Gangsta
Coolio"Gangsta" is a song by Coolio, released in 2005 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:29 long and contains 50 lines and 488 words.
Lyrics
0:11As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
0:15I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
0:18Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long
0:20That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
0:23But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
0:26Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
0:30You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
0:32Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
0:36I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
0:39As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke fool
0:42I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
0:45On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
0:48Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
0:54Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
1:00Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
1:06Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
1:12Look at the situation they got me facin'
1:14I can't live a normal life I was raised by the streets
1:18So I gotta be down with the hood team
1:20Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
1:23I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
1:26Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
1:30I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
1:33And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger fool
1:36Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
1:38I'm living life do or die what can I say
1:42I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24
1:45The way things are going I don't know
1:47Tell me why are we so blind to see
1:53That the ones we hurt are you and me
1:59Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
2:06Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
2:12Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
2:18Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
2:24Power and the money money and the power
2:27Minute after minute hour after hour
2:30Everybody's running but half of them ain't looking
2:33What's going on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin'
2:36They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me
2:39If they can't understand it how can they reach me
2:42I guess they can't I guess they won't
2:44I guess they front that's why I know my life is out of luck fool
2:48Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
2:54Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
3:00Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
3:06Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise
3:12Tell me why are we so blind to see
3:17That the one's we hurt are you and me
3:23Tell me why are we so blind to see
3:29That the one's we hurt are you and me
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 blasting and laughing so long That even my mama 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 talking and where you're 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 the little homies wanna be like On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Look at the situation they got me facin' I can't live a normal life I was raised by the streets 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 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger fool Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away I'm living life do or die what can I say I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24 The way things are going I don't know Tell me why are we so blind to see That the ones we hurt are you and me Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Power and the money money and the power Minute after minute hour after hour Everybody's running but half of them ain't looking What's going on in the kitchen but I don't know what's cookin' 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 fool Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise Tell me why are we so blind to see That the one's we hurt are you and me Tell me why are we so blind to see That the one's we hurt are you and me
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