Genius Meanings
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Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise
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Steve Lodder writes that the song can be understood in two different ways. It compares and contrasts the difference between the negative attitude of someone who has a flawed past
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Stevie Wonder – Pastime Paradise (Live/1995)
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[Chorus] / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / They've been wasting most
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Jen Chapin – Pastime Paradise
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[Chorus] / Been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / Been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / Been wasting most of their time
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Coolio (Ft. L.V. (South Central Cartel)) – Gangsta's Paradise
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“Gangsta’s Paradise” was released in August 1995 as the lead single from the Dangerous Minds soundtrack and the song’s success led Coolio to name his second studio album Gangsta’s
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Ray Barretto (Ft. Willie Torres) – Pastime Paradise
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[Letra de "Pastime Paradise"] / [Coro] / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime
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Patti Smith – Pastime Paradise
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Been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / Been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / Been wasting most their lives / Glorifying days long
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Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise Interpolations
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See all of “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio’s interpolations
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Stevie Wonder – Village Ghetto Land (Live/1995)
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[Verse 1] / Would you like to go with me / Down my dead end street? / Would you like to come with me / To Village Ghetto Land? / See the people lock their doors / While robbers
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Stevie Wonder – Stevie Ray Blues
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[Intro] / I wanna do this song I wrote called the "Stevie Ray Vaughn Blues" / Check it out / [Instrumental] / [Outro] / I wanna go higher / I wanna go higher / I wanna go higher
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Martik – Past Time Paradise
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[Chorus] / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / They've been spending most their lives / Living in a pastime paradise / They've been wasting most
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Stevie Wonder – Stay Gold (Live/1995)
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“Stay Gold” is a song used in the movie adaption of “The Outsiders.” The song expands on SPOILERS Johnny’s last words- “Stay Gold, Ponyboy” that are based of of a poem Pony tells
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Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground (Live/1995)
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[Verse 1] / People keep on learning / Soldiers keep on warring / World keep on turning / 'Cause it won't be too long / [Verse 2] / Powers keep on lying / While your people keep on
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L.V. (South Central Cartel) – Gangsta's Paradise (L.V. Version)
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“Gangsta’s Paradise (L.V. Version)” is a remix of the song “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V.
This version contains all new verses from L.V. and no content from Coolio.
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Erykah Badu – Drama
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Erykah gives her reflection of the issues she sees in the world, but she has hopes that the next generation can make things better in the future.
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Stevie Wonder – I Wish
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“I Wish” tells the story of a young boy and all the tales of his childhood and the mischief he got into throughout his childhood and up into his teenage years.
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Stevie Wonder – Isn't She Lovely?
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“Isn’t She Lovely?” is a song that celebrates the birth of Stevie’s daughter, Aisha Morris. Morris was his first child and is now a singer herself.
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Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
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Side 1 of Stevie Wonder’s iconic 1976 double LP, “Songs in the Key of Life,” ends with a tribute to Duke Ellington, who passed away in 1974.
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Rap Critic – Rap Critic Reviews: "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio ft. L.V.
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Hi. I'm the Rap Critic. Let's talk about Coolio. Now, I don't think pop music history as a whole has been very kind to Coolio, since as far as I can remember, everyone's kind of
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Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Live/1995)
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[Intro: Keith John] / Doo / [Chorus: Keith John & Panzie Johnson] / You are the sunshine of my life (You are) / That's why I'll always stay around (Yeah, ooh) / You are the apple
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Stevie Wonder – If It's Magic
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Though never mentioned explicitly, “If It’s Magic” is about love and its preciousness. And as the song warns, if we’re not careful, it will be short-lived.
The song is the 15th in
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KXNG Crooked (Ft. J.Cymone) – Flowers
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“Flowers” samples Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” off his 1995 album of the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO76Jlnz6c
However, Coolio’s record samples Stevie Wonder’s
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Stevie Wonder – Village Ghetto Land
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The overall lyrical theme of “Village Ghetto Land” is the patronizing manner in which the wealthy choose to address socioeconomic disparity, if at all. Stevie explores this concept
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Stevie Wonder – As
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Someone more interested in generating sales would have named this song “Always.” But Stevie already mastered the charts, so he named this song “As”, after the first word in the
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Stevie Wonder – Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
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This song, with lyrics in Zulu and Spanish, talks about how love is what’s music is all about.
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Stevie Wonder – Have a Talk with God
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“Have a Talk with God” is an inspirational synth-funk tune about praying or communicating with God as a solution to one’s problems. It was nominated for ‘Best Inspirational
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Stevie Wonder – Knocks Me Off My Feet
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[Verse 1] / I see us in the park / Strolling the summer days of imaginings in my head / And words from our hearts / Told only to the wind, felt even without being said / I don't
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Stevie Wonder – Another Star
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“Another Star” is a lengthy latin disco song about heartbreak and the difficulties of getting over a break-up. It is the final song of the main body of Songs in the Key of Life
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Stevie Wonder – Love's In Need of Love Today (Live/1995)
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[Intro] / Ooo / Ooo / [Verse 1] / Good morn or evening friends / Here's your friendly announcer / I have serious news to pass on to everybody / [Verse 2] / What I'm about to say
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Stevie Wonder – Love's in Need of Love Today
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The song is about love in modern times and how the word and its meaning seems to have faded. It pleads with people to give love and to stop the hate.
This is the opening track to
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Genius Traductions françaises – Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise (Traduction Française)
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Sans doute le morceau le plus célèbre de Coolio, Gangsta’s Paradise tire la structure de son refrain et ses paroles s'inspirent de la chanson Pastime Paradise de Stevie Wonder. Le
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