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They were afraid that the movie was going to flop; they were terrified.
Powered by a rich baritone twisting Psalm 23 into his own, singer Larry L.V.
Sanders haunting yet gospel-tinged chorus, and a gloomy music video, the song would help propelMindsto No.
A month later,the soundtrackandsingle both hit No.
1on the Billboard charts, barely a week apart.
(The movie eventually madeover $179 millionat the box office.)
I think he was the reason our film saw so much success, Pfeifferwrote in her tribute.
I remember him being nothing but gracious.
Thirty years later I still get chills when I hear the song.
Money aint everything but neither is brokeness, he bluntly raps on You Dont Work.
Give me a knife cause I cant live off happiness.
Took one hit of the crack and was hooked, he raps.
She sittin there wondering when Ill get to the point.
It Takes a Thiefled Coolio to early fame.
3 on the Hot 100.
Even when things had the opportunity to go south, he was able to charm detractors.
Weeks after he won his Grammy, he appeared onThe Late Late Show With Tom Snyder.
However, she was saddened her 10-year-old son heard cursing on his albumGangstas Paradise.
But Coolio quickly calmed her nerves.
Oh, and Nickelodeon!
In a2015 interviewwith Sway ofSway in the Morning, he felt the song overshadowed his other work.
It found modest success, but nowhere near its predecessor.
For a brief moment in time, Coolio could be anything to anyone.
