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“Amish Paradise” is a 1996 single by parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic. It is a parody of the hip hop song “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V. (which itself is a reworking of the Stevie Wonder song “Pastime Paradise”). Featured on the album Bad Hair Day, it turns the original “Gangsta’s Paradise,“ in which the narrator laments his dangerous way of life, on its head by presenting an Amish man praising his relatively plain and uncomplicated existence. Read on...