Coolio, L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise

[00:11.84] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

[00:14.58] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left

[00:18.30] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that

[00:21.18] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone

[00:23.68] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

[00:26.85] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

[00:30.04] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'

[00:33.09] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

[00:36.05] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc

[00:38.81] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke

[00:41.69] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

[00:44.85] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

[00:48.62] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:50.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[00:54.54] Been spendin' most their lives

[00:56.98] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:00.64] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:02.88] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:06.54] Keep spendin' most our lives

[01:08.84] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[01:12.09] Look at the situation they got me facing

[01:15.00] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street

[01:17.95] So I gotta be down with the hood team

[01:20.85] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams

[01:23.81] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind

[01:26.83] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

[01:29.86] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger

[01:32.85] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger

[01:35.75] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away

[01:38.60] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?

[01:42.06] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?

[01:45.00] The way things is going I don't know

[01:47.49] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[01:53.56] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[02:00.68] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:02.97] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:06.62] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:08.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:12.67] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:14.86] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:18.64] Keep spendin' most our lives

[02:20.86] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:24.12] Power and the money, money and the power

[02:27.26] Minute after minute, hour after hour

[02:30.28] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'

[02:32.97] It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

[02:36.05] 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?

[02:42.44] I guess they can't, I guess they won't

[02:44.70] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

[02:48.68] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:50.94] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[02:54.69] Been spendin' most their lives

[02:56.93] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:00.68] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:02.91] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:06.66] Keep spendin' most our lives

[03:08.95] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise

[03:11.56] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:17.62] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

[03:23.65] Tell me why are we so blind to see

[03:29.53] That the ones we hurt are you and me?

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