Gangsta_s-Paradise_-_Coolio
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[00:11.78] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.70] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:17.90] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
[00:21.09] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.75] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.64] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
[00:29.85] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'
[00:33.83] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.94] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
[00:38.61] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
[00:41.80] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.00] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[00:48.16] Been spendin' most their lives
[00:50.82] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[00:54.29] Been spendin' most their lives
[00:56.95] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:00.39] Keep spendin' most our lives
[01:02.78] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:06.24] Keep spendin' most our lives
[01:08.90] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[01:12.07] Look at the situation they got me facing
[01:14.73] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
[01:17.92] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.12] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams
[01:23.77] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
[01:26.95] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:29.88] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
[01:32.80] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger
[01:35.73] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
[01:38.63] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
[01:42.10] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24?
[01:45.29] The way things is going I don't know
[01:47.94] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.51] That the ones we hurt are you and me?
[01:59.63] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:02.80] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:06.26] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:09.19] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:12.63] Keep spendin' most our lives
[02:15.02] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:18.21] Keep spendin' most our lives
[02:21.15] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:24.06] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.24] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.43] Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.09] It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.29] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.20] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
[02:42.12] I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:45.05] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:49.02] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:51.13] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[02:54.34] Been spendin' most their lives
[02:56.99] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:00.46] Keep spendin' most our lives
[03:02.85] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:06.56] Keep spendin' most our lives
[03:08.95] Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[03:12.41] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:17.70] That the ones we hurt are you and me?
[03:23.55] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:29.67] That the ones we hurt are you and me?
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