Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) [Official Music Video]_256k

[00:26.15] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:28.86] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:32.05] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that

[00:34.97] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

[00:37.93] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:40.59] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:44.08] You better watch how you're talkin', and where you're walkin'

[00:47.26] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:50.46] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc

[00:53.11] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

[00:56.03] I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:59.24] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[01:02.16] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:08.54] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:14.65] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:20.51] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[01:26.38] Look at the situation they got me facin'

[01:29.03] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:32.25] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:35.19] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

[01:38.38] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

[01:41.04] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:44.24] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:47.17] And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool

[01:50.09] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

[01:53.03] I'm livin' life, do or die, what can I say?

[01:56.48] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?

[01:59.39] The way things is going, I don't know

[02:02.05] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[02:07.93] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:13.77] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:20.42] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:26.57] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:32.69] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[02:38.53] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:41.20] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:44.39] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:47.33] It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:50.52] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:53.44] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me

[02:56.90] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:59.05] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[03:02.75] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:08.60] Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:14.72] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:20.57] We keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise

[03:26.40] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:32.00] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:37.85] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:43.97] That the ones we hurt are you and me?