Kina Grannis – Gangstas Paradise (Ukulele)

     Ab                             Ab
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

         G                     Cm
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left

       Cm                     Ab
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin so long that

G                            Cm
Even my ma'ma thinks that my mind is gone

            Cm                       Ab
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it

      G                        Cm
He be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of

    Cm                          Ab
You better watch how you talkin', and where you walkin'

   G                            Cm
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk

      Cm                   Ab
But I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc'

     G                        Cm
As I grow I see myself in the pistol smoke, fool

        Cm                 Ab
I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like

      G
On my knees in the night

Cm            Ab                    G                Cm
Been spending most our lives living in the Gangsta's Paradise

Cm            Ab                    G                Cm
Been spending most our lives living in the Gangsta's Paradise

        Cm             G        Cm
And now why are we, so blind to see

         Cm         Ab        G       Cm
That the ones we've hurt, are you and me

     Cm                 Ab
They got the situation, they got me facin'

  G                               Cm
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets

     Cm                     Ab
So I gotta be down with the hood team

         G                          Cm
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams

       Cm                 Ab
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind

       G                    Cm
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

      Cm                      Ab
I'm a loc'ed out gangsta, set-trippin' banger

       G                        Cm
And my homies is down, so don't arouse my anger, fool

Cm                        Ab
Death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away

           G                 Cm
I'm livin' life do-or-die-a, what can I say?

Cm                           Cm
Twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four?

    G
The way things are goin' I don't know

        Cm      Ab     G        Cm
Tell me why are we, so blind to see

         Cm         Ab        G       Cm
That the ones we've hurt, are you and me

    Cm      Ab     G        Cm
Now why are we, so blind to see

         Cm         Ab        G       Cm
That the ones we've hurt, are you and me

Cm                   Ab
Power and the money, money and the power

G                    Cm
Minute after minute, hour after hour

Cm                  Ab
Everybody's runnin', half of them don't even know

             G                      Cm
What's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'

     Cm                      Ab
They say I got to learn, but nobody's here to teach me

   G                         Cm
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?

Cm                 Cm
I guess they can't I guess they won't

  G
I guess they front my life is outta luck, fool

Cm            Ab                    G                Cm
Been spending most our lives living in the Gangsta's Paradise

Cm            Ab                    G                Cm
Been spending most our lives living in the Gangsta's Paradise

        Cm             G        Cm
And now why are we, so blind to see

         Cm         Ab        G       Cm
That the ones we've hurt, are you and me

        Cm             G        Cm
And now why are we, so blind to see

         Cm         Ab        G       Cm
That the ones we've hurt, are you and me