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

[00:11.70] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:15.05] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:18.25] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
[00:21.35] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.77] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.87] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
[00:30.14] You better watch how ya talking and where ya walking
[00:33.17] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:36.27] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc'
[00:38.99] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:42.23] I'm the kind of g' that little homie's wanna be like
[00:45.03] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light
[00:48.38] Been spending most their lives
[00:51.26] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[00:54.12] Been spending most their lives
[00:57.07] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:00.32] Keep spending most our lives
[01:03.16] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:06.30] Keep spending most our lives
[01:09.17] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:12.34] Look at the situation they got me facing
[01:14.96] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:18.16] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.81] Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
[01:23.89] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:27.03] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:30.12] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
[01:33.17] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:36.12] Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
[01:39.13] I'm living my life do-or-die, uh, what can I say?
[01:42.54] I'm twentythree now, but will I live to see twentyfour?
[01:45.73] The way things is going, I don't know
[01:47.89] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.49] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[02:00.39] Been spending most their lives
[02:03.16] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:06.66] Been spending most their lives
[02:09.24] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:12.44] Keep spending most our lives
[02:15.24] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:18.73] Keep spending most our lives
[02:21.27] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:24.38] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.40] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.35] Everybody's running but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.30] What's going on in the kitchen? But I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.37] They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.36] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
[02:42.77] I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they front
[02:46.07] That's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:48.83] Been spending most their lives
[02:51.20] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:54.63] Been spending most their lives
[02:57.20] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:00.82] Keep spending most our lives
[03:03.03] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:06.74] Keep spending most our lives
[03:09.54] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:12.21] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:17.56] That the ones we hurt are you and me
[03:23.78] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[03:29.76] That the ones we hurt are you and me
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