For the intro I pick the bottom two strings (G & C) with the chords. In this way, our modern day psalmist can’t even begin to speak of green pastures and still waters! The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds. L.V. I shall not want—this is the main idea in the psalm, and this idea is derived from the theological view of God as shepherd. 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 watching, got me chasing dreams I’m an educated fool with money on my mind However, something else seemed to bother her. A place where goodness and mercy must precede our indwelling. In the United States, the single spent twelve weeks in the top two of the Billboard Hot 100, of which three were spent at No. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. See, this is how we prepare a table without enemies. LV – Gangsta's Paradise", "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (9 December 1995 – 15 December 1995)", The Irish Charts – Search Results – Coolio feat. ( Log Out /  [9] Coolio freestyled the first couple of lines, with the rest of the lyrics coming to him quickly in one sitting. – Gangsta's Paradise", Austriancharts.at – Coolio feat. I guess they front; that’s why I know my life is outta luck, fool. Or perhaps something a bit more contemporary, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Brown, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, and yes, even Chicago’s own, Kanye West. 1 and nine at No. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. A movie that came out in the mid-90’s based on LouAnne Johnson’s autobiography, My Posse Don’t Do Homework. [18] It has sold a further 1.8 million downloads in the US in the digital era as of September 2017[update]. Genesis 22:1-19 When Abraham Sacrifices Isaac. The sacred canopy of money and power—in our society, money means spending power; a rich person can purchase a finer house, in a nicer neighborhood, in a “safer” part of town. In this way, Coolio has taken the psalm very seriously. So I changed it. A psalm of promise. To say that the 23rd Psalm is “beloved” or “well-known” is a bit of an understatement. In basic terms, the psalm of trust does two things: First, it acknowledges that which is lamentable—it names reality and takes seriously the dangers that are very much a part of life: the valley of the shadow of death; the enemies that surround, even at the dinner table. [citation needed] Coolio himself said in a 2011 interview that he had since "apologized to him (Yankovic)",[20] further stating in a Rolling Stone retrospective that objecting to the parody "was probably one of the least smart things I've done over the years." If they can’t understand it, how can they reach me? Coolio said, "I had a few vulgarities...and he wasn't with that. ", Dutchcharts.nl – Coolio feat. I don’t recall whether we made it through this first verse without her changing the station, however I do remember her not liking the song’s use of the 23rd psalm.