Ab Em As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death F# Cm I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left Ab Em 'Coz I've been laughin and blastin' so long, that F# Cm Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone Ab Em But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it F# Cm Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of Ab Em You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin' F# Cm Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk Ab Em I really hate to trip but I gotta, go F# Cm As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool Ab Em I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like F# Cm On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em They got the situation, they got me facin' F# Cm I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes Ab Em So I gotta be down with the hood team F# Cm Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams Ab Em I'm an educated fool with money on my mind F# Cm Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye Ab Em I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger F# Cm And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool Ab Em Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away F# Cm I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say Ab Em I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four F# Cm The way things are going I don't know "Do just a strum on the chords" Ab Em Tell me why are we F# Cm so blind to see Ab Em That the one's we hurt F# Cm are you and me Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Power and the money Em money and the power F# Minute after minute Cm hour after hour Ab Everybody's runnin' Em but half of them ain't lookin' F# What's going on in the kitchen Cm but I don't know what's cookin' Ab They say I gotta learn Em but nobody's here to teach me F# If they can't understand it Cm how can they reach me Ab I guess they can't Em I guess they won't F# I guess they front Cm that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em Been spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise Ab Em keep spendin' most our lives F# Cm Livin' in the gangsta's paradise