Look at the situation, they got me facing, I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the state. We keep spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. We've been spending most our lives Living in a gangsta's paradise. Fool, I'm the kinda g that little homie's wanna be like, On my knees in the night Saying prayers in the street light. I really hate to trip but I gotta lob, As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke. You betta watch how ya talking And where ya walking Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk. Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of. But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it. 'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long That even my momma thinks that my mind has gone. Although none of his subsequent albums have made much impact on the charts, Coolio has branched off into film acting, reality TV, and cooking.As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life And realize there's nothing left.Coolio’s third album, 1997’s My Soul, yielded his fourth and final Top 20 hit, “C U When U Get There.”.The rapper’s 1995 sophomore album, also titled Gangsta’s Paradise, spawned another Top 5 pop hit: “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New).”.Built on a sample from Stevie Wonder’s 1976 classic “Pastime Paradise,” the somber single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and earned Coolio a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance. He recorded the 1995 song “Gangsta’s Paradise,” featuring R&B singer LV, for the film Dangerous Minds.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the year’s biggest songs. Coolio’s solo debut album, 1994’s It Takes a Thief, features the party anthem “Fantastic Voyage.” The single peaked at No.In 1991, he joined the group WC and the Maad Circle and worked on the group’s debut LP, Ain’t a Damn Thang Changed.He recorded his first single, “Whatcha Gonna Do?” in 1987.He turned his life around by working as a volunteer firefighter in the San Jose area. The Compton native started rapping at 15 but fell victim to drugs in the ’80s.West Coast rap legend Coolio helped to define ’90s hip-hop with party jams like “Fantastic Voyage” and the more serious-minded “Gangsta’s Paradise.”
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