Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio&L.V.

[00:00.0]Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio/L.V.
[00:12.4]As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.5]I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:18.43]Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long
[00:21.43]That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:24.43]But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:27.4]Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
[00:30.52]You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
[00:33.63]Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:36.49]I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:39.25]As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool
[00:42.59]I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
[00:45.21]On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
[00:49.08]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[00:54.87]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:00.83]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:06.77]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[01:12.63]Look at the situation they got me facin'
[01:15.270004]I can't live a normal life I was raised by the streets
[01:18.270004]So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:21.12]Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:24.16]I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.2]Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.45]I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
[01:33.28]And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger fool
[01:36.45]Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
[01:39.17]I'm living life do or die what can I say
[01:42.45]I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24
[01:45.43]The way things are going I don't know
[01:48.39]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.95]That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:00.45]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:06.82]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:12.84]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:18.81]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:24.77]Power and the money money and the power
[02:27.54001]Minute after minute hour after hour
[02:30.52]Everybody's running but half of them ain't looking
[02:33.7]What's going on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.54001]They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.49]If they can't understand it how can they reach me
[02:42.87]I guess they can't I guess they won't
[02:45.08]I guess they front that's why I know my life is out of luck fool
[02:48.79001]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[02:54.83]Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:01.09]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:06.8]Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
[03:13.25]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:17.86]That the one's we hurt are you and me
[03:24.0]Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:29.88]That the one's we hurt are you and me