--- title: Insurance Paradise - InsNerds.com description: "2017 Update: A much better version: I watched too much Glee this week and I was sitting at the office today with Coolio's masterpiece Gangster's Paradise stuck in my head and I just couldn't help myself. Here's my absolutely awful version of Insurance Paradise! (Listen at your own risk, I have no voice, no" --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [Insurance Paradise - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/insurance-paradise) Written by [Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/antonio-canas) | Aug 3, 2016 4:00:00 AM # Insurance Paradise by Antonio Canas *2017 Update: A much better version:*   I watched too much Glee this week and I was sitting at the office today with Coolio’s masterpiece Gangster’s Paradise stuck in my head and I just couldn’t help myself. Here’s my absolutely awful version of Insurance Paradise! (Listen at your own risk, I have no voice, no rhythm and have no idea what I’m doing. Read the lyrics below for a good laugh without hurting your ears). Insurance Paradise *As I walk through the valley of the shadow of risk* *I take a look at my career and realize there’s tons left* *‘Cause I’ve been studying [CPCU](https://insnerds.com/11-reasons-to-start-cpcu-today/) and underwriting so long,* *That even my manager thinks that my mind is gone* *But I ain’t never declined an account that didn’t deserve it* *Me be treated like a [rookie](https://insnerds.com/we-must-retain-our-millennials-in-insurance-heres-how/) you know that’s unheard of* *You better watch how you’re filling and where you’re submitting* *Or you and your account rep be getting denial letters* *I really hate to trip but I gotta get rate* *As they expire, I see myself in the auditor’s sight, fool* *I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like* *On my knees in the office saying prayers to survive Seven One* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Look at the situation they got me facin’* *I can’t live a normal life, I was raised by [The Institutes](http://www.aicpcu.org)!* *So I gotta be down with the one more designation* *Too much studying [CPCU](https://insnerds.com/8-steps-to-beat-all-8-cpcu-exams/) got me [chasing dreams](https://insnerds.com/young-hitchhikers-guide-growing-insurance-career/)* *I’m an educated fool with success on my mind* *Got the pen in my hand and a gleam in my eye* *I’m a loc’d out sales manager set to hit my bonus* *And my underwriter is down so don’t arouse our denial, fool* *[CATs](https://insnerds.com/catastrophe-models-a-non-technical-primer/) ain’t nothing but a heartbeat away,* *I’m living life, bound it or not, what can I say* *I’m 23 now, but will I live to see 24* *The way things are going I have good life insurance* *Tell me why are we so blind to see* *That insurance is one awesome career.* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *New business and renewals, renewals and new business **Minute after minute, hour after hour* *Everybody’s running, because [Geico’s ad budget is a billion](https://insnerds.com/sleeping-enemy-might-way-save-personal-lines/)* *What’s going on with the actuaries, but I don’t know what’s cookin’* *They say I gotta learn, but nobody’s here to teach me* *If they can’t understand it, how can they reach me* *I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t* *I guess they front, that’s why I know this account is out of luck, fool* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Been spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Keep spending most their careers, living in the insurance paradise* *Tell me why are we so blind to see* *That insurance is one awesome career.* *Tell me why are we so blind to see* *That insurance is one awesome career.* * [Fade out]* Click the social media buttons to share it. It it gets shared enough times we’ll get Carly to sing an insurance version of [Cups by Anna Kendrick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSbXsFE3l8)! ## Do you have some singing skills and want to record a better version of this? We’d love you forever! [Send us an email.](mailto:afcanas@gmail.com) ### About Antonio Canas Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. - - - ##### [ Antonio Canas](https://insnerds.com/author/tony-canas/) + posts Tony started in insurance in 2009 and immediately became a designation addict and shortly thereafter a proud insurance nerd. He has worked in claims, underwriting, finance and sales management, at 4 carriers, 6 cities and 5 states. Tony is passionate about insurance, technology and especially helping the insurance industry figure out how to retain and engage the younger generation of insurance professionals. Tony is a co-founder of InsNerds.com and a passionate speaker. ### Related Posts - [11 Reasons to Start CPCU Today](https://insnerds.com/11-reasons-to-start-cpcu-today/) This article was featured in Hey #Insurance Episode 9:   Gain the knowledge you need… - [We Must Retain our Millennials in Insurance - Here's How](https://insnerds.com/we-must-retain-our-millennials-in-insurance-heres-how/) 2017 Update: We now have published a book about Millennials in Insurance. Click here.  … - [The Young Hitchhiker's Guide to Growing Your Insurance Career](https://insnerds.com/young-hitchhikers-guide-growing-insurance-career/) 1. 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