Coolio

[00:47.08] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:49.84] I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left

[00:53.10] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

[00:55.86] That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:58.87] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[01:01.89] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[01:05.15] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[01:08.41] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[01:11.17] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[01:13.67] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[01:16.44] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[01:20.20] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:22.71] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:29.48] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:35.25] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:41.02] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:47.55] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:48.80] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:53.07] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:55.58] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:58.34] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[02:01.61] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[02:04.86] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[02:06.38] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[02:10.63] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[02:13.65] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[02:18.16] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[02:20.66] The way things is goin', I don't know

[02:43.51] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:45.26] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:47.76] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.04] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.31] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:05.34] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:30.18] Power and the money, money and the power

[03:32.18] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[03:35.20] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[03:38.96] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[03:42.22] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[03:44.73] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[03:48.00] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[03:50.76] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[04:19.10] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[04:23.86] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[04:29.88] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[04:35.90] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[04:41.67] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[04:46.18] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[04:53.21] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[05:02.74] That the ones we hurt are you and me?