Cloudy Sky – English Lyrics

• By: Polo G

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Uh, I'm from the city where them murders at

So hot could break a thermostat

People come and go and change, I swear I'm sick of learnin' that

Fuck up a good time 'cause this hot iron gon' burn his back

War vet', I served the 'Raq

Shoot a strap or serve a pack

Hustled early mornings, never go informant

Only time I sell out I'm performin'

We been earned our stripes, so that's a hundred bees swarmin'

Pushin' bags like doorman and leavin' niggas dormant, ah, yeah

Countin' cash, collectin' backends, it's all there

If they catch our brother lackin', we pallbearers

See the shit in they reactions, man, y'all scared

If they score, we want one back, then it's all fair

Switch'll make 'em fall quick, get close, make sure they all hit ya

I missed the gang, this big family turned into a small picture

Predicted I would beat the odds, that one lil' skinny tall nigga

Got everything I need from God, I made it, now I ball bigger

I got it out the mud, just don't put it on my name

Flown through the sky above, bitch, I do this for my gang

Fuck the jewelry and them chains, and the hoes and the fame

Through it all I'ma still be the same, uh, uh

I'ma still be that same nigga, man

I try to tell these people, like, I can't be nothin' less than great

Anything else, that's y'all opinion

On gang

A future Forbes List mogul, never let 'em control you

On business, standin' ten, bitch, I did what I'm 'posed to

And I told the bold truth, save you from my own troops

Feel like Clark Kent when he was spinnin' in that phone booth

Like, who gon' save our lives?

Thuggin' hard on our side, goin' hard for our tribe, and

Don't never count me out 'cause winnin' how this dark road ends

Can't never let them walls close in

Key Grammar Structures

• People come and go and change, I swear I'm sick of learnin' that

  ➔ Gerund after a preposition

  ➔ In the sentence "I swear I'm sick of ""learnin'"" that", the verb "sick of" is followed by the gerund "learnin'" to show the activity that causes the feeling.

• War vet', I served the 'Raq

  ➔ Simple past tense for a completed action

  ➔ The verb ""served"" is in the simple past, indicating a completed action in the speaker's past.

• If they catch our brother lackin', we pallbearers

  ➔ First conditional (if‑clause + present simple, main clause + present simple)

  ➔ The clause ""If they catch"" uses the present simple to talk about a possible future situation, and the result ""we pallbearers"" also uses present simple to express a likely outcome.

• If they score, we want one back, then it's all fair

  ➔ Zero conditional (if‑clause + present simple, main clause + present simple)

  ➔ The structure ""If they score"" + ""we want"" uses present simple in both clauses to express a general truth or routine result.

• I missed the gang, this big family turned into a small picture

  ➔ Simple past for a sequence of completed actions

  ➔ Both verbs ""missed"" and ""turned"" are in the simple past, showing actions that happened and finished in the past.

• Got everything I need from God, I made it, now I ball bigger

  ➔ Present simple for a current state + present simple with "now" for a change

  ➔ The clause ""Got everything I need"" uses the present simple to describe a present condition, while ""now I ball bigger"" adds "now" to show a recent change.

• I got it out the mud, just don't put it on my name

  ➔ Imperative mood for a negative command

  ➔ The phrase ""don't put"" is an imperative negative, telling someone not to do something.

• Through it all I'ma still be the same

  ➔ Informal future intention using "going to" contracted as "I'ma"

  ➔ The contraction ""I'ma"" stands for "I am going to", expressing a future intention in a colloquial way.

• I try to tell these people, like, I can't be nothin' less than great

  ➔ Modal verb "can't" expressing inability/strong negation

  ➔ In the sentence "I "can't" be nothin' less than great", the modal "can't" shows that the speaker believes it is impossible to be anything less than great.

• Feel like Clark Kent when he was spinnin' in that phone booth

  ➔ Simile using "like" to compare two ideas

  ➔ The phrase ""Feel "like" Clark Kent"" uses "like" to draw a comparison, creating a simile.