Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise,

G#
                          
As I walk through the valley 
         
Fm
of the shadow of death
G
                       
I take a look at my life 
     
Cm
and realize there's nothing left
G#
Cause I've been blasting
         
Fm
and laughing so long that
G
Even my momma thinks 
      
Cm
that my mind is gone
G#
But I aint never crossed a man 
         
Fm
that didn't deserve it
C
Me be treated like a punk, 
       
Cm
you know that's unheard of
G#
You better watch how you talking, 
         
Fm
and where you walking
G
Or you and your homies 
       
Cm
might be lined in chalk
G#
I really hate to trip 
         
Fm
but I gotta loc
G
As they croak I see myself 
        
Cm
in the pistol smoke ... fool
G#
I'm the kinda that little 
         
Fm
homies want to be like
G
On my knees in the night, 
        
Cm
saying prayers in the street light

G#
                   
Fm
           
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise

G#
Look at the situation, 
         
Fm
they got me facing
G
I can't live a normal life, 
       
Cm
I was raised by the state
G#
So I gotta be down 
         
Fm
with the hood team
G
Too much television 
        
Cm
watching got me chasing dreams
G#
I'm an educated fool 
         
Fm
with money on my mind
G
Got my 10 in my hand 
         
Cm
and a gleam in my eye
G#
I'm a locked out gangsta 
         
Fm
set trippin banger
G
And my homies are down 
       
Cm
so don’t arouse my anger ... fool
G#
Death aint nothing 
         
Fm
but a heart beat away
G
I'm living life 
       
Cm
do or die, what can I say
G#
I'm 23 now will I ever 
         
Fm
live to see 24
G
The way things 
         
Cm
is going I don't know
G#
Tell me why are we 
         
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt 
        
Cm
are you and me.

G#
                   
Fm
           
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise

G#
Power in the money, 
         
Fm
money in the power
G
Minute after minute, 
       
Cm
hour after hour
G#
Everybody's running, 
         
Fm
but half of them aint looking
G
It’s going on in the kitchen, 
       
Cm
but I don't know what's cooking
G#
They say I've got to learn 
         
Fm
but nobody's here to teach me
G
If they can't understand it, 
        
Cm
how can they reach me
G#
I guess they can't
         
Fm
I guess they won't
G
I guess they front
         
Cm
That's why I know my life is out of luck ... fool

G#
                   
Fm
           
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We’ve been spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise
G#
                   
Fm
   
We keep spending most our lives 
G
                      
Cm
living in the gangsta's paradise

G#
Tell me why are we 
         
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt 
      
Cm
are you and me.
G#
Tell me why are we 
         
Fm
so blind to see
G
That the ones we hurt 
      
Cm
are you and me.