Intro
Gb7 Ab F G C Ab F G C
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Verse
Ab
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
G7 Cm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
Ab Bb
'cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long
G7 Cm
That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
Ab F
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
G7 C
Me be treated like a punk You know that's unheard of
Ab F
You better watch how you talkin' ■ and where you walkin'
G C
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
Ab F
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
G C
As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke
Ab F
Fool I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
G G7 Cm
On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the streetlight
Chorus
Ab
They been spending most their lives
G7 G G7
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
They been spending most their lives
G Cm
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
We keep spending most our lives
G7 G G7
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab
We keep spending most our lives
G Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Verse
Ab F7
Look at the ■ situation they got me facin'
G7 C7
I can't live a normal life I was raised by the state
Ab
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Ab
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Ab F
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
G G7 C
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Ab F
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
G G7 C
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger
Ab F
Fool death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
G C
I'm livin' life do or die what can I say
Ab F
I'm twentythree now but will I live to see twentyfour
G C
The way things is going I don't know
Chorus
Ab F G G7 C
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab F G G7 C
That the ■ ones we hurt are you ■ and me
Ab Bb
They been spending most their lives
G Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
They been spending most their lives
G7 G Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
We keep spending most our lives
G G7 Cm
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
We keep spending most our lives
G G7
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Verse
Ab F
Power and the money money and the power
G G7 C
Minute after minute hour after hour
Ab F
Everybody's running but half of them ain't lookin'
G C
It's going on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin'
Ab
They say I got to learn but nobody's here to teach me
G7 C
If they can't understand it how can they reach me
Ab F
I guess they can't I guess they won't
G C
I guess they front that's why I know my life is out of luck fool
Chorus
Ab Bb
They been spending most their lives
G Cm
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
They been spending most their lives
G7 Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
We keep spending most our lives
G7 G Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb
We keep spending most our lives
G Eb
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Ab Bb G7 G
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab G Cm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ab Bb G7 G Cm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
Ab Bb G Cm
That the ■ ones we hurt are you and me
Ab Bb G Eb Ab Bb G Eb
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Outro
End