Nobody Wants To Die : le son de Ice Cube et DJ Shadow pour Mafia 3

Après de long mois d’attente, le jeu vidéo Mafia 3 débarque enfin sur PC et consoles de salon dernière génération (PS4 et Xbox One). Pour fêter ça, l’ultime trailer du jeu s’accompagne du titre « Nobody Wants To Die » créé exclusivement par deux monstres sacrés du hip-hop : le rappeur Ice Cube et le producteur DJ Shadow.

Le trailer de lancement officiel du jeu vidéo Mafia 3

Dans la ville de New Bordeaux en 1968, le joueur incarne Lincoln Clay, un vétéran de la guerre du Vietnam, qui voit sa famille ‘adoptive’ se faire massacrer par la mafia Italienne. Dans ce troisième opus de la série Mafia, Lincoln souhaite prendre sa revanche et s’engage dans une guerre brutale contre les Italiens. Le joueur finira par perturber le pouvoir des mafias dans la ville mais à quel prix? De nombreux choix seront à sa portée pour construire son propre empire du crime afin de prendre le dessus contre les autres criminels et assouvir sa vengeance.

Ice Cube explique les paroles de « Nobody Wants To Die »

Dans cette vidéo, le rappeur Ice Cube nous en dis plus sur ce titre exclusif qu’il a réalisé en collaboration avec DJ Shadow.

[Intro]
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
Y’all thought I was soft as cotton
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
Messed around and forgot I was rotten
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
You know my resume
You tell ’em I’m on my way
But nobody (You tell ’em, I’m on my way)
Ah nobody wants to die

[Verse 1]
I keep my mind on my money, I keep my hand on my gunny
Don’t get to playin’ with sonny, unless you Playboy Bunny
I’ll put four in your tummy, tap two in your brain
See the man ain’t playing, if you think it’s a game
Haters whisper my name, suckers want what I slang
Arrogant and I’m vain, DA want me to hang
But let me explain, like Abel and Cain
That the black Grim Reaper is not my brother’s keeper
Revenge, revenge a killer’s on a binge of revenge
It depends if I can live with my sins
Lose family and friends (lost em all)
Now you got to lose life and limb, spit phlegm on them
Got the code of Rakim, homey, jokes ain’t allowed
And you boy ain’t scared to move the crowd with something loud
If you doubt what I’m about, go ahead an run your mouth
I’m the last thing you see when your time is running out, trick

[Hook]
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
I’ll send you fast boy, with a blast boy (first class, boy)
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
Messin’ with the wrong one, send you on that long run
Everybody wants to go to Heaven (I ain’t the one, son)
Pop you like a pro, now you good to go (yeah)
But nobody (Nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody)
Ah nobody wants to die

[Verse 2]
You forgot where I come from, you forgot what I do
You forgot what you was sayin’, cuz I’m blockin’ your view
Now I got you on cue, you about to turn blue
Get around me now you actin’ like my little nephew
Boy what you wan’ do? You ain’t gon’ do ish
But go take a ish, is ’bout as funky as it get
Now I’ma have to admit, that I was prolly too nice
But take my advice or I’ll take your life
Now if you still wanna slice, let’s start with the fingers
Let’s move to the toes, and end with the penis
See men are from Mars, now you from Venus
How dumb you got to be tryin’ to think with the genius
It’s the big payback, you can’t clown James Brown
See a brother been down ever since Jamestown
You either swim or you’re drowned, you either gagged or you’re bound
Now you can’t make a sound, boy look at you now

[Hook]
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
I’ll send you fast boy, with a blast boy (first class, boy)
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
Messin’ with the wrong one, send you on that long run
Everybody wants to go to Heaven (I ain’t the one, Crip)
Pop you like a pro, now you good to go (Go on)
But nobody (Nobody, na)
Ah nobody wants to die