Fm G7 C
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Fm G7 C
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
Bbm Fm
'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
G7 C
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
Fm G7 C
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
Fm G7 C
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
Bbm Fm
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
G7 C
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
Bbm Fm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc'
C Fm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
Bbm Fm
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
G7 C
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
(*=chorus)
Bbm Fm C Fm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise (x4)
Fm G7 C
Look at the situation they got me facin'
Fm Gm C
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
Bbm Fm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
G7 C
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
Fm G7 C
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Fm G7 C
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Bbm Fm
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
G7 C
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
Bbm Fm
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
C Fm
I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
Bbm Fm
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
G7 C
The way things are going I don't know
* [musical interlude]
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Fm G7 C
Power and the money, money and the power
Fm G7 C
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Bbm Fm
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
G7 C
What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
Fm G7 C
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
Fm G7 C
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
Bbm Fm
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
G7 C
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
*
