Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

[00:12.760]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.440]I take a look at my life and realise there's nuthin' left
[00:18.510]'Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long, that
[00:21.760]Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:24.550]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:27.340]Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:30.850]You better watch how you're talking, and where you're walking
[00:33.780]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:36.590]I really hate to trip but i gotta loc
[00:39.430]As I Grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:43.000]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.640]on my knees in the night, saying prayers in the streetlight.
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[00:49.200]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:55.390]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:01.200]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:07.040]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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[01:12.950]The getto situation, they got me facin'
[01:15.770]I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:18.660]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.660]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:24.560]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.650]Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.600]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:33.670]And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:36.510]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
[01:39.780]I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
[01:43.000]I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
[01:45.960]The way things are going I don't know
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[01:48.790]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[01:54.600]That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[02:01.250]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:07.200]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:13.270]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:19.070]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:24.820]Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.960]Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.440]Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
[02:33.590]What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.850]They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.850]If they can't undersstand it, how can they reach me
[02:43.300]I guess they can't, I guess they won't
[02:45.700]I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
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[02:49.560]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:55.440]Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:01.270]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:07.300]Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:12.710]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:18.740]That the one's we hurt, are you and me
[03:24.600]Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:30.290]That the one's we hurt, are you and me
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