“HEAVEN’S GATES (Drill Version)” — Studio Layout
[INTRO – Spoken / Low Energy | Reverb Heavy]
(whispered, close mic, slight distortion)
Yeah…
Cold world… no love…
(pause 1 bar — let beat breathe)
Talk to the sky… but it don’t reply…
Ad-libs (very low): “nah…” “it’s dead…”
[HOOK – Main Drop | Aggressive, Slightly Melodic]
Heaven’s gates got me stuck outside (yeah, yeah)
Tryna get in but I can’t break pride (can’t break it)
Same pain, it just multiplies (it multiplies)
Every night I feel like I might die (I swear)
Heaven up there, you dodged that smoke (skrrt)
I’m down here still livin’ off hope (still hope)
Every step feel like war I face (war)
Still yell your name at heaven’s gates (GATE!)
Ad-libs (between lines):
“yeah…”
“huh!”
“skrrt skrrt” (light)
“pain…”
Pause: last line, hold 2 beats before verse
[VERSE 1 – Dark Drill Flow | Fast pockets, aggressive delivery]
Look— (pause half beat)
Late nights, black hood, no sleep, no peace (no peace!)
Demons on me, they don’t let me breathe (can’t breathe)
Heart gone cold, I don’t feel shit (numb)
Smokin’ my pain just to deal with it (light it)
Same block where I seen you fall (damn)
Now I don’t trust none, I don’t love at all (nah)
Sirens scream when the night go violent (rrr)
I hear your voice but it stay silent (shh)
Lost my day one, that broke my core (broke me)
Now I don’t smile like I did before (never)
Tryna act calm but I’m really on edge (edge)
One wrong move and I’m off that ledge (skrrt)
Ad-libs (layered, low & mid):
“yeah yeah”
“mmhmm”
“nah fr”
“gone…”
Pause: 1 bar before hook
[HOOK – Repeat | Harder, more energy]
Heaven’s gates got me stuck outside (stuck!)
Tryna get in but I can’t break pride (nah)
Same pain, it just multiplies (multiples)
Every night I feel like I might die (die!)
Heaven up there, you dodged that smoke (skrrt)
I’m down here still livin’ off hope (hope!)
Every step feel like war I face (war)
Still yell your name at heaven’s gates (GATE!)
[VERSE 2 – More aggressive, slightly faster pocket]
Ain’t no love when the streets go cold (cold!)
Everybody switch when the story unfold (switchin’)
Fake smiles, I see through lies (I see it)
I don’t trust nobody, I just get high (high)
Same lane but it don’t feel right (nah)
Every corner bring back that night (that night)
We was young, thought we’d run it up (run it!)
Now I’m stuck in pain tryna numb it up (numb)
Talk loyalty, they don’t know that code (no code)
Only real ones feel this load (heavy)
I carry weight that you can’t see (you can’t)
Your name still livin’ inside of me (still there)
Ad-libs:
“facts”
“on gang”
“mmh”
“deadass”
Pause: 2 beats before bridge
[BRIDGE – Emotional drop, half tempo]
If heaven locked, I kick that gate (boom)
I’m still outside with this heavy fate (still here)
No peace here, just scars and rage (scars)
I’m fightin’ life on a broken stage (stage)
BKNova
