Coolio ft. LV - Gangsta's Paradise

[00:11.79] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.78] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:18.02] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that

[00:21.04] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.78] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.76] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.03] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:33.03] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:36.01] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.79] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:41.78] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:45.03] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.54] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:51.02] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[00:54.32] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:57.05] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:00.33] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:02.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:06.31] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:08.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:11.83] Look at the situation they got me facing

[01:14.83] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:18.08] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:21.08] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams

[01:24.08] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:27.08] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:29.82] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:32.82] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger

[01:35.82] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:38.81] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:42.07] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.32] The way things is going I don't know

[01:47.84] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.32] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:00.58] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:03.07] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:06.32] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:09.08] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:12.33] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:14.81] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:18.32] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:21.07] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:24.57] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.32] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.32] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:33.08] It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.32] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.07] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:42.61] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.83] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.60] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:51.09] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:54.36] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:56.86] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:00.36] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:02.85] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:06.64] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:08.90] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:12.15] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.41] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:24.13] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.39] That the ones we hurt are you and me?