Stevie Wonder Gangsta's Paradise Lyrics:
WRITER STEVIE WONDER RECORDED BY COOLIO

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death I take a look at my life and realize there's
nothin' left 'Cuz I've been blastin' and laughin'
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'd 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, know As they group 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 Chorus:
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 They got the situation, they
got me facin' I can't live a normal life, I was
raised by the state So I gotta be down with the
hood team Too much television watchin' got me
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chasin' dreams I'm a 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' banga And my
homies is down so don't arouse my anga, fool Death
ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away, I'm livin'
life, do or die, what can I say I'm 23 now, will I
live to see 24 the way things is goin' I don't
know Tell me why are we, so blind to see That the
one's 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 runnin', but
half of them ain't lookin' What's goin' on in the
kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin' they say
I got ta 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
Lyrics: Gangsta's Paradise, Stevie Wonder [end]