Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio feat. L.V.

As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death

i take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left

coz i've been blastin and laughing so long that

even my mama thinks that my mind is gone

but i ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

you better watch how you talking, and where you walking

or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

i really hate to trip, but i gotta lope

as they croak i see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

i'm the kinda g that little homies wanna be

like on my knees in the night

sayin' prayers in the street light

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

forgot the situation, they got me facin'

i can't live a normal life, i was raised by the strip

so i gotta be down with the hood team

too much television watching got me chasing dreams

i'm a educated fool, with money on my mind

got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

i'm a loped-out gangsta, set-trippin banger

and my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool

death ain't nothing but a heart beat away

i'm livin life do-or-die ah, what can i say?

i'm twenty-three now, but will i live to see twenty-four?

the way things is goin i don't know

tell me why are we so blind to see

that the ones we hurt are you and me

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

power and the money, money and the power

minute after minute, hour after hour

everybody's running, but half of them ain't lookin

what's goin on in the kitchen, but i don't know what's cookin

they say i got to learn, but nobody's here to teach me

if they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

i guess they can't -- i guess they won't

i guess they front that's why i know my life is out of luck, fool

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

been spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise

tell me why are we so blind to see

that the ones we hurt are you and me

tell me why are we so blind to see

that the ones we hurt are you and me

Ahahah ah ah ah ah