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BERITA DIY - Simak lirik lagu "Gangsta's Paradise" yang dinyanyikan Coolio.
Gangsta's Paradise merupakan lagu dengna genre Hiphop. Lagu ini bukan merupakan lagu baru melainkan sudah rilis sejak 26 tahun lalu, yakni pada 1995. Musik dan lirik yang easy listening membuat lagu ini menjadi begitu terkenal.
Penyanyi dari Gangsta's Paradise yakni Coolio yang merupakan seorang rapper yang terkenal pada 1990an. Lagu Gangsta's Paradise dimuat dalam album yang berjudul sama.
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Gangsta's Paradise juga menjadi soundtrack film berjudul Dangerous Minds yang rilis pada tahun 1995.
Lagu Gangsta's Paradise juga berhasil merebut beberapa penghargaan, seperti:
- Dinobatkan sebagai Best Rap 12-inci di International Dance Music Awards di Miami pada tahun 1996.
- Menduduki peringkat nomor 38 di "100 Lagu Hip Hop Terbesar" VH1 tahun 2008.
- NME mendaftarkan lagu tersebut di nomor 100 dalam peringkat "100 Lagu Terbaik 1990-an" pada tahun 2011.
Berikut ini lirik lagu "Gangsta's Paradise" oleh Coolio:
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
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 street
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?
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!
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
Itulah lirik lagu Gangsta's Paradise oleh Coolio.***
