Coolio - Gangsters Paradise lyrics

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of d**h I take a look at my life and realize there's nuttin' left Cause I've been blastin and laughin 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 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 the little homies wanna be like On my knees in the night, sayin prayers in the street light We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise Look at the situation, they got me facin I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strict So I gotta be down with the hood team Too much television watchin got me chasin 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'ed out gangsta, set-trippin banger And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool d**h ain't nuthin but a heartbeat away I'm livin life do-or-die-a, what can I say? I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-fo'? 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 We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We 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 runnin but half of them ain't lookin It'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 outta luck, fool We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We 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 We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We've been spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise We keep spending most our lives Living in the Gangsta's Paradise ...