Gangsta's Paradise

Coolio

1. As I walk through the valley of the shad-ow of death
I take a look at my life
and re-al-ize there's noth-ing left
Cause I've been blas-ting and laugh-ing so long-that
ev-en my mom-ma thinks that my mind is gone
But I nev-er con-demn a man that don't de-serve it
Me be treat-ed like a punk?
You know that's un-heard of
You bet-ta watch how ya talk-in'
And where ya wali-in' or
You and ya hom-ies might be lined in chalk
I real-ly hate to trip but I got ta loc
As they croak I see my-self in the pis-tol smoke
Fool I'm the kin-da G the lit-tle hom-ies want to be like on
my knees in the night,
Say-ing pray-ers in the street light

* Been spind-ing all their lives
liv-ing in a gang-sta's
par-a-dise
Been spind-ing most their lives
liv-ing in a gang-sta's
par-a-dise

2. Look at the situation they got me facing
I can't live a normal life,
I was raised by the state so I gotta be down with the hook team
Too much television watchin'
Got me chasing dreams
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Mac Ⅱin my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin banga
And my homies are down
So don't arouse my anger
Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away
I'm living life do or die
What can I say?
I'm 23 now
But will I see to live 24
The way things are going I don't know

Tell me why~~are we
so blind to see
That the ones we hurt
are you and me

3. Power and the money
Money and the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour,
Everybody's runnin' but half ain't looking.
They smilling gun in they kitchen
but I don't know it's cookin'.
They say I gotta learn but noboky's here to teach me,
If they don'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 outta luck.