COOLIO
GANGSTA'S
As I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life
And realize there's nothing
left
'Cause I've been blasting and
laughing so long
That even my momma thinks
that my mind has 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 betta
watch how ya talking
And where ya
walking
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 homie's wanna be like
On my knees in the night
Saying prayers in the street
light
1-Been spending most our
lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise (2)
Keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise (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 'hood team
Too much television watching,
got me chasing dreams
I'm an educated fool with money
on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a
gleam in my eye
I'm a locked out gangsta, set tripping banger
And my homies
are down so don't arouse my anger
Fool, death ain't nothing but a heart beat
away
I'm living life do or die,
what can I say?
I'm twenty-three now, will I
ever live to see twenty-four
The way things
is going I don't know.
2-Tell me why are we so blind
to see
That the ones we hurt are you
and me?
(rpt
1)
Power in the money, money in
the power
Minute after minute, hour
after hour
Everybody's running, but half
of them ain't looking
It's going on in the kitchen
But I don't know what's
cooking.
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, foo!
(rpt 1,
2, 2)