[saikat]

Awesome song! Though I think it's more likely that Coolio got the base melody for Gangsta's Paradise from Stevie Wonder, and Amish Paradise grabbed it from Coolio since Amish Paradise is a parody of Gangsta's Paradise.

[vanderZwan]

Yeah, but Weird Al must have been aware of both songs, given the lyrical shout-out (not to mention his general nerdiness).