Yeah! Mmmmhhhhmmmmm! Just a minute and I can tell you about the things that don't need to be Here we are at the place where it all began, people can't you see Thought you knew about the west side, east side Gs on the creep and go Only living for the day, never worried about tomorrow Always tripping, now we're slipping, ladies b**hing, babies missing From the evils of the world They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Power and the money, money is the power, ain't a damn thing funny, this is a jack-up (fool) don't you holler Cause I don't have that long and I know that it's wrong, but I live by the G's rules and it's on So don't you trip, 'cause I won't slip, I keep my Gs by my side and my thing on my hip So don't you creep by my 'hood without your heat or it's the grim reaper that you're sure to meet Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me
They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Now here's another that comes to mind, 'bout a sister that put herself in a bind She keeps praying on the day that her man would come home from prison to stay The life she's livin', The love she's givin' The pain is k**in', The stress she's feelin' From the evils of the world They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm We keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Eh ohm ah eh ohm ohm ohm Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise Ain't no gangstas living in paradise (fade out)