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

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left‘Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so longThat even my momma thinks that my mind is goneAs I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left‘Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so longThat even my momma thinks that my mind is goneBut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve itMe be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard ofYou better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'Or you and your homies might be lined in chalkI really hate to trip, but I gotta locAs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smokeFool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be likeOn my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlightBeen spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseLook at the situation they got me facin'I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streetSo I gotta be down with the hood teamToo much television watchin' got me chasin' dreamsI'm a educated fool with money on my mindGot my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eyeI'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' bangerAnd my homies is down so don't arouse my angerFool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat awayI'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 goin' I don't knowTell me why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me?Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradisePower and the money, money and the powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody'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 gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach meIf they can't understand it, how can they reach me?I guess they can't, I guess they won'tI guess they frontin'; that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseBeen spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseKeep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradiseTell me why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me?Tell me why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me?