Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Coolio
Coolio
Vocals
Brian James
Brian James
Guitar
Will Wheaton
Will Wheaton
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oji Pierce
Oji Pierce
Songwriter
Artis Ivey Jr.
Artis Ivey Jr.
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Oji Pierce
Oji Pierce
Producer
Bob Morse
Bob Morse
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Starlight, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
Get this lick I try to hit tonight
[Verse 2]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
[Verse 3]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
[Verse 4]
Every time I think about it, I still can't understand
What make these **** think they don't need a plan
'Cause if you don't have a plan then tell me what you got
The old get-rich-quick scheme, a buster-ass plot
**** be punking out though, dying over nothing
It's the ghetto witch doctor with another loccin' potion
[Verse 5]
Hickory, dickory, thievery, trickery
Poverty, misery, leads to insanity
Homocide, robbery, grand theft, burglary
Perjury, emergency surgery
A.P.B., they lookin' for a G
You ran through a field, hopped a fence and climbed a tree
9-1-1, here they come, come
**** with a gun, now your ass is done
Ain't nowhere to hide, ain't nowhere to run
'Cause the helicopter lights as bright as the sun
[Verse 6]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 7]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 8]
It seems nowadays just to get some respect
You gots to roll a Lex and collect a fat check
Or come around the corner on three, hoppin'
Blocking up the street, flossy mac on your cheese
And everybody saying you the man, Loc
Never broke and high off that primo smoke
Sipping in the sea, rolling in the ragtop Chevy '63
The P-I-M-P
On top of the game, but now you're getting lame
'Cause the yak, weed and yayo's playing tricks on your brain
You looking for a way out before your game play out
'Cause once your game play out, you lose all your clizz-out
[Verse 9]
Late one night you was rolling down the block
With a half a pint of yak and the twenty dollar rock
One time got behind you and they told you to stop
But you kept rolling 'cause you said you wasn't goin'
Out like a sucker, you dumb motherfucker
Now the chase is on and here go the song
How in the hell do you think you can run
When the helicopter lights as bright as the sun?
[Verse 10]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 11]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 12]
Lockdown since the 80's, situation number three
A **** is released from the penitentiary
Fools better recognize and visualize
Don't be surprised, you'd better realize
They got a plan for your ass, a gauge for the mass, so
If you're rolling dirty then you'd better have a stash
Spot in your hoopty and know the whoopty-whoopty
When the whoopty-wafty is done unto you
[Verse 13]
See, he don't know the new game 'cause the new game ain't true game
But he better catch up quick, because the old game is rank
Nine in his waist, that's the new game, Loc, 'cause
If you ain't heated then you might get smoked
He was walking down the street, minding his business
Just happy to be free, and what do we see?
From the corner of his eye, here come one time
So off he dashed like they set fire to his ass
'Cause if he get caught, it's strike number three
And this might be his last day on the street
I bet you next time you'll listen when I tell you, son
That the helicopter lights as bright as the sun
[Verse 14]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 15]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 16]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
[Verse 17]
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Shining down on me
Bright as the sun
Written by: Artis L. Ivey Jr., Oji Pierce
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