Coolio
American rapper and actor (1963–2022)
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (1 August 1963 – 28 September 2022), professionally known as Coolio, was an American rapper, who first gained fame as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle, and then even greater success as a solo artist after his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise".
Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise …
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That the ones we hurt, are you and me?
=== Gangsta's Paradise (1995) === onuyihyuybuyb
- Co-written with Larry Sanders, and Doug Rasheed, this was first released on the soundtrack of Dangerous Minds, and later on his own album as the title track. · Official video · Live performance on Late Night with Conan Obrien (5 September 1995)
- As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that
Even my mama 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're talkin', and where you're walkin'
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk.
- 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.- First chorus
- 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?- Second chorus
- 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 front, that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool.
