CoolioMiscellaneousGangstas ParadiseCOOLIO - GANGSTA'S PARADISE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As I walk through the valley of the shadow of deathI take a look at my life and realise there's none leftCause I've been brassing and laughing so long thatEven my mamma thinks that my mind is goneBut I aint never crossed a man that didn't deserve itMe be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard ofYou better watch how you talking, and where you walkingOr you and your homies might be lined in chalkI really hate to trip but I gotta lope(?)As they croak I see myself in the pistal smoke ... foolI'm the kinda G that little homies want to be likeOn my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street lightThey been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradiseThey been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradiseWe keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradiseThey got the situation, they got me facingI can't live a normal life, I was raised by the stripSo I gotta be down with the hood teamToo much television watching got me chasing dreamsI'm a educated fool with my knee on my mindGot my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eyeI'm a loped(?) out gangsta set trippin bangerAnd my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger ... foolDeath aint nothing but a heart beat awayI'm living life do or die, what can I sayI'm 23 never will I live to see 24The way things is going I don't knowTell me why are we so blind to seeThat the ones we hurt are you and me.Power and the money, money and the powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody's running, but half of them aint lookingWhat's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookingThey say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach meIf they can't understand it, how can they reach meI guess they can'tI guess they won'tI guess they frontThat's why I know my life is out of luck ... foolTell 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.
Lyrics by Coolio
[Instrumental] 1-2-3-4 (sumpin' New) 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) [Timber Mix] 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk A Thing Goin On A Thing Goin' On A Thing Going On All The Way Live All The Way Live (now) Aw Here It Goes Aw Here It Goes [theme From Kenan And Kel] Aw Here It Goes [Theme from Kenan and Kel][#] Bright As The Sun Bring Back Somethin Fo Da Hood Bring Back Somethin' Fo Da Hood C U When I Get There C U When U Get There C U When U Get There (Album Version) C U When U Get There (Bill & Humberto's Orchestra ... C U When U Get There [Amended LP Version] [Version... C U When U Get There [Bill and Humberto's Orchestr... C U When U Get There [Ren Swan's Mix] C U When You Get There Can I Get Down 1X Can I Get Down 1x [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can U Dig It Can U Dig It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can-O-Corn Country Line County Line Cruisin' Cruisin' Crusin' Devil is Dope Do It Drama Exercise Yo Game [Clean] Exercise Yo' Game Exercise Yo' Game Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix) Fantastic Voyage [Album Version] Fantastic Voyage [original Version][mix] For My Sistas Fucc Coolio Gangsta Walk Gangsta's Paradise Gangsta's Paradise Gangster's Paradise Gangsters Paradise Get Up Get Down Geto Highlights Geto Highlites Ghetto Cartoon Ghetto Square Dance Hand On My Nutsac Hear Me Now Hit 'em Hit 'em High Hit 'em High (the Monstar's Anthem) Hit 'em Hit 'em High Homeboy Homeboy [Amended LP Version] [Version] I Breaks 'em Off I Breaks 'em Off I C U When U Get There I Like Girls I Remeber I Remember I Remember [Album Mix] I See You When You Get There I'm Seein' Bodiez in The Alley & Blood in The ... I'm Seein' Bodiez In The Alley And Blood In The Va... Interlude Interlude [Amended LP Version] [Version] Intro Is This Me Is This Me? Island Hop It Takes A Thief It's All The Way (now) It's All The Way Live It's All The Way Live Kinda High Kinda Drunk Kinda High, Kinda Drunk Knight Fall Knight Fall [Amended LP Version] [Version] Knock Out Kings Knockout Kings Lady And A Gangsta Let's Do It Let's Do It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Let's Do It Life Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta's Paradi... Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta... Mama I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta Mama, I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mary Jane Money (dollar Bill Y'all) Money (dollar Bill Y'all) My Soul My Soul [Amended LP Version] [Version] N Da Closet Nature Of The Business On My Way To Harlem One for the Money One Mo One More Night Ooh La La Ooh La La [Album Version] Ooh La La [Amended LP Version] [Version] Recoup This Rollin' With My Homies See You When I Get There See You When You Get There Shake It Up Show Me Love Slip Away Smilin' Smilin' Smokin' Stix Smokin' Stix Somebody's Gotta Die Somebody's Gotta Die Sticky Fingers Sticky Fingers (Alternate Sticky Fingers (alternate) Street Life By Beenie Man Sumpin' New Sumpin' New Sunshine Take It to the Hub That's How It Is That's How It Is The Devil Is Dope The Revolution The Winner Thought You Knew Throwdown 2000 Throwdown 2000 [Amended LP Version] [Version] Thru The Window Too Hot Too Hot [Clean] U Know Hoo U Know Hoo! Ugly Bitches What is an MC What Is An Mc? Would You Still Be Mine