Coolio freestyled the first couple of lines, with the rest of the lyrics coming to him quickly in one sitting. The song begins with a line from Psalm 23:4: "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death", but then diverges with: "I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left." Adding to some of the religious overtones are choral vocals in the background. The artists co-wrote the song with its producer Doug Rasheed, with Stevie Wonder receiving writing credits for the sampling of his song " Pastime Paradise" from his album Songs in the Key of Life. and Wonder and at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards with L.V. The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany alone, Coolio performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L.V. 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. NME listed the song at number 100 in their ranking of "100 Best Songs of the 1990s" in 2012. 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 was the number one biggest-selling single of 1995 on U.S. Coolio apparently deplores an ostensibly paradisiacal but factually dangerous and time-wasting 'gangsta' lifestyle. Stevie Wonder apparently used 'past-time paradise' in an ironic reference to squandering of the present on nostalgically 'living in the past'. It samples the chorus and instrumentation, and includes some of the lyric, with altered meaning, 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. Una web de Ballnavgroup / Copyright © 2005-2016 Quedeletras." Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.V. Letras traducidas en Español Letras > c > Coolio > gangstas paradise > gangstas paradise letra #gangstasparadise #coolio # gangstas paradise Lyrics Otros discos del artista titulados - "gangstas paradise" del año 1994 y 7034 Visitas Con 11941 Visitas y 1696 votos con 10,00 de puntuación. Este track del álbum gangstas paradise es una de las mejores canciones ,junto a temas como "gangstas paradise", del que puedes ver sus letras de música. La Canción 'gangstas paradise' de Coolio ,incluida en su disco 'gangstas paradise' en el año 1994. Álbum "gangstas paradise" del año (1994). Top spain Con 11941 Visitas y 1696 votos Me Gusta !! Comparte para subir en el Top Puedes comprar y escuchar en Amazon e Itunes en: Coolio Lyrics- Guitarra acustica
That the ones we hurt are you and me ( x2 ) I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t, I guess they fornt They say I gotta learn but nobody’s here to teach me What’s going on in the kitchen but don’t know what’s cookin’ I’m twenty-three now, will I ever see twenty-fourĮverybodys running but half ain’t looking I’m living life, do or die what can I say
Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eyeĪnd my homies is down so don’t arouse my angerįool! death ain’t nothing but a heartbeat away I’m a educated fool with money on my mind Too much television watching got me chasing dreams I can never live a normal life, I was raised by the stripes Look at the situation, they got me facing Keep spending most of our lives living in the gangsta’s paradise (x2) Or you and your homies might lined the chalkedĪs the croak I see myself in the pistol smokeįool! I’m the kinda g that little homies wanna be likeīeen spending most of our lives living in the gangsta’s paradise (x2) You better watch how you’re talking and where you’re walking Me be treated like a punk, you never unheard of My mama thinks my minds gone but I ain’t never crossed I take a look at my life and realize nothing’s leftĬause I’ve been blasting and laughing so long that even Artista: Coolio Letra de canción de músicaĪs I walk through the valley of the shadow of death