Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio Intro: Ab Fm G Cm Ab Fm As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death G Cm I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left Ab Fm Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long, G Cm That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone Ab Fm But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it G Cm Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of Ab Fm You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking G Cm Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk Ab Fm I really hate to trip but I gotta loc G Cm As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool Ab Fm I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like G Cm On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm Look at the situation they got me facin' Gm Cm I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets Ab Fm So I gotta be down with the hood team Gm Cm Too much television watching got me chasing dreams Ab Fm I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Gm Cm Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye Ab Fm I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger Gm Cm And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool Ab Fm Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away, Gm Cm I'm living life, do or die, what can I say Ab Fm I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24 Gm Cm The way things are going I don't know Ab Fm Gm Cm Tell me why are we so blind to see Ab Fm Gm Cm That the ones we hurt are you and me Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm Power and the money, money and the power Gm Cm Minute after minute, hour after hour Ab Fm Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking Gm Cm What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' Ab Fm They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me Gm Cm If they can't understand it, how can they reach me Ab Fm I guess they can't, I guess they won't Gm Cm I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm G Cm Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise Ab Fm Gm Cm Tell me why are we so blind to see Ab Fm Gm Cm That the ones we hurt are you and me Ab Fm Gm Cm Tell me why are we so blind to see Ab Fm Gm Cm That the ones we hurt are you and me