Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangster's paradise
Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangster's paradise
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

(Verse)

Tell me why we gotta deal
For a right to live DRUGS
Tell me why we gotta steal
For a right to live THIEVE
Tell me why we gotta kill
For a right to live MURDER
Tell me why I miss my meal HMM
To go get a meal ticket
Go scare critics
Til I hear crickets
And appear wicked
Kick the picket open
Hoping that they fear different
Witta clear image
Of an individual tear dipping
Do you feel pimping
Field tripping
Elementary full hillbillys
Could you deal wit it
The ever so youthful debutante
Chaperone gotta put Dr.Phil in it
Go 4 gold medal
Few appealing it
Go 2 old ghetto
Two wheeling it
Think it's funny
When you play with the money
But then you realize
That them niggas
Really were coming
Running & gunning
With the guns out
Giving them the money
Shot go off near you
Now your hearing is funny
Left side numbing
Robber tongue-ing
People running
Another daydream
From the last intro
Do you see what I'm becoming

(Hook)

Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangster's paradise
Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangster's paradise
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
Tell me