Gangstas Paradise lyrics by Coolio
Lyric & Midi information*****************************************
Song Title * 3278 Gangsta's Paradise
Performed By * Coolio
Composer(s) * Artis Ivey Jr., Larry Sanders & Doug Rasheed
Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal
Programmer * Damian Smith (D.M.S. Productions) Distributed Under License
� 1996
NOTE: * Lyrics may not always be to the exact arrangement.
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* Intro
* Verse 1 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realise there's nothin' left.
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone.
But I ain't ever crossed a man that didn't deserve it.
Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of.
You better watch out your talkin' and where you're walkin'
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk.
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc,
As they cook, I see myself in the pistol smoke.
Fool, I'm the kind of G the little homies wanna be like,
On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light.
* Chorus They've been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
We keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
* Verse 2 Look at the situation they got me facin'.
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street.
So I gotta be down with the hood team.
Too much television watchin', got me chasin' dreams.
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind,
Got a 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies are down, so don't arouse my anger.
Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away.
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things are goin', I don't know.
* Pre- Tell me why are we so blind to see
chorus That the ones we hurt are you and me?
* (Repeat chorus)
* Verse 3 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 out of luck, fool.
* (Repeat chorus)
* (Repeat pre-chorus twice)
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Time * 4:06
Length * 82 bars
Tempo * 80pm
Key * C minor
Ch 1 * Fingered Bass
Ch 2 * Synth Bass 2
Ch 3 * Strings
Ch 4 * Synth Strings 1
Ch 5 * Choir
Ch 10 * Drums
