[Intro]
(Oh lord, lord, lord) Once, lightning strike, it got caught in my bottle
(Dear God) And I said, ‘What do I now do with all this power?
(This power) What do I do with this, platform?’
(Ohh) And they just said this, ‘Time is what it’s about’
That’s all I got, is time, I don’t own nothing else

[Verse]
Preacher talking on the bull pit
All the congregation knowing that this is some bullshit
From the church to the liquor store
Headed to my front door, momma cooked me gumbo
As I turn on the tel-i-video, all the propaganda from the medi-o
It’s a shame that I can’t see who the hell is watching me, my celly or my TV

[Pre-Chorus]
I wonder about life sometimes, coming from the ghetto
Is this a case of black on brown brothеrs in a battle
If you’re living on the block town, thеn it’s steady like a rock town
I heard the cage bird sing and the D’s phone ring all my n***as

[Chorus]
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Black baby born on the kitchen floor, eating out the back door, running from the white law
(Heaven or Hell)
Dope fiend momma with a silver spoon, baby watching cartoons, van room full of fumes
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Poor people on the front page and the headline read ‘Ghetto in an outrage’
(Heaven or Hell)
See the smog in the sunshine and then day to night smell the waste from the pipeline
(Heaven or Hell)
[Verse]
Now I'm rotting on the cold train
Listening to miles and the boys gon' do the thang
To the east, gets the day right
Chillin' on my way home from work it's a late night

[Pre-Chorus]
I wonder about life sometimes, put it in the music
Is this the place that people find something and they lose it
If you ever held a Glock down, then you conscious of a lockdown
It's like the [no hem?] song when there's things going on, they say

[Chorus]
(Could this be Heaven or Hell?)
Black baby born on the kitchen floor, eating out the back door, running from the white law
(Heaven or Hell)
Dope fiend momma with a silver spoon, baby watching cartoons, van room full of fumes
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Poor people on the front page and the headline read ‘Ghetto in an outrage’
(Heaven or Hell)
See the smog in the sunshine and then day to night smell the waste from the pipeline
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Black baby born on the kitchen floor, eating out the back door, running from the white law
(Is it Heaven or Hell?)
Dope fiend momma with a silver spoon, baby watching cartoons, van room full of fumes
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
[Verse: Kil Ripkin]
Peace, pain, it ain't hard to tell now
What do you believe in? Is it (Heaven or Hell)
Freedom of jail, it ain't hard to tell now
What do you believe in? Is it (Heaven or Hell)
See them others, plenty fathers had a change of plans
Around the time crack and money start exchanging hands
I went to school with white boys who were ranger fans
Chasing n***as back to the bus, it was danger man
Try define heaven on earth, going through hell
Friends met the reaper, the streets led many to jail
See fallen angel daily, its scary, who gon' catch 'em?
Some, hit the ground runnin', police, snatch 'em, arrest 'em
Did developments kidnap, another murder, damn, who did that?
Mommy never gettin' her kid back
Ghetto blues bring sad news, lost our way 'cos cash whos?
Is this heaven or hell? I ask you

[Chorus]
(Could this be Heaven or Hell?)
Black baby born on the kitchen floor, eating out the back door, running from the white law
(Heaven or Hell)
Dope fiend momma with a silver spoon, baby watching cartoons, van room full of fumes
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Poor people on the front page and the headline read ‘Ghetto in an outrage’
(Heaven or Hell)
See the smog in the sunshine and then day to night smell the waste from the pipeline
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Black baby born on the kitchen floor, eating out the back door, running from the white law
(Heaven or Hell)
Dope fiend momma with a silver spoon, baby watching cartoons, van room full of fumes
('Cause be Heaven or Hell)
Poor people on the front page and the headline read ‘Ghetto in an outrage’
(Heaven or Hell)
See the smog in the sunshine and then day to night smell the waste from the pipeline
(Heaven or Hell)