Coolio
Gangsta's Paradise
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[Verse 1: Coolio]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long thatEven my mama thinks that my mind is goneBut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve itMe be treated like a punk? You know that's unheard ofYou better watch how ya talkin' and where you walkin'Or you and your homies might be lined in chalkI really hate to trip, but I gotta locAs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, foolI'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be likeOn my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the streetlight [Chorus: L.V.]They've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseThey've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise [Verse 2: Coolio]Look at the situation they got me facin'I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streetSo I gotta be down with the hood teamToo much television watchin' got me chasin' dreamsI'm a educated fool with money on my mindGot my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eyeI'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' bangerAnd my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, foolDeath ain't nothin' but a heartbeat awayI'm livin' life do-or-die, what can I say?I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four?The way things is goin', I don't know [Refrain: L.V.]Tell me, why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me? [Chorus: L.V.]They've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseThey've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise [Verse 3: Coolio]Power and the money, money and the powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'They say I got to learn, but nobody's here to teach meIf they can't understand it, how can they reach me?I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they frontThat's why I know my life is out of luck, fool [Chorus: L.V.]They've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseThey've been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise [Refrain: L.V.]Tell me, why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me?Tell me, why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me?