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

Been spendin' most their lives
Livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in the gangsta's

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?

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

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?