As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left
’Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
blast:
[I, T]to make a loud unpleasant noise, especially music 发出刺耳的高音，轰鸣（尤指音乐）~ (out)
Music suddenly blasted out from the speakers.
喇叭中突然响起了轰鸣的音乐。
~ sth (out)
The radio blasted out rock music at full volume.
收音机以最大音量播放摇滚乐。
But I ain’t never crossed a man that didn’t deserve it
Me be treated like a punk, you know that’s unheard of
You better watch how you’re talkin’ and where you’re walkin’
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, sayin’ prayers in the streetlight
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin’
I can’t live a normal life, I was raised by the street
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television-watchin’ got me chasin’ dreams
I’m a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I’m a loc’d out gangsta, set trippin’ banger
[VERB 动词](服用毒品后)产生幻觉；If someone is tripping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD.[V on n] [Also V] [usu cont] [Informal]
One night I was tripping on acid.
有一天晚上我服用了迷幻药后正在幻游。
gangbanger → banger: a member of a street gang.
The gangbangers threatened the old lady too often, and finally she pulled out a can of mace and gave them a little lesson in good manners.
And my homies is down, so don’t arouse my anger, fool
Death ain’t nothin’ but a heartbeat away
I’m livin’ life “do or die”, what can I say?
I’m 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things is going, I don’t know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
Power and the money, money and the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody’s runnin’, but half of them ain’t lookin’
It’s goin’ on in the kitchen, but I don’t know what’s cookin’
They say I got to learn, but nobody’s here to teach me
If they can’t understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t
I guess they front, that’s why I know my life is outta luck, fool
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
They’ve been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta’s paradise
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?