Gangsta’s Paradise (Gospel Version)

They wasting most of lives, Living in the gangsta's Paradise. Mm. They wasting most of Lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise. Yeah, yeah. And now we're spending most of our lives, Ooh, living in the gangsta's paradise. Yeah, mm. And now we're spending most of our lives, Yeah, living in the gangsta's paradise. As I walk through the valley where the shadows Creep, got a dollar to my name but a Promise I can't keep. Every step I take echoes off the broken glass, Fake smiles on the corner, real tears in the Class. Seen a mother cry silent while the sirens Sang. Seen a father lose his mind to a Bottle and a bang. They tell me pray for heaven but I live Inside a cell. Only paradise I know is the One they sell. They wasting most of lives, living in the Gangsta's paradise. Wasting most of lives, living in the gangsta's Paradise. And now we're spending most of our life, Living in the gangsta's paradise. And now we're spending most of our lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise. My teacher wrote, "Try harder," on the paper full Of lead. But at home, the only lesson is The hunger in the bed. Got a cousin doing twenty, got a nephew turning Ten. Already learning how to hide his tears and Count his fallen friends. They say the hood ain't nothing but a state Of mind. But a state of mind won't stop A bullet from behind. I keep my head down low, hid my hand Inside my coat. 'Cause the angel on my shoulder Learned to swim in dirty smoke. They wasting most of lives, living in the Gangsta's paradise. Wasting most of lives, living in the gangsta's Paradise. And now we're spending most of our life, Living in the gangsta's paradise. And now we're spending most of our lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise. Tell me, where's the rainbow at the end of This block? All I see are tombstones and a Broken clock. They gave me dreams just to watch me chase Them in the rain. Now the only paradise I Trust is in my veins. No way out, no map, no light, just a Long, long night. And the echo in my head says, "Keep fighting." But I'm tired of fighting. I'm just surviving. They wasting most of lives, living in the Gangsta's paradise. Wasting most of lives, living in the gangsta's Paradise. And now we're spending most of our life, Living in the gangsta's paradise. And now we're spending most of our lives, Living in the gangsta's paradise