Gangsta’s Paradise

[Intro]
Uh, uh

[Verse 1]
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 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, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you talkin', (Yeah) and where you walkin' (Yeah)
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc (Whoa)
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[Chorus]
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their 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

[Verse 2]
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 with money on my mind
I got a ten in my hand, and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies are down, don't arouse my anger
Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things are goin', I don't know

[Breakdown]
So tell me, why are we so fuckin' blind to see (Uh)
That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[Chorus]
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their 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

[Verse 3]
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'

[Breakdown]
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

[Bridge]
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

[Chorus]
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their 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