Coolio, L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

[00:11.89] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [00:14.75] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left [00:17.77] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that [00:21.01] Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone [00:23.58] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it [00:26.67] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of [00:29.89] You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin' [00:33.01] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk [00:35.61] I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc [00:38.82] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke [00:41.99] Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like [00:45.16] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight [00:48.32] They've been spending most their lives [00:50.73] Living in a gangsta's paradise [00:54.55] They've been spending most their lives [00:57.00] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:00.51] We keep spending most our lives [01:02.94] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:06.40] We keep spending most our lives [01:09.05] Living in a gangsta's paradise [01:11.92] Look at the situation they got me facing [01:14.87] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street [01:17.91] So I gotta be down with the hood team [01:20.94] Too much television watchin', got me chasing dreams [01:23.82] I'm a educated fool with money on my mind [01:26.73] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye [01:29.51] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger [01:32.74] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger [01:36.08] Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away [01:38.50] I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say? [01:41.78] I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24? [01:45.18] The way things is going, I don't know [01:47.55] Tell me why are we so blind to see [01:53.24] That the ones we hurt are you and me? [02:00.79] They've been spending most their lives [02:03.14] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:06.31] They've been spending most their lives [02:09.19] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:12.65] We keep spending most our lives [02:15.02] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:18.52] We keep spending most our lives [02:21.14] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:23.68] Power and the money, money and the power [02:26.84] Minute after minute, hour after hour [02:30.08] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't lookin' [02:33.04] It's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' [02:35.84] They say I got to learn, but nobody's here to teach me [02:38.99] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me? [02:42.29] I guess they can't, I guess they won't [02:44.45] I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool [02:48.54] They've been spending most their lives [02:51.01] Living in a gangsta's paradise [02:54.33] They've been spending most their lives [02:56.46] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:00.05] We keep spending most our lives [03:02.55] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:06.90] We keep spending most our lives [03:08.96] Living in a gangsta's paradise [03:11.80] Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:17.29] That the ones we hurt are you and me? [03:23.76] Tell me why are we so blind to see [03:29.58] That the ones we hurt are you and me? [03:35.12]