As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left.
Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long that
Even my mama thinks my mind is gone.
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it.
Me being treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of.
You better watch how you're talking and where you're walking
Or you and your homies might lined in chalk.

I really hate to trip but I gotta loc
As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke? Fool!
I'm the kinda G that little homies wanna be like,
On my knees in the night
Saying prayers in the street light.

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

Look at the situation they got me facing:
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets,
So I gotta be down with the hood team.
Too much television watching got me chasing 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 banger
And my homies is there so don't arouse my anger? Fool!
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away
I'm living life do or die, what can I say?
I'm twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four?
The way things are going I don't know.

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

Power in the money, money in the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody is running but half of them don't know
What's going on in the kitchen but "I don't know what's cookin".
They say I gotta learn but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand it, how can they teach me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't, I guess they front
That's why I know my life is outta luck, fool!

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

1 2 3 4 Get your woman on the floor
Gotta gotta get up to get down
Gotta gotta get up to get down

What up everybody so glad you're here
It's Coolio with the flow back in your ear
This ain't a fantastic voyage
But I'm still on a mission to see if I can
Get your attention
Now I want drops some information
Just a little additive to your education
I live my life by the code of the funk
600 watt AMP. 18s in the trunk
When I'm on the streets ya gotta feel my beats
So throw your hands up if you're down with the C
Double O L I O with the flow
I'm lookin' for the party so let a brother know
1 2 3 4 it's like A B C if hip hop didn't pay
I'd rap for free

2-Slide Slide but that's the past
I gotta sumpin' brand new for that ass

If ya got beef then fool eat a pork chop
Once I get it goin' ya know it don't stop
I brake like anti locks panties drop
From hood to hood block to block
Help I need somebody
To get it goin' on in the party
Baby you can do it take your time do it right
We can drink some yak and do it all damn night
My name ain't Wanda but I'll rock your world
I get more bounce than a Jherry Curl
Too many lookie loos be lookin' for clues
There's a party goin' on now whatcha gonna do
So grab your partner do see do
If you done know who it is it's Coolio

Push, push in the bush
But don't step on the toes 'cause you might get smushed
It's the brother from around the way
And what I say I'm in the corner on three like Dr. Dre
Comin' at 'em with a pattern and a fresh pair adams
I hope he don't trip, 'cause
I don't wanna have to gat 'em
So move your body, baby, drive the homies crazy
Then when you sake that ass it's always amazin'
Ain't no party like a west coast party
'Cause a west coast party don't stop
So when you see a young nigga
In a Chevy hittin' switches
Then ya gotta give a nigga his props
I got sides in my rides and motion for your ocean
Coolio got the potion to get the party open

We breakin up Monday, Tuesday
We blowin dubs Wednesday, Thursday
She shake it up Friday, Saturday
I beat it up all day on Sunday

It was on
The very first time that I met
That leather was fittin
That a** in that skintight sweater
Was curvin around that body
And I painted a picture in my mind
I wrote a letter 'bout us gettin' together
Green eyes, dark hair, honey brown complexion
I was rollin in a bucket, she was rollin a Lexus, I sweat it
Now we can do the damn thing if she wanna
If she don't, I'm just satisfied with Ben and Cerconas
Drink Coronas just as long as she don't leave me alone
I can name 50 n****s now that wanted to b*** her
But they didn't, now I'm happy bout the place that
I'm sittin
Didn't buy s***, my name is still on her kitten
Written in platinum, she don't just love me for rappin and actin
She love my mind, the way I'm dippin and matchin my blackness
Her reactions are like fatal attraction
She jackin and blastin and ridin for the man that's she rackin

We breakin up Monday, Tuesday
We blowin dubs Wednesday, Thursday
She shake it up Friday, Saturday
I beat it up all day on Sunday

So shake it up (Shake it up)
Do your thing little mama
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Bend over, touch your toes and
Shake it up (Shake it up)
I like the way you move that
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Just shake-shake-shake-shake-shake (Shake)

She my main squeeze, my only thang, maintains
Sometimes the s*** that I be sayin
She the only one that understand
She my Boo, my freak, I know that I'm her main man
So f*** these h***s and bulls*** n****s with these same gangs

I let my chain hang and still claim the same thang
And even when she don't love me, I'm the same man
N**** that she call when she needs somebody to talk to her
Hit her from the back, yell at E and walk with her
She got a lot to offer, look what she brought with her
She got brains and taps that leave n****s to stalk with her
She don't care about the houses, cars, sex and bling-bling
Even though 9 and a half inches is a big thing
She ain't the type that be creepin or sleepin?
And jumpin in other n****s jeeps and
When I'm out of town on business
When I'm on a mission to put us in a position
Where we don't have to do nothin?
But show the love and kick it, live it

We breakin up Monday, Tuesday
We blowin dubs Wednesday, Thursday
She shake it up Friday, Saturday
I beat it up all day on Sunday

So shake it up (Shake it up)
Do your thing little mama
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Bend over, touch your toes and
Shake it up (Shake it up)
I like the way you move that
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Just shake-shake-shake-shake-shake (Shake)

We breakin up Monday, Tuesday
We blowin dubs Wednesday, Thursday
She shake it up Friday, Saturday
I beat it up all day on Sunday

We breakin up Monday, Tuesday
We blowin dubs Wednesday, Thursday
She shake it up Friday, Saturday
I beat it up all day on Sunday

So shake it up (Shake it up)
Do your thing little mama
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Bend over, touch your toes and
Shake it up (Shake it up)
I like the way you move that
Shake it up (Shake it up)
Just shake-shake-shake-shake-shake (Shake)