Gangsta-s Paradise - Coolio
Lyrics by:Doug Rasheed
Composed by:Doug Rasheed
As I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and
Realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been blastin'
And laughin' so long
That even my momma 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
Talkin' and where you walkin'
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
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
Keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin'
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the street
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 loc'd out gangsta
Set trippin' banger
And my homies is down
So don't arouse my anger
Fool death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
I'm livin' life do or die what can I say
I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24
The way things is going 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
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a 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'
It's going on in the kitchen
But I don't know what's cookin'
They say I gotta 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
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spending most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Livin' in a 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