ABOUT BANKS + MUSIC FUN [RAP PARODY D.I.Y. STYLE]
It's a funny version which reminds me of the Gangsta's / Banksta's in paradise and power.
I think I can tick this off the list for some Sunday fun...
If you want a serious version let me know ;-] (maybe this was the serious version or practise for my album!)
WELCOME TO A BANK'S PARADISE!
I believe it for them - how do you see it from their side and the % ?
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( LYRICS BELOW )
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'
Or you and your homies might be 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 the little homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
(CHORUS)
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Look at the situation they got me facin'
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger
Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things is goin' I don't know
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
(CHORUS)
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Power and the money, money and the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
It's goin' 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 reach me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they frontin', that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!
(CHORUS)
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
INFO / FACTS / TRIVIA
"Gangsta's Paradise" chorus samples Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise".
Coolio and Wonder performed the song live at the Billboard Awards in 1995. Billboard listed it at number 69 on its "Greatest Songs of All-Time".
Coolio received a Grammy Award for "Best Rap Solo Performance" for this song at the 1995 ceremony.
"Gangsta's Paradise" was featured in the soundtrack to "Dangerous Minds". Michelle Pfeiffer who starred in the film said that this Coolio's track was the reason the film was so successful. She also makes an appearance in the track's music video for which Coolio won the "Best Rap Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996.
