NAS / FEAT JULLY – HEAVEN

Lyrics

(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I pack up my bags and leave this world behind?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Or save it all for you?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I, fill the tank up with gas and be out the front door in a FLASH
Before reconsidering, this Hell with you
It ain't you it's the things you do (do)
It's tearing my heart in two
I would of fell with you
To Hell with you
[Nas]
If Heaven was a mile away
And you could ride by the gates
Would you try to run inside when it opens would you try to die today?
Would you pray louder finally believing His power?
Even if you couldn't see, but you could feel would you still doubt him?
How would you start acting?
Would you try to put the ki's down?
Thinking every drug sell that you make in the streets He can see now
Would a fiend even want to get high, would he stop smoking?
If he knew on his own two feet he could just stroll in
To get away and escape from the craziness
And I bet you there's a Heaven for an atheist
It's hard taking this
Racist planet where they take another brother in a handcuff
Even if he innocent nigga get on the car put your motherfucking hands up
Thinking I'm a lose it
My mom's in chemo
Three times a week, yo keep trying but people
Is hard and God, your young soldier's not so bold
But need you
This world's my home but world I would leave
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I pack up my bags and leave this world behind?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Or save it all for you?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I, fill the tank up with gas and be out the front door in a FLASH
Before reconsidering, this Hell with you
It ain't you it's the things you do (do)
It's tearing my heart in two
I would of fell with you
To Hell with you
[Nas]
Nigga what you think I'ma stop building
I'ma stop feeling like I'm Amistad's great great grandchildren
How I'm not gonna want to make millions
Since the quarter water days in the hallways making fake coke
Pass with the Reeses Pieces wrapper in my mouth all day
But then my style has quite a while that same type as Ill and Al Skratch
Game time to them cats never looked back Cristal blowing dub sacks
That's when it all just hit me
You see the broads and Bentleys is nothing less my nigga spend it all with me
I'd give it all away quickly
Just to hear them all I'd buy some new kicks free of any autographs so
not to be recognized forgive me
It's becoming unbearable
Making hits is easy
Put a famous bitch on the hook there you go with a platinum CD
I know you heard the noise
Preachers touching on altar boys
Sodomizing not realizing God is watching before the Lord
How can they do the devil's work?
A man giving another man head in church
Hell it hurts just to fathom the thought wishing that I fled the Earth.
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I pack up my bags and leave this world behind?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Or save it all for you?
(If Heaven was a mile away)
Would I, fill the tank up with gas and be out the front door in a FLASH
Before reconsidering, this Hell with you
It ain't you it's the things you do (do)
It's tearing my heart in two
I would of fell with you
To Hell with you

Paroles (Traduction)

Si le Paradis était à un mile de distance
Est-ce que je ferais mes valises et laisserais ce monde derrière moi?
(Si le Paradis était à un mile de distance)
Ou tout garder pour toi?
(Si le Paradis était à un mile de distance)
Est-ce que je remplirais le réservoir d'essence et serais déjà dehors en un éclair
Avant de reconsidérer, cet Enfer avec toi
Ce n'est pas toi, ce sont les choses que tu fais (fais)
Elles déchirent mon cœur en deux
Je serais tombé avec toi
À l'Enfer avec toi
[Nas]
Si le Paradis était à un mile de distance
Et que tu pouvais passer près des portes
Essayerais-tu de courir à l'intérieur quand elles s'ouvrent, essayerais-tu de mourir aujourd'hui?
Prierais-tu plus fort, croyant enfin en Son pouvoir?
Même si tu ne pouvais pas voir, mais tu pouvais ressentir, douterais-tu encore de Lui?
Comment commencerais-tu à agir?
Essayerais-tu de laisser tomber les kilos?
Pensant que chaque vente de drogue que tu fais dans les rues, Il peut la voir maintenant
Est-ce qu'un toxicomane voudrait même se droguer, arrêterait-il de fumer?
S'il savait qu'à ses propres pieds, il pourrait simplement entrer
Pour s'échapper et fuir la folie
Et je parie qu'il y a un Paradis pour un athée
C'est difficile de vivre sur cette planète
Raciste où ils prennent un autre frère menotté
Même s'il est innocent, négro rentre dans la voiture, mets tes putains de mains en l'air
Je pense que je vais craquer
Ma mère est en chimio
Trois fois par semaine, yo continue d'essayer mais les gens
C'est difficile et Dieu, ton jeune soldat n'est pas si courageux
Mais j'ai besoin de toi
Ce monde est ma maison mais monde, je partirais
(Si le Paradis était à un mile de distance)
Est

Thématique Le paradis

Style Rap

Keywords Paradis, Questionnement

Entités normées Al West, Ian Brown, Jully, Nas, Olu Dara