Testo Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
Testo della canzone Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio), tratta dall'album Greatest Hits
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long that
Even my momma thinks that my mind is 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 better watch how you're 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 croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
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-watching got me chasin' dreams
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'ma loc' out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies is 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 is going, I don't know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
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 outta luck, fool
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
They've been spending most of their lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
We keep spending most of our lives (oh-oh-oh)
Living in a gangsta's paradise (oh-oh-oh)
Tell me why are we so blind to see (oh-oh-oh)
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
Tell me why are we so blind to see (oh-oh-oh)
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Credits
Writer(s): Douglas B. Rasheed, Stevie Wonder, Larry James Sanders, Artis L. Jr. Ivey
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