If they can't understand it, how can they reach me
They say I've got to learn but nobody's here to teach me What's going on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cooking I'm twenty three never will I live to see 24Įverybody's running, but half of them ain't looking I'm living life do or die, what can I say I'm a loped out gangsta set trippin bangerĪnd my homies is down so gonna rouse my anger fool Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm a educated fool with money on my mind Too much television watching got me chasing dreams I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the strip They got the situation, they got me facing We keep spending most our lives living in the gangsta's paradise They been spending most their lives living in the gangsta's paradise
On my knees in the night, saying prayers in the street light I'm the kinda G that little homies want to be like Or you and your homies might be lined in chalkĪs they croak I see myself in the pistal smoke fool You better watch how you talking, and where you walking Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of 'Cause I've been brassing and laughing so long thatĮven my mamma thinks that my mind is goneīut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it I take a look at my life and realize there's none left more »īecome A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death and Wonder, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards with L. Coolio has performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L. The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany alone, and at least 6 million worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album. In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The song was listed at number 85 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U. It samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Pastime Paradise". The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds.
"Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.
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