Coolio - Sunshine lyrics

Imagine looking at life
Through rose-tinted glasses
And the policy of the people is passive
And all the women got fat asses
And all the homies got dubs
And deeds to spend
And when the po-po's pass they
Wave and say "hi" and wear a grin (hey)
And everybody that you meet
Is a potential friend
And the women in your life love you
For yourself and not your ends
And the population's real so there's
No reason to pretend
And ignore we are the same
So no one hates you for
The colour of your skin
And every waking thought is one of
Peace and harmony and bliss
That simple satisfaction like a plate
Of eggs and grit's
Senses fully alive like the feeling
Of a first kiss
And when it's check out time you
Got a smile on your lips, huh
And the whole world is like
Your next door neighbour
Quick to do you a favour even though
We come in a million different flavours
And I know there's not enough time to
Put it all in one rhyme
So I savour the flavour and sweet taste I
Feel from the rays of the sunshine

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm sittin in
The sunshine
The sunshine, like the world was mine
The sunshine
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm walkin in
The sunshine
The sunshine, like the world was mine
The sunshine

If love was a flower I'd spread
The petals about the planet
And plant seeds throughout every
City and country
Even in those who do not want me
I try to make some sense of
The situation that we call life
Some, verbal illustration to help
Ease this strife
Some, lyrical penetration to try
To make things right
In hopes that what I'm saying
Can saturate your mindframe
And help you with the pain and
The strain of the everyday struggle
I don't need it all
I wanna see all y'all bubble
And rise to the top then prove
To be hard like a rock
Cos you know it don't stop unless
We let it all stop so when you face to face
With adversity, just curse him, c
And look him in the eye, and let him know
That he can't hurt a G
And that you willin' ta risk it all
For the things of people that you believe in
So educate yourself in order
To assess your achievements
And if I had to explain this realer so
You could see it in your mind -
I guess it's kinda like sunshine

Before I continue let me make one thing clear
Took me a while but there's three things I
Learned to put before my self and career
God, family and my fans
I wish that I could hold your hand
And be like Moses, part the Red Sea and lead
You to the promised land
Our demons blazin, and it feels amazin
I can lay here till I'm old and
Grey and shrivelled like a raisin
Throughout the years 'n months 'n days
When life used to pass by in a daze
And I was posted simply gettin faded
Just waitin livin life with the eye for
Nothing but cold steel
Fast cash and hot payment
Impatient to be a baller and
Roll a SS on Daytons
And now I'm here and I promise
To get my whole soul, mind, body and spirit
And try to lift every voice and rhyme loud
As hell so all y'all can hear it
And still remember the words from
That old hip-hop spiritual
I'm livin in a Gangsta Paradise and
I hope y'all remember too
And even though it's west coast
Eastside Compton on mine
It's ok 'cos I don't mind if
You share some of my sunshine

I'm diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyin
Before they take
Away my sunshine i ain't lyin (sunshine)
I'll be
Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyin
Before they take away my sunshine
And I ain't lyin (sunshine)