Hell On Earth – English Lyrics

• By: August Alsina
• Album: Downtown: Life Under the Gun

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm a young nigga who just live life.

I done seen so much shit just from the very bottom.

It was just always about grinding and getting it out the mud for me.

I just want a nigga to know what I thought.

I got an opportunity.

It's way, it is bigger than me.

Cause you know God put a nigga in a position for a reason.

I was deep like in the street life.

Was on my grind so I didn't sleep nights.

Used to push rocks out on my block.

Saw police lights, I heard the gunshots.

I had nowhere to go.

At the end of the road.

Had to do something fast.

Now I ain't waitin no more.

Cause I found the light at the end of the tunnel.

That's why I kept my head high.

Instead of selling my faith.

Sitting here wishing I was dead.

Living in hell on earth.

Deadlines so I couldn't see first.

But I knew it wouldn't get worse, so it only got better.

Better and it's getting better.

Living in hell on earth.

Deadlines so I couldn't see first.

But I knew it wouldn't get worse, so it only got better.

Better and it's getting better.

Cause I knew one day that life would get better.

Finally made a way, so now it's all better.

Cause I knew one day that life would get better.

Finally made a way, so now it's all better.

Yeah.

A nigga out the city mind is the only way to survive is kill.

And that may mean protecting myself.

Or I'mma come up, and shoot em up, bang bang on every nigga.

Ya dig? It's my squad against yours.

And a lot of niggas got that mentality.

Thinkin, you know, that's the way to come up.

That's New Orleans.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B1	verb - to work hard or persistently noun - hard and persistent work
opportunity /ˌɒpərˈtjuːnɪti/ A2	noun - a chance to do something
position /pəˈzɪʃən/ A2	noun - a place or rank
street /striːt/ A1	noun - a public road in a city or town
survive /səˈvaɪv/ A2	verb - to continue to live or exist
faith /feɪθ/ A2	noun - strong belief or trust
protect /prəˈtekt/ A2	verb - to keep someone or something safe
mentality /ˌmenˈtælɪti/ B2	noun - a way of thinking
squad /skwɒd/ A2	noun - a small group of people trained to work together
better /ˈbetər/ A1	adjective - of a higher quality or more desirable
tunnel /ˈtʌnəl/ A2	noun - a long passage underground or through a hill
deadline /ˈdedlaɪn/ B1	noun - a time limit for something
kill /kɪl/ A1	verb - to cause the death of
block /blɒk/ A2	noun - a solid piece of something
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - brightness from the sun, a lamp, etc.
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of unconsciousness