「As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I takea look at my life and realize there's nothing left.」
曲中充滿無力無奈的低沉重音,節奏清楚明快。
「'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that even mymomma thinks my mind has gone.」
我忍不住精神振奮,輕輕地讓這首舞曲勾引著我的腳步到舞池裡聞歌起舞。
「Been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise」
我閉上眼,用心去感受那種末世紀狂亂罪惡的墮落風情,全身用力把力氣擠盡。
「Look at the situation they got me facing
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
So I gotta be down with the 'hood team 」
「Too much television watching, got me chasing dreams
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye 」
音樂震耳欲聾地在我耳中、腦中、心中繚繞。
「I'm living life, do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now, but will I ever see 24?
The way things is goin' I don't know 」
「Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me 」
我雙手握拳,全心全神地忘我搖擺。我真實地聽聽自己心底的聲音。低沉重音仍不斷在耳邊響起。
「Power in the money, money in the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't lookin'
It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking
They say I gotta 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 」
「Been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise」
「Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me 」