Just listening for the 784,654th time....and it's just perfect in every way. Just incredible. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning.
This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive.
She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end.
So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started.
There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.
Tell me
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ha, new beamer 2 seater interior blue
I Been sipping henny I got plenty her limit is too many
Shout out Remy that boy Benny won't hop in the booth, (Yeah)
Fuck a semi I go full auto, hollows with my troops
Mono e mono we got problems you gon up and shoot ?
I want the throne but above all I want the fuckin' truth
I won't trust the bitches love these women, though my heart is through
She want the status brought the package to the other booth
New rage, nigga I just hop out steppin'
Drop the top and hit the lighter blowin' 70 on 7
Hit the block you need the package coping kelos by 11s
I fear GOD and fuck the reverend pop off anything you catchin'
I swear my life feel like a movie every scene be action packed
She killed a bottle of McCarty popped the seal and crack the acc
New baby Benz got all her friends she feel a spark I lit the match
I herd you trippin' off some pussy fuck that bitch can have her back nigga
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise, (Tell me)
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Tell me why are we, so blind to see,
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ha, no team they all labeled me a menace
I was 17 fighting for a dream I had at 7
All them court fees always tryna give another sentence
Told em bitch please I said ima send it when I send it, (Wooh)
Only thing I'm worried bout is my percentage
I can't double profit I don't see the point in why we texting
I can't make nun off it I can't see no bands hit that deposit
They gon' double cross it, love don't cost a thing but my whole wallet
Shit I'm in my zone, they can't see I'm happy on my own
Drip that new two tone heart is stone I won't pick up the phone
Shit I like alone, never truly felt when something's real
Yeah, I'm antisocial I can't make you feel the way I feel
Blink twice you might miss it
Nights might lose it all in just 2 minutes
Crashed that whip ain't miss it
Clique so swift it should go down in Guinness
My blick hit don't miss it
Brand new beam might whip it just don't kiss it
My turn round insane
Switch that lane
My New whip take propane
What you know about moving pounds going state to state ?
Hoodie down walking through crowds with a .38
Kinda crazy a certain sound can take you any place
Got my dick sucked on the plane and shit almost made me late
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise, (Tell me)
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
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
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Been spending most our life's living in a past time paradise
They keep telling of the day when the Savior of love will come to stay
They've been looking in their minds for the day that sorrows gone from time
They've been wasting most their days in remembrance of ignorance oldest praise
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ha, new beamer 2 seater interior blue
I Been sipping henny I got plenty her limit is too many
Shout out Remy that boy Benny won't hop in the booth, (Yeah)
Fuck a semi I go full auto, hollows with my troops
Mono e mono we got problems you gon up and shoot ?
I want the throne but above all I want the fuckin' truth
I won't trust the bitches love these women, though my heart is through
She want the status brought the package to the other booth
New rage, nigga I just hop out steppin'
Drop the top and hit the lighter blowin' 70 on 7
Hit the block you need the package coping kelos by 11s
I fear GOD and fuck the reverend pop off anything you catchin'
I swear my life feel like a movie every scene be action packed
She killed a bottle of McCarty popped the seal and crack the acc
New baby Benz got all her friends she feel a spark I lit the match
I herd you trippin' off some pussy fuck that bitch can have her back nigga
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise, (Tell me)
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Tell me why are we, so blind to see,
That the ones we hurt are you and me
Ha, no team they all labeled me a menace
I was 17 fighting for a dream I had at 7
All them court fees always tryna give another sentence
Told em bitch please I said ima send it when I send it, (Wooh)
Only thing I'm worried bout is my percentage
I can't double profit I don't see the point in why we texting
I can't make nun off it I can't see no bands hit that deposit
They gon' double cross it, love don't cost a thing but my whole wallet
Shit I'm in my zone, they can't see I'm happy on my own
Drip that new two tone heart is stone I won't pick up the phone
Shit I like alone, never truly felt when something's real
Yeah, I'm antisocial I can't make you feel the way I feel
Blink twice you might miss it
Nights might lose it all in just 2 minutes
Crashed that whip ain't miss it
Clique so swift it should go down in Guinness
My blick hit don't miss it
Brand new beam might whip it just don't kiss it
My turn round insane
Switch that lane
My New whip take propane
What you know about moving pounds going state to state ?
Hoodie down walking through crowds with a .38
Kinda crazy a certain sound can take you any place
Got my dick sucked on the plane and shit almost made me late
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise, (Tell me)
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
Been spending most our life's living in a gangsters Paradise
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
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Been spending most our life's living in a past time paradise
They keep telling of the day when the Savior of love will come to stay
They've been looking in their minds for the day that sorrows gone from time
They've been wasting most their days in remembrance of ignorance oldest praise
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Gangster's Paradice Lyrics as written by Corey Carter
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