleam in my eye [01:30.26]I'm a locd out gangsta [01:31.83]Set tripping banger [01:33.16]And my homies is down [01:34.54]So don't arouse my anger fool [01:36.58]Death ain't nothing [01:37.71]But a heartbeat away [01:38.97]I'm living my life do or die [01:40.85]What can I say [01:42.38]I'm twenty three now [01:43.66]But will I live to see twenty four [01:45.59]The way things is going [01:46.94]I don't know [01:47.58]Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:54.00]That the ones we hurt are you and me [01:59.72] [02:01.05]Been spending most our lives [02:03.28]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:05.85] [02:06.72]Keep spending most our lives [02:09.23]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:11.94] [02:12.82]Been spending most our lives [02:15.24]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:17.98] [02:18.84]Keep spending most our lives [02:21.21]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:23.92] [02:24.60]Power and the money money and the power [02:27.39]Minute after minute hour after hour [02:30.48]Everybody's running [02:31.83]But half of them ain't looking [02:33.31]What's going on in the kitchen [02:35.01]But I don't know what's cooking [02:36.41]They say I gotta learn [02:37.59]But nobody's here to teach me [02:39.43]If they can't understand it [02:40.90]How can they reach me [02:42.53]I guess they can't [02:43.91]I guess they won't [02:45.01]I guess they front [02:46.03]That's why I know my life is out of luck fool [02:48.99]Been spending most our lives [02:51.13]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:53.75] [02:54.58]Keep spending most our lives [02:57.25]Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:59.84] [03:00.70]Been spending most our lives [03:03.30]Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:05.79] [03:06.76]Keep spending most our lives [03:09.28]Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:11.52]Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:17.15] [03:17.84]That the ones we hurt are you and me [03:23.70]Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:29.71]That the ones we hurt are you and me