Gangstas Paradise chords by Postmodern Jukebox

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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 nothin' left
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'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long,
    G            C
That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone
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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
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You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
  G              C
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
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I really hate to trip but I gotta loc'
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As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool
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I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like
    G            C
On my knees in the night saying prayers in the streetlight

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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise

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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
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So I gotta be down with the hood team
       G            C
Too much television watching got me chasing dreams
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I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
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Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye
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I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
     G           C
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
 Fm            Gm    C
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
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I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
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I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
   G          C
The way things are going I don't know

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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise

[musical interlude]

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Tell me why are we so blind to see
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That the ones we hurt are you and me

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Power and the money, money and the power
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Minute after minute, hour after hour
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Everybody's running, but half of them ain't looking
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What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
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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
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I guess they can't, I guess they won't
 G               c
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool

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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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Keep spending most our lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
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