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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/840675-Gangsters-Paradise
Rated: 18+ · Book · Biographical · #1940894
Originally for the 30-Day Blog Challenge. Now just a blog about a flailing mermaid
#840675 added February 7, 2015 at 6:24am
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Gangster’s Paradise
Soundtrack to My Life - Track five


As I said in my previous entry (here), my final year of primary school was full of interesting projects. One such project was producing an assembly for the whole school in which our class sang and acted out Gangster’s Paradise by Coolio. This might not be as random as it sounds…

You see, despite my middle-class upbringing, I went to primary school in one of the roughest part of Cambridge (yes, even Cambridge has rough parts). I went there because it offered the support I needed. Anyway, if there is ever going to be gang problems in Cambridge it is where I went to primary school.

Therefore, I think the project was chosen as a message to the kids likely to get in trouble as they went through life. There were a fair few under this umbrella and I often wonder where they are now. As it happens, I’ve just googled someone and found that they are involved in a pretty major crime. Nice. *Facepalm*

Although it is a pretty bleak song for a bunch of 10-11 year olds to sing, we had loads of fun learning it and putting everything together. Or, at least, I did! *Laugh*

Gangster’s Paradise by Coolio



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