Moonlight Popolare [English translation]

[Verse 1: Mahmood]

You talk about your life

As if it was written on the pages of the Quran

Just like you, I

I don't come from Bel Air1, but I was born here

Ask your friends that I've paid

That I did a strange thing to move

From a small church into the Top 10

Without a convertible or a dad

Mothers scream in chorus

Alone outside penitentiaries

Fathers without work

Looking for life under house arrest

But if you look up high from this garden

The moon seems like a sapphire lost in the dark

[Pre-chorus: Mahmood]

On the roofs the moonlight

Shines like Shanghai

You see it too

Up from this neighbourhood

My God, my God, my God

And the more you watch it, the more you come to pray

My God, my God, my God

The moon from a public house2

[Chorus: Mahmood]

The moon from a public house

The moon from a public house

[Bridge 1: Massimo Pericolo]

Good, bro, put Google Maps on

Fly away from your city

Anti-trap police

Holy Mary full of crack

[Verse 2: Massimo Pericolo]

In the area I'm more famous than Drake

If my life is a movie, yours is a remake

I have an extra gear because the new car has six

I've got more money than mine, fuck all these fakes (Eh-eh)

And they said I'd lose my head

But with joints I only burned my sweatshirt

Everything's changed except me (Yeah-yeah)

Everything changed except me (Yeah-yeah)

I read it on your face that we're alike

We're always on guard like those who box

If you're normal, they look at you strange

But I'll make millions like "Polo Nord"3

They told us: "Ask and you shall receive"

But not that the more you give, the more they ask of you

The only light in the dark is a shot

But you're not the only one who has a Glock

[Pre-chorus: Mahmood]

On the roofs the moonlight

Shines like Shanghai

You see it too

Up from this neighbourhood

My God, my God, my God

And the more you watch it, the more you come to pray

My God, my God, my God

The moon from a public house

[Chorus: Mahmood]

The moon from a public house

The moon from a public house

[Bridge 2: Massimo Pericolo & Mahmood]

Working is horrible, bro, I either rap or deal drugs

I do my manicure this way so I scratch my dick

I got myself to the slammer, you worked your ass off

But in fact we both have jack shit in our hands

If they ask you what you want to do when you grow up

Answer: "It's enough for me to have the balls to

Make the right choices, if you mess up with places and people"

More than from the Grammys, I'll hear you from a call center

[Outro: Mahmood]

My God, my God, my God

And the more you watch it, the more you come to pray

My God, my God, my God

The moon from a public house

The moon from a public house

The moon from a public house

1. a part of Los Angeles that's populated by rich people2. what is meant by "casa popolare" is a public housing unit that the government rents out at a low cost, generally to a poorer population3. Polo Nord (North Pole) is a song by Massimo with millions of views on Youtube

• Artist:Mahmood
• Album:Rarities LP (2021)