

Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye

I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Too much television watching, got me chasing dreams I can't have a normal life, I was raised by the state They got this situation, they got me facing Or you and your homies might be lined in chalkĪs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smokeįool, I'm the kinda g that little homie's want to be like Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of That even my momma thinks that my mind has goneīut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it 'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 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. Of course, he has to stay ahead of rival gangsters, trigger-happy cops and his own dissenting underlings."Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L. This time, he aims higher - as a real-estate pirate who holds rent captive from landlords and beats down anyone who causes trouble. Years later, as a struggling taxi driver in the city, Lucky (now played by Rapulana Seiphemo) returns to crime. When carjacking proves more lucrative than dog walking, Lucky enters the crime world under Marxist-turned-crimelord Nazareth ( Jeffrey Zekele). Teenager Lucky Kunene (Jafta Mamabolo) may not dream big, but a life in the post-apartheid townships makes him open to extra sources of income. In South Africa's Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, Johannesburg serves as the gritty backdrop for a young gangster whose criminal saga is a refreshing break from the typical Hollywood gangster melodrama. Now that humans are back to fighting humans, life is even more grim. When we last left Johannesburg, humans were oppressing aliens in District 9. Facebook Twitter Email Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema is based on a true story of crime and corruption in Johannesburg.
