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There are 83 misheard song lyrics for Coolio on amIright currently.
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"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
600-watt amp, A-Team's in the truck
Original Lyrics:
600-watt amp, 18's in the trunk
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Get to detention
Original Lyrics:
Get your attention
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Puss, puss, in the butt.
Original Lyrics:
Push, push, in the bush.
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
So grab your partners dosey-doe
Even if you don't know who's Coolio?
Even if you don't know who's Coolio?
Original Lyrics:
So grab your partner, do-see-do
If you don't know who it is, it's Coolio.
If you don't know who it is, it's Coolio.
"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The motion to get on down
Original Lyrics:
Devotion to get on down
"C U When U Get There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause now you know I lost my husband
Original Lyrics:
'Cause now you done lost the hustler
"C U When U Get There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
But you're mine and your hair
I'll see you when you get there
I'll see you when you get there
Original Lyrics:
But your mind ain't prepared
I'll see you when you get there
I'll see you when you get there
"C U When U Get There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll see you at your dentist's,
Did you kiss you dentist, see you at your dentist's.
Did you kiss you dentist, see you at your dentist's.
Original Lyrics:
I'll see you when you get there
If you ever get there, see you when you get there
If you ever get there, see you when you get there
"C U When U Get There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a big game
so you gotta play it with a big horse
so you gotta play it with a big horse
Original Lyrics:
Life is a big game
so you gotta play it with the big boys
so you gotta play it with the big boys
"C U When U Get There" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The wide and crooked, on a straight barrel
Original Lyrics:
The wide and crooked or the straight and narrow
"Fantastic Voyage" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Come along and ride on a mattress.
Original Lyrics:
Come along and ride on a fantastic (voyage).
"Fantastic Voyage" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you sail ships just get inside
Original Lyrics:
Don't you say s*** just get inside
"Fantastic Voyage" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you sink ships just get inside
Original Lyrics:
Don't you say s*** just get inside
"Fantastic Voyage" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Slop, slop, sloppity-slop
Original Lyrics:
Slide, slide, slippity-slide
"Fantastic Voyage" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Stay sucker free and shake the buses off your jock.
Original Lyrics:
Stay sucker free and shake the busters off your jock.
"Gangsta Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing most in lines
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing motionless
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize it's the chef
I take a look at my life and realize it's the chef
Original Lyrics:
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As they groove, I see myself in the pistol smoke.
Original Lyrics:
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
As they grope, I see myself in the pistol smoke.
Original Lyrics:
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been spending monster loans living in the Gangsta’s Paradise.
Original Lyrics:
We've been spending most of our lives
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
Livin' in the Dexter's Paradise.
Livin' in the Dexter's Paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Livin' in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Livin' in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing most in lines
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing most our lives
When I get to Gangster's Paradise.
When I get to Gangster's Paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been standing most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing motionless,
living in the gangsta's paradise
living in the gangsta's paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives,
living in the gangsta's paradise
living in the gangsta's paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing motionless
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Been standing on thin ice, living in the gangsta's paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives, living in the gangsta's paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ben Stanley lost his mind,
living in a gangsters paradise.
living in a gangsters paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Ben Stanley is now a very troubled individual.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't stand emotions now,
living in the gangsters paradise
living in the gangsters paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending all my life,
living in the gangsters paradise
living in the gangsters paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't stand emotions now
Tell me if this is spellbound.
Tell me if this is spellbound.
Original Lyrics:
We're spending most our lives
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Chapter one we heard were you and me
Original Lyrics:
That the ones we hurt were you and me
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Deep swing I lost my marbles living in a gangster's paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives living in a gangster's paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Expanding most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives livin' in the gangsta's paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget the situation they got me facing
Original Lyrics:
Look at the situation they got me facing
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Got my gin in my hand and a glint in my eye
Original Lyrics:
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the street.
I was raised by the street.
Original Lyrics:
I can't live with no more rights
I was raised by the strip.
I was raised by the strip.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the strict.
I was raised by the strict.
Original Lyrics:
I can't live with no more rights
I was raised by the strip.
I was raised by the strip.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't live with no more rights
I was raised by the stripes.
I was raised by the stripes.
Original Lyrics:
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the strip.
I was raised by the strip.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I guess they can't,
I guess they won't,
I guess they f**k,
that's how I know my life is out of luck foo
I guess they won't,
I guess they f**k,
that's how I know my life is out of luck foo
Original Lyrics:
I guess they can't,
I guess they won't,
I guess they front,
that's how I know my life is out of luck fool
I guess they won't,
I guess they front,
that's how I know my life is out of luck fool
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I guess they can't
I guess they won't
I guess they f***
That's why I know my life is out of love foo.
I guess they won't
I guess they f***
That's why I know my life is out of love foo.
Original Lyrics:
I guess they can't
I guess they won't
I guess they front
That's how I know my life is out of luck fool.
I guess they won't
I guess they front
That's how I know my life is out of luck fool.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I slay the monster hut.
That's the gangsta's paradise.
That's the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Livin' in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Livin' in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a lowdown gangster, set to the banger
Original Lyrics:
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind,
I got my ten in my hand and a cream in my eye
I got my ten in my hand and a cream in my eye
Original Lyrics:
I'm an educated man with money on my mind,
I got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
ten, in this case, is a $10 bill
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind
Got my tan in my hand and the cream in my eye
Got my tan in my hand and the cream in my eye
Original Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind
Got my tin in my hand and the cream in my eye.
Got my tin in my hand and the cream in my eye.
Original Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got an edge on my food with honey on my rye
Got a tin in my hand and cream in my eye.
Got a tin in my hand and cream in my eye.
Original Lyrics:
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a Daily Motion life
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Living in the gangsta's paradise
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's still the monster up
Living in the extra paradise.
Living in the extra paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep scary monsters now
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise.
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Keep spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's pair of dice
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep spending most our nights
Original Lyrics:
Keep spending most our lives
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep spinning most our lies
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise.
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Ken's spinning motion lies
Living in the gangsta's parasite.
Living in the gangsta's parasite.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most of their lives
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Kids staring most our lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Kids staring most their lives
Original Lyrics:
They've been spending most their lives
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
King Stanley lost his life
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
Living in a gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Knocked out one over you and me.
Original Lyrics:
That the ones we hurt were you and me.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Like the ones we heard are you and me
Original Lyrics:
That the ones we hurt are you and me
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' every dance there is paralyzed.
Original Lyrics:
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Or you and your homies might be lyin in chalk
Original Lyrics:
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
Chapter one we hurt
Are you and me?
So blind to see
Chapter one we hurt
Are you and me?
Original Lyrics:
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
That the ones we hurt
Are you and me?
So blind to see
That the ones we hurt
Are you and me?
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me why other day
Sometimes Thursday
And the one green hurts
Are you and me…
Keep spending most I like
Even in the gang steers paralyze.
Sometimes Thursday
And the one green hurts
Are you and me…
Keep spending most I like
Even in the gang steers paralyze.
Original Lyrics:
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
That the ones we hurt
Are you and me
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangstas' paradise.
So blind to see
That the ones we hurt
Are you and me
Been spending most their lives
Living in the gangstas' paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
That's the wine we had for you and me.
Original Lyrics:
That the ones we hurt were you and me.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This day most their lives
By living in the gangsta's paradise.
By living in the gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
Been spending most our lives
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
Living in the gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
To a stellad vid you watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind
Got my tan in my hand and the glim in my eye
I'm a loaked out gangsta set trippin' banger
And my homies is down, so gonna rouse my anger
I'm an educated fool with my knee on my mind
Got my tan in my hand and the glim in my eye
I'm a loaked out gangsta set trippin' banger
And my homies is down, so gonna rouse my anger
Original Lyrics:
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger
I'm an educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banger
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We keep spending most of our time
Original Lyrics:
We keep spending most our lives
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're spending most of our lies
Giving in too Gangsta's pearls of ice.
Giving in too Gangsta's pearls of ice.
Original Lyrics:
They're spending most of their lives
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're spending most our lives
Living in the gates of Paradise.
Living in the gates of Paradise.
Original Lyrics:
We're spending most our lives
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in the Gangsta's Paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We've been spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise.
Original Lyrics:
We've been spending most out lives living in no gangsta's paradise.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We've been spending most our time
And we found an instant pair of dice
And we found an instant pair of dice
Original Lyrics:
We've been spending most our lives
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We've been spending most our time
Original Lyrics:
We've been spending most our lives
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We've been staining wolves alive
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
Original Lyrics:
We've been spending most of our lives
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise.
I don't exactly remember what I misheard, but this is as close as I can get with memory, and I don't want to type any lyrics in gibberish.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What's goin' on in the kitchen?
But I don't know what's cookin'.
But I don't know what's cookin'.
Original Lyrics:
What's going on in the kitchen?
But I don't know what's kickin'.
But I don't know what's kickin'.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What's going on in the kitchen?
But I don't know what's chicken.
But I don't know what's chicken.
Original Lyrics:
What's going on in the kitchen?
But I don't know what's kickin'.
But I don't know what's kickin'.
"Gangsta's Paradise" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You better watch out, you're talking
Or where you're walking.
Or where you're walking.
Original Lyrics:
You better watch how you're talking
Or where you're walking.
Or where you're walking.
"It's All the Way Live (Now)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're proud to say, "Welcome to the potty"
Original Lyrics:
We're proud to say, "Welcome to the party"
"Ooh La La" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I hope you got a big a** and t**ies.
or
I hope you ain't a dyke or a divvy.
or
I hope you ain't a dyke or a divvy.
Original Lyrics:
I hope you ain't the kind that acts a ditty.
"Too Hot" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
No protection for their election
Original Lyrics:
No protection, for they erection
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