Runner’s Paradise (A Coolio Interpretation)
So Carmen + I got a little lyrical and made up a rap to Gangsta’s Paradise with a Runner’s theme. Enjoy! (BTW – in case you’re wondering I’m Coolio and Carmen is LV.)
As I run through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my Garmin
And realize so many miles left.
Cause I’ve been training and tapering so long
That even my coach be thinkin that my mind is gone
Cause I ain’t never passed a runner that didn’t deserve it,
Me be treated like a punk you know that’s unheard of
You better watch how ya talkin
Don’t be a run-walkin
Or you and your homies might be marked DNF
I really heart my GU and I carbo-load
When they choke I see myself in the pistol smoke
Fool, I’m the kinda runner homie’s wanna be like
I stretch my knees right
With pilates and cross-training in sight
[Chorus]
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
Look at this marathon, they got me facing
I can’t live a normal life, I was trained to race
So I gotta be done with my running team
Too much Runner’s World got me chasing dreams.
I’m an athletic fool with medals on my mind
Got my Rock n’ Roll series and a gleam in my eye.
I’m a locked out gangsta, trail running banger
And my homies are down so don’t arouse my anger.
Fool DNF ain’t nothing but a heart beat away,
I race for life do or die, what can I say?
Twenty-three races, will I ever see twenty-four
The way I’m training now… I don’t know.
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
That the runs that hurt
Choose you and me?
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
PRs in hill repeats, hill repeats in PRs
Minute after minute, hour after hour,
Everybody’s running, but half of them ain’t looking
It’s going on in the corral
But I can’t find my BIB
They say I gotta train
But nobody’s here to train me.
If they can’t understand running how can they reach me?
I guess they can’t
I guess they won’t
I guess they run
That’s why I know my BQ’s outta luck, fool!
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We’ve been training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
We keep training most our lives
Racing through a runner’s paradise
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
That the runs that hurt
Choose you and me?
Tell me why are we
So blind to see
That the runs that hurt
Choose you and me?
January 7th, 2010 at 12:41 AM
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January 7th, 2010 at 11:36 AM
You guys need to memorize this and do it in karaoke. Then post the video!
January 8th, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Love this post!
With you being so computer savvy, you should make a video and post it.
All the best,
Ron