Transcript (en)

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking Or you and your homies might be lying in chalk I really hate the trip, but I gotta lope As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke I the kind of G the little homies wanna be like on my knees in the night saying prayers in the street light We been singing most of the lives living in the justice paradise We been singing most of the lives living in the night saying prayers in the streetlight We been spending most our lives living in the gangster paradise We keep spending most our lives, living in the gangster's paradise. Look at the situation, they got me facing. I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strength So I gotta be damned with the hood team Too much television watching got me chasing dreams I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm a loat out gangster, set, tripping banker And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger Fool, death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away I'm living life through a dial, yeah What can I say? I'm 23 now but will I live to see? Twenty-fold the way things are going, I don't know Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me We've been spending most our lives living in the gangster's paradise We've been spending most our lives living in the gangster's paradise We keep spending most our lives living in the gangster's paradise Who keeps spending most of our lives Living in excess paradise Power and the money, money and the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking They say I got to 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, fool We've been spending most of our lives Living in Rochester paradise We been spending most of our lives Living in desert paradise We keep spending most our lives living in the desert paradise We keep spending most our lives living in the desert's paradise I mean, why are we so blind to see Shall the ones we heard are you and me? Shall be quite a gleam, so blind to see Shall the ones we heard are you and me? Oh