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Coolio Takes A Thief And Gangster's Paradise

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On August 1,1963 Leon Ivey Jr. known as “Coolio” was born. Coolio grew up in
Compton, CA. He’s an American rapper, actor, chef, and record producer. Coolio
Achieved mainstream success in the mid 1900’s with his albums “It Takes A Thief &
Gangster’s Paradise”. Gangster’s Paradise was published on November 21, 1956.

In this poem there are 6 stanza and there isn’t a set pattern but the 2nd and 4th stanza is the same. This poem also has a rhyme scheme in the 5th stanza. The rhyme scheme is
“Aabbccde” for example in stanza 5 in line 3 and 4 the words “lookin and cookin”. This poem repeats the words “Lives, Paradise, See and Me”.

Also in this poem Coolio doesn’t use figurative language. This poem compares 2 lives.
The gangster’s life and

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