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And if it were up to me

And if it were up to me I'd go far away

Na, na, na, na, na

This is what happens when they turn off the lights

And right then you realize they're not all friends

I bought that house for mom, I saw my folks happy

Because the street teaches you're wrong if you don't share

And if it were up to me I'd run from these places

From this dirty life, from these brick houses

But if I stay here it's to erase my memories

And prove that dreams can come true

My pockets are pregnant, kids in the hood wear my name

Everybody knows what I do, nobody cares how

The face of the building I lived in faces West

The mold was bigger than my TV

He vanished on my street while we were running away

You get it, I turned this sh*t into poetry

These days loyalty's become so fragile

Truth is absurd in a world full of chatter

The margin's so thin

I wrote a prayer that came true this year

I killed the scene, you can roll out the yellow tape

When things go bad I fill my soul with alcohol

This microphone's therapy because I talk to it

This is what happens when they turn off the lights

And right then you realize they're not all friends

I bought that house, mom, I saw my folks happy

Because the street teaches you're wrong if you don't share

And if it were up to me I'd run from these places

From this dirty life, from these brick houses

But if I stay here it's to erase my memories

And prove that dreams can come true

While I

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

This villa used to be a room

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

This cash won't change us

If there's a God I just hope He's benign

Because I sold my friends, because I served the block

If there's a God I hope He forgives me for everything

Breaking somebody's heart can make an adult cry

I hope to beat the case, to beat my enemies

To blink my eyelids even when they're thin

And for these scars to become invisible

Hate is really tangible, the feelings I've got are hybrid

Thinking of you hurts me, that's why I dirty the drinks

It's a side effect, a side effect of the verb to live

The worst thing, bro, somebody can do

Is make another person numb

Garden full of vipers

Not hurting me is impossible

This is what happens when they turn off the lights

And right then you realize they're not all friends

I bought that house, mom, I saw my folks happy

Because the street teaches you're wrong if you don't share

And if it were up to me I'd run from these places

From this dirty life, from these brick houses

But if I stay here it's to erase my memories

And prove that dreams can come true

While I

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

This villa used to be a room

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

This cash won't change us

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

I'm with mine, I'm with mine, dawg

When dawn comes

These demons split us

Everyone's got theirs and we trade them like diseases

And we reflect onto others what we are

Friends turn into enemies

Feelings turn into irreversible secrets

Lies turn into truth

We're slaves to convenience while we try to fight it

I'm sorry to everyone I've hurt

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SONG MEANING

What if it were up to me? Shiva’s raw rap anthem answers that question with equal parts swagger and soul. Over a hypnotic beat, the Milan-born artist imagines fleeing the concrete blocks and “dirty life” that shaped him, yet keeps choosing to stay. Why? Because the streets that once bruised him now fuel his mission: prove that sharing success with family, turning pain into poetry, and chasing huge dreams is possible for anyone who comes from nothing.

The lyrics flip between gritty memories and bright hopes. When the lights go out, fake friends vanish, mold creeps up the walls, and loyalty feels paper-thin. Still, Shiva lifts his mother into a new home, clings to true crew members at dawn, and raps into the mic like it’s therapy. Cash, demons, guilt, and scars try to pull him under, but he faces them head-on, asking a merciful God for forgiveness while vowing that money will never change the heart of the squad. In short, “Se Fosse Per Me” is both confession and celebration: a testament that even in a garden full of vipers, dreams can bloom if you refuse to run away.

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