Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio (Lyrics) feat. L.V. (320 kbps)

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[00:12.28] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:15.20] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:18.39] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that

[00:21.05] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.97] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:27.15] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.34] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:33.54] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:35.92] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.84] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:42.03] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:45.23] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.77] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:51.18] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[00:54.43] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:57.12] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:00.58] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:03.25] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:06.69] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:09.16] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:12.34] Look at the situation they got me facing

[01:14.75] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:18.20] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:21.11] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams

[01:24.03] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:26.96] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:30.15] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:33.07] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger

[01:36.26] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:39.20] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:42.19] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.65] The way things is going I don't know

[01:47.86] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.44] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:00.35] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:03.31] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:06.77] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:09.16] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:12.90] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:15.02] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:19.00] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:21.14] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:24.60] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.52] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.45] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:33.18] It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.37] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me

[02:39.30] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

[02:42.76] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.88] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.92] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:51.34] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:54.27] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:57.19] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:00.90] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:03.03] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:06.22] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:09.16] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:12.34] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.73] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.94] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.64] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

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