Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

[00:12.26] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.95] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:18.17] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:21.36] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:24.05] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.94] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.14] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:33.07] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:36.27] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:38.93] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:42.38] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:45.05] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.34] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[00:54.19] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:00.36] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:05.95] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:12.07] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:15.05] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:18.25] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.90] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:24.09] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:27.27] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:30.20] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:33.11] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:36.58] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:38.98] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say?

[01:41.93] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.12] The way things is going, I don't know

[01:47.78] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.37] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:00.29] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:06.43] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:12.56] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:18.38] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:24.23] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.16] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.37] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:33.28] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.48] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.13] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:42.32] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.97] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.42] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:54.00] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:00.40] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:06.25] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:12.12] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.70] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.81] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.66] That the ones we hurt are you and me?