Gangsta's Paradise - Rerecorded

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' 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 talkin' and where you walkin'
 Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
 I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
 I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
 On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spending most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Look at the situation they got me facin'
 I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strict
 So I gotta be down with the hood team
 Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
 I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
 Make 11 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
 I'm a loc'ed out gangsta, set-trippin banger
 And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
 Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
 I'm livin' life do-or-die-a, what can I say?
 I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
 The way things is goin' I don't know
 Tell me why are we so blind to see (tell me!)
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Power and the money, money and the power
 Minute after minute, hour after hour
 Everybody's runnin but half of them ain't lookin
 It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
 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 outta luck, fool
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Been spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Keep spendin' most our lives
 Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?
 Tell me why are we so blind to see
 That the ones we hurt are you and me?