Bright As The Sun
Coolio Lyrics


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Starlight
Starbright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
Get this lick I try to hit tonight....

Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me

Everytime I think about it I still can't understand
What night these n****z 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
Or bust her a** Broc
N****z be punkin' out loc
Dyin' over nothin'
It's the ghetto witchdoctor with another loco potion
Hickory
Dickory
Thievory
Trickory
Povorty
Misory
Pleads to insanoty
Homocide
Rivalry
Garnd theft buglory
Purgory
Emergency surgory
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 for him
N**** wit' a gun
Now your a** is done
Ain't nowhere to hide
Ain't nowhere to run
'cause the helicopter light's as bright as the sun....

(Chorus)
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Bright as the sun
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Shinin' down on me
Bright as the sun

It seems nowadays
Just to get some respect
Ya gots to roll a Lex and collect a fat check
Or come around the corner on 3 Hobbit
Blockin' up the street
Flossin' back on your keys
An' everybody's sayin' you're the man loc
Never broke
An' high off that pream old smoke
Sippin' in the seat
Rollin' in the ragtop Chevy '63
The p.i.m.p.
On top of the game
But now you're gettin' laid
'cause that gak weed o' yay is playin' tricks on your brain
You're lookin' for a way out
Before your game play out
'cause once you game play out
Ya lose all ya' kriz out
Late one night you was rollin' down the block
With a half a pint of yat and the twenty dollar rock
One-time got behind you and they told you to stop
But you kept rollin' 'cause ya said you wasn't broke
Out like a sucka
You dumb mothaf***a
Now the chase is on
An' here go the song
How the hell do you think you can run
When the helicopter light's as bright as the sun

-Chorus-

Lockdown since the '80 situation number three, a
N**** is released from the penitentary
Fools betta recognize
An' visualize
Don't be surprised
Ya betta realize
They gotta plan fo' your a**, a
Cage for the mask, so
If you're rollin' dirty ya then ya betta have a stash
Spot in your whoopty
An' know the whoompty whoofty
When the whoompty whafty is done unto you, see
He don't know the new game
be ''cause the new game ain't true game
Well he betta catch her quick
Becuz the old game is runnin'
Nine is his waist
That's the new game loc, 'cause
If you ain't heated then you might get smoked
He was walkin' down the street
Mindin' his business
Just happy to be free
And what do we see?
From the corner of his house
Here come one-time
So off he dashed
Like they set fire to his a**
'cause if he get caught
It's strike number three
An' this might be his last day on the street
I bet next time you'll listen when I tell ya son
That the helicopter light's as bright as the sun





-Chorus(extended)-

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Coolio's song "Bright As The Sun" address themes of street life, survival, and the consequences of poor decision-making. The opening of the song invokes a classic childhood rhyme about making wishes on the first star one sees in the night sky. The lyrics then shift to a reflection on the dangerous realities of urban existence, where a lack of planning can lead to hickory-dickory scenarios of criminal activity, violence, and death. The rhyming scheme plays on the wordplay to communicate various forms of decadence such as thievery, poverty, and insanity that characterize life in the ghetto. Coolio's rhetoric points out the consequences of the get-rich-quick mentality, which often leads to reckless actions that only worsen one's situation. The message contained in the lyrics is that survival in this context requires foresight, strategy, and determination.




Lyrics Β© Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: OJI PIERCE, ARTIS L., JR. IVEY

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Comments from YouTube:

@poeticalsoldier

I think one of the most underrated rap albums

@letsgobrandonpodcast

Man. This album was incredible. But coolio for some reason loved My Soul more..

Gangstas Paradise, and we know how good that song is, was the worst on this album... loved this album so much ❀️

@jworkz2157

RIP this shit takes me back to my Walkman. First rap album I ever purchased. 11 years old

@carlito82

R.I.P. MAN

@vallox6430

Rest In Peace Coolio! Bright as the Sun! πŸ™πŸ»πŸ•Š

@NoahNeedstoPee

Only people who actually bought his album back in the day remember this song right?

@soundgods9875

its weird.. i actually had this on cassette.. .and i didnt remember this song... but my homie brought it up when i was in high school... 2003 or so
i love it

@SuperStorybot

I owned this CD as a kid of 10 years now i'm 30.
This number and mrs jones where my favorite and still are

@LAZLOUFORIA1379

Yes Agreed

@hpkntnw

This album was awesome back in the day. This song might be my favorite this or the one about drinking yac.

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