Uh
Uh

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 laughin' and blastin' so long that
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it (uh)
Me be treated like a punk, yeah, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you're talkin' (yeah)
And where you're walkin' (yeah)
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc (loc)
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
I'm the kinda G the lil' homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight

Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living 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 streets
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too many television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm an educated fool (ye-yeah) with money on my mind
I got a ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye (ye-yeah)
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger (ye-yeah)
And my homies are down, don't arouse my anger
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
I'm living life do or die, what can I say?
I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four?
The way things are going, I don't know

So, tell me, why are we (uh) so fucking blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's 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 cookin'
Say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand, 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—

Yeah
Haha, fuck everyone
Uh, yeah

What up? Shout out to Epitaph, shout out to Fearless Records
Punk Goes 90's, shout out to all the bands on the record
Falling In Reverse, 2014 and beyond, Gangsta's Paradise, baby

Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise