Like A Storm - Gangsters Paradise

[00:24.13] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [00:26.72] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left [00:30.03] Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long [00:32.91] That everyone thinks my mind is gone [00:35.94] But I ain't never crossed a man (that didn't deserve it) [00:39.09] To be treated like a punk (you know that's unheard of) [00:42.10] You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking [00:45.18] Cause this life'll leave you lined in chalk [00:48.18] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [00:54.35] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [01:00.34] Forget the situation they got me facin' [01:02.79] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes [01:06.25] So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:08.81] Cuz' television watching got me chasing dreams [01:12.09] Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away [01:15.15] I'm living life, do or die, what can I say [01:18.32] I'm here right now, will I save tomorrow? [01:21.12] The way things are going I don't know [01:24.04] Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:28.68] That the ones we hurt are you and me [01:36.24] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [01:42.58] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [01:48.34] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [01:54.54] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [02:00.49] Power and the money, money and the power [02:03.29] Minute after minute, hour after hour [02:06.15] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking [02:09.14] What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' [02:12.21] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me [02:15.43] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me [02:18.36] I guess they can't, I guess they won't [02:22.15] Tell me why [02:29.55] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [02:43.00] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [02:48.46] Been spending most of my life, living in the gangsta's paradise [02:54.40] Been spending most of my life living in the gangsta's paradise [03:00.49] Why are we so blind to see [03:05.66] That the one's we hurt are you and me [03:13.28]