Heaven Belongs To You – English Lyrics

• By: BROCKHAMPTON
• Album: Ginger

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and unapologetic world of BROCKHAMPTON's 'Heaven Belongs To You.' This track, delivered with searing intensity by Slowthai, offers a unique opportunity to explore modern English slang and the direct, often provocative, language of contemporary hip-hop. Its themes of self-determination and challenging societal norms make it a compelling listen for anyone eager to understand authentic and unfiltered expression in English music.

[English]

Immerse myself in discontent

Hopin' you can only repent these things

It smells like ginger

What you mean, I ain't green like Timothy?

Dead leaves in the breeze, sweep your chimneys

See the boy tried me, now the boy deceased

They put the blame on me, but hey it wasn't me

(Boo, boo, boo)

Like God can judge me, but only God can see

I ain't bein' judged, no one judgin' me

I walk on water, paint and touch, what I bring to these

And there's a war in my head, just like the Middle East

And I'm the flurry, vision blurry, see soliloquies

I didn't get the memo, didn't CC me

Only see-see me when I'm doin' burglaries

And if it weren't on TV you wouldn't have ever seen

Fuck God, I'ma dog backwards

Backwoods, I don't smoke Backwoods

What you sayin'? Why you prayin' for forgiveness?

When you wanna get money, get them riches

Like what you sayin'? Why you prayin' for forgiveness?

Whole lot of shit and some bitches, like

Mhh, mhh, ha, yeah, fuck it, yeah, yeah

(Break the law, break the law)

(Break the law, break the law)

(Break the law, break the law)

(Break the law, break the law)

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Key Grammar Structures

• Immerse myself in discontent

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The word "myself" is a reflexive pronoun, referring back to the subject "I" to emphasize the action on the subject itself.

• Hopin' you can only repent these things

  ➔ Contraction

  ➔ "Hopin'" is a contraction of "hoping," where the "g" is dropped and an apostrophe is added to indicate the missing letter.

• What you mean, I ain't green like Timothy?

  ➔ Double negative

  ➔ "Ain't" is a double negative with "not," but in colloquial English, it’s used for emphasis or informal speech.

• They put the blame on me, but hey it wasn't me

  ➔ Emphatic stress

  ➔ The word "hey" is used for emphatic stress, drawing attention to the contrast between being blamed and the denial.

• Like God can judge me, but only God can see

  ➔ Parallel structure

  ➔ The sentence uses parallel structure with "can judge" and "can see," emphasizing the duality of judgment and perception.

• Fuck God, I'ma dog backwards

  ➔ Slang and wordplay

  ➔ "I'ma" is slang for "I am going to," and "dog backwards" is a wordplay on "God," reversing the letters to create a contrasting meaning.

• What you sayin'? Why you prayin' for forgiveness?

  ➔ Colloquial contraction

  ➔ "Sayin'" and "prayin'" are colloquial contractions of "saying" and "praying," commonly used in informal speech.

• (Break the law, break the law)

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase is repeated to emphasize the rebellious attitude and the act of breaking the law.