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Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
[Intro]
G Em F# Bm (2x)
[Verse 1]
G Em
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
F# Bm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
G Em
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
F# Bm
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
G Em
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
F# Bm
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
G Em
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
F# Bm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
G Em
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
F# Bm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
G Em
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
F# Bm
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
[Chorus]
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse 2]
G Em
Look at the situation they got me facin'
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I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
G Em
So I gotta be down with the hood team
F# Bm
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
G Em
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
F# Bm
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
G Em
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
F# Bm
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
G Em
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
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I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
G Em
I'm twenty three now, but will I live to see twenty four
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The way things are going I don't know
[Bridge]
G Em F# Bm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
G Em F# Bm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
[Chorus]
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Verse 3]
G Em
Power and the money, money and the power
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Minute after minute, hour after hour
G Em
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
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What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
G Em
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
F# Bm
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
G Em
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
F# Bm
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
[Chorus]
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
G Em F# Bm
Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
[Bridge]
G Em F# Bm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
G Em F# Bm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
G Em F# Bm
Tell me why are we so blind to see
G Em F# Bm
That the ones we hurt are you and me
[Outro]
G Em F# Bm (2x)