Tone: [Cm]
Intro
[Ab] [Fm] [G] [Cm]
Verse
As I [Ab]walk through the valley of the [Fm]shadow of death
I take a [G]look at my life and rea[Cm]realize there's nothin' left
Cause [Ab]I've been blasting and [Fm]laughing so long,
That [G]even my mama thinks that my [Cm]mind is gone
But I ain't [Ab]never crossed a man that [Fm]didn't deserve it
Me be [G]treated like a punk you [Cm]know that's unheard of
You [Ab]better watch how you're talking[Fm]talking and where you're walking
Or [G]you and your homies might be [Cm]lined in chalk
I [Ab]really hate to trip but I [Fm]gotta loc
As they [G]croak, I see myself in the [Cm]pistol smoke, fool
[Ab]I'm the kinda G the little [Fm]homies wanna be like
On my [G]knees in the night saying [Cm]prayers in the streetlight
Chorus
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
Verse
Look [Ab]at the situation they [Fm]got me facin'
I can't [G]live a normal life, I was [Cm]raised by the streets
So I [Ab]gotta be down with the [Fm]hood team
Too much [G]television watching got me [Cm]chasing dreams
I'm an [Ab]educated fool with [Fm]money on my mind
Got my [G]10 in my hand and a [Cm]gleam in my eye
I'm a [Ab]loc'd out gangsta [Fm]set trippin' banger
And my [G]homies is down so don't a[Cm]arouse my anger, fool
[Ab]Death ain't nothing but a [Fm]heartbeat away,
I'm [G]living life, do or die, [Cm]what can I say
I'm [Ab]23 now, but will I [Fm]live to see 24
The [G]way things is going I don't [Cm]know
Tell me [Ab]why are [Fm]we so [G]blind to [Cm]see
That the [Ab]ones we [Fm]hurt are [G]you and [Cm]me
Chorus
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
Verse
[Ab]Power and the money, [Fm]money and the power
[G]Minute after minute, [Cm]hour after hour
[Ab]Everybody's running, but [Fm]half of them ain't looking
What's going [G]on in the kitchen, but [Cm]I don't know what's cookin'
They [Ab]say I gotta learn, but no[Fm]nobody's here to teach me
If [G]they can't understand it, [Cm]how can they reach me
[Ab]I guess they can't, I [Fm]guess they won't
I guess they [G]front, that's why I know my [Cm]life is out of luck, fool
Chorus
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Been spending [Fm]most their lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
[Ab]Keep spending [Fm]most our lives, living [G]in the gangsta's [Cm]paradise
Outro
Tell me [Ab]why are [Fm]we so [G]blind to [Cm]see
That the [Ab]ones we [Fm]hurt are [G]you and [Cm]me
Tell me [Ab]why are [Fm]we so [G]blind to [Cm]see
That the [Ab]ones we [Fm]hurt are [G]you and [Cm]me