Coolio - Gangsta-'s Paradise

[00:10.86] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.13] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:17.13] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long

[00:20.13] That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.13] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.11] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:29.11] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:32.38] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:35.63] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.63] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:41.40] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:44.88] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.15] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:54.15] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:59.88] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:06.13] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:11.28] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:14.01] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:17.77] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.79] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:23.52] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:26.54] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:29.54] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:32.78] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger

[01:35.54] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:38.79] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:41.80] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:44.79] The way things is goin', I don't know

[01:47.28] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.04] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[01:59.03] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.03] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.02] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.01] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:23.27] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:26.78] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.05] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:32.80] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:35.79] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:38.55] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:42.04] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.07] I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!

[02:47.56] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.03] Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:59.53] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:05.79] Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:11.53] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.29] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.04] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.31] That the ones we hurt are you and me?