Gangstas Paradis by Postmodern Jukebox feat. Robyn Adele Anderson
Key:FmFm| Capo:0fr|
FmG7C
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
FmG7C
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
BbmFm
'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
G7C
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
FmG7C
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
FmG7C
Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of
BbmFm
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
G7C
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
BbmFm
I really hate to trip but I gotta loc'
CFm
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
BbmFm
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
G7C
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight
(*=Chorus)
BbmFmCFm
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise (x4)
FmG7C
Look at the situation they got me facin'
FmGmC
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets
BbmFm
So I gotta be down with the hood team
G7C
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
FmG7C
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
FmG7C
Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
BbmFm
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
G7C
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
BbmFm
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
CFm
I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
BbmFm
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
G7C
The way things are going I don't know
* [musical Interlude
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me
FmG7C
Power and the money, money and the power
FmG7C
Minute after minute, hour after hour
BbmFm
Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
G7C
What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
FmG7C
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
FmG7C
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
BbmFm
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
G7C
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool
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This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.
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