Gangsta’s paradise
F - Dm
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1. As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
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I take a look at my life and
realize there's nothing left.
F Dm
‘Cause I've been blastin' and laughing so long,
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that even my mama thinks that
my mind is gone.
F Dm
2. But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it,
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me be treated like a punk, you
know that's unheard of.
F - Dm
You better watch how you
talking, and where you walking,
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or you and your homies might be lined in chalk.
F Dm
3. I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc,
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as they croak I see myself in
the pistol smoke, fool.
F Dm
I'm the kinda
G the little homies wanna
be like,
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on my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light.
F Dm E Am
Been spending most their lives
livin' in da gangsta's paradise,
F Dm E Am
been
spending most their lives livin' in da gangsta's paradise.
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm
4. Look at the situation, they got me facin',
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I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.
F Dm
So I gotta
be down with the hood team,
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too much television watchin' got me chasin’ dreams.
F Dm
5. I'm a educated fool wit money on my mind,
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got my ten
in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
F Dm
I'm a loc'ed
out gangsta, set-trippin
banger,
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and my homies
is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool.
F Dm
6. Death ain't nuthin
but a heart beat away,
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I'm livin
life do-or-die ah, what can I say?
F Dm
I'm twenty-three now, but will
I live to see twenty-fo'?
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the way things
is goin', I dunno.
F Dm
E Am
Tell me why are we so blind to
see
F Dm
E Am
that the ones we hurt are you
and me ?
F Dm E Am
Been spending most their lives
livin' in da gangsta's paradise,
F Dm E Am
been
spending most their lives livin' in da gangsta's paradise.
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm
7. Power and the money, money and the power,
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minute after
minute, hour after hour.
F Dm
Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin',
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it's goin
on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'.
F Dm
8. They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here
to teach me,
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if they can't understand it,
how can they reach me?
F
Dm
I guess they can't, I guess
they won't,
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I guess they frontin' - that's why I know my life is outta
luck, fool.
F Dm E Am
Been spending most their lives
livin' in da gangsta's paradise,
F Dm E Am
been
spending most their lives livin' in da gangsta's paradise.
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm E Am
We keep spending most our
lives livin' in a gangsta's
paradise
F Dm E
Am
Tell me why are we so blind to
see
F Dm E Am
that the ones we hurt are you and me ? (2x)
F - Dm
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Ah ah
ah ah, ah ah ah ah. (orig. = capo 3rd) (Coolio)