Coolio, L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)(1995)

[00:11.72] As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
[00:14.57] I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
[00:17.98] 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
[00:21.00] Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
[00:23.74] But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
[00:26.70] Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
[00:30.07] You better watch how ya talkin' and where ya walkin'
[00:32.96] Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
[00:35.97] I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
[00:38.78] As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
[00:42.23] I'm the kind of G that little homies wanna be like
[00:45.00] On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light
[00:48.23] Been spending most their lives
[00:50.80] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[00:54.32] Been spending most their lives
[00:56.93] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:00.24] Keep spending most our lives
[01:02.84] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:06.21] Keep spending most our lives
[01:08.86] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[01:12.18] Look at the situation they got me facin'
[01:14.86] I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes
[01:17.99] So I gotta be down with the hood team
[01:20.77] Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
[01:23.75] I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
[01:26.88] Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
[01:29.94] I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
[01:32.92] And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool
[01:36.32] Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
[01:38.88] I'm livin' my life do-or-die, uh, what can I say?
[01:42.17] I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
[01:45.04] The way things is going, I don't know
[01:47.66] Tell me why are we so blind to see
[01:53.35] That the ones we hurt are you and me?
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[02:00.24] Been spending most their lives
[02:03.10] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:06.36] Been spending most their lives
[02:08.92] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:12.37] Keep spending most our lives
[02:14.94] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:18.38] Keep spending most our lives
[02:20.92] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:24.34] Power and the money, money and the power
[02:27.02] Minute after minute, hour after hour
[02:30.01] Everybody's running, but half of them ain't lookin'
[02:33.06] What's going on in the kitchen? But I don't know what's cookin'
[02:36.16] They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
[02:39.15] If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
[02:42.31] I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they front
[02:45.97] That's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[02:48.52] Been spending most their lives
[02:51.09] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[02:54.33] Been spending most their lives
[02:57.12] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:00.47] Keep spending most our lives
[03:02.99] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:06.50] Keep spending most our lives
[03:09.21] Living in a gangsta's paradise
[03:11.92] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:17.42] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?
[03:23.30] Tell me why are we, so blind to see
[03:29.49] That the ones we hurt, are you and me?
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