[Verse 1]
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Imagine looking at life through rose-tinted glasses
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And the policy of the people is passive
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And all the women got fat asses
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And all the homies got dubs and deeds to spend
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And when the po-po's pass they wave and say "hi"
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And wear a grin (hey)
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And everybody that you meet is a potential friend
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And the women in your life love you for yourself and not your ends
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And the population's real so there's no reason to pretend
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And ignore we are the same, so no one hates you for the colour of your skin
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And every waking thought is one of peace and harmony and bliss
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That simple satisfaction like a plate of eggs and grits
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Senses fully alive like the feeling of a first kiss
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And when it's check out time you got a smile on your lips, huh
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And the whole world is like your next-door neighbour
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Quick to do you a favour even though we come in a million different flavours
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And I know there's not enough time to put it all in one rhyme
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So I savour the flavour and sweet taste I feel from the rays of the sunshine
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[Chorus - Woman singing]
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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm sittin in the sunshine
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The sunshine, like the world was mine, the sunshine
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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm walkin in the sunshine
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The sunshine, like the world was mine, the sunshine
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[Verse 2]
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If love was a flower I'd spread the petals about the planet
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And plant seeds throughout every city and country
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Even in those who do not want me
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I try to make some sense of the situation that we call life
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Some, verbal illustration to help ease this strife
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Some, lyrical penetration to try to make things right
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In hopes that what I'm saying can saturate your mindframe
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And help you with the pain and the strain of the everyday struggle
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I don't need it all, I wanna see all y'all bubble
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And rise to the top then prove to be hard like a rock
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Cos you know it don't stop unless we let it all stop
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So when you face to face with adversity, just curse him, C
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And look him in the eye, and let him know, that he can't hurt a G
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And that you willin' ta risk it all
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For the things of people that you believe in
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So educate yourself in order to assess your achievements
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And if I had to explain this realer so you could see it in your mind -
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I guess it's kinda like sunshine
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
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Before I continue let me make one thing clear
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Took me a while but there's three things I learned to put before my self and career
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God, family and my fans
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I wish that I could hold your hand
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And be like Moses, part the Red Sea and lead you to the promised land
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Our demons blazin, and it feels amazin
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I can lay here till I'm old and grey and shrivelled like a raisin
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Throughout the years 'n months 'n days
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When life used to pass by in a daze
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And I was posted simply gettin faded, just waitin
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Livin life with the eye for nothing but cold steel, fast cash and hot payment
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Impatient to be a baller and roll a SS on Daytons
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And now I'm here and I promise to get my whole soul, mind, body and spirit
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And try to lift every voice and rhyme loud as hell so all y'all can hear it
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And still remember the words from that old hip-hop spiritual
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I'm livin in a Gangsta Paradise and I hope y'all remember too
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And even though it's west coast eastside Compton on mine
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It's ok 'cos I don't mind if you share some of my sunshine
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[Chorus x2]
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I'm diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyin before they take away my sunshine
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I ain't lyin (sunshine)
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I'll be diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyin before they take away my sunshine
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And I ain't lyin (sunshine)
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[fade...]
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Sunshine
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Coolio |