Unswell Gangsters' Paradise (Barbershop Quartet)

Verse 1 (Lead with harmony build-up)
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
(Ba-da-ba-dooo!)
I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left!
(Wah-wah-waaah!)
‘Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that-
(So long! So loooong!)
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone!
(Doo-doo-doo-wah!)
Bridge (Harmonized “ooooohs” behind the lead)
But I ain’t never crossed a man that didn’t deserve it,
(Ooooh, didn’t deserve it!)
Me be treated like a punk? You know that’s unheard of!
(Unheard of!)
You better watch how you talkin’, and where you walkin’,
(Ba-da-da-da, woooop!)
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk!
Verse 2 (Bright and snappy harmony-slightly faster pacing)
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc,
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke!
(Pistol smoke!)
Fooooool! I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like,
On my knees in the night, sayin’ prayers in the streetlight!
*(Wah-wah-waaah!)
Chorus (Four-part harmony, dramatic and rhythmic snaps)
Been spendin’ most their liiiiiives, livin’ in a gangsta’s paradise!
(Doo-wah! Wah-ooo-wah!)
Been spendin’ most their liiiiiives, livin’ in a gangsta’s paradise!
(Wah-ooo-wah-wah-waaah!)
Keep spendin’ most our liiiiiives, livin’ in a gangsta’s paradise!
(Doo-doo-daa-da-da, paradise!)
Keep spendin’ most our liiiiiives, livin’ in a gangsta’s paradise!
(Shoo-be-doo-wop, oh yeah!)
Outro (Fading harmony, soft and haunting)
Tell me why… are we… so blind to see…
(Wah-oooo… so blind to see…)
That the ones we hurt… are you… and me…
(Doo-wah… doo-wah… dooo…)