The Moon and the Sky (Remix) Lyrics
Ain't gon' let you go...
[Verse 1: Sade]
I was the one
I who could, pull in all the stars above
Lay them on your feet, and I gave you my love
You are the one who got me started
You could have let me love anyone but I only wanted you
So why did he make me cry
Why didn't you come get me one last time
[Chorus: Sade]
You'll always know
The reason why
We could have had the moon and the sky
You'll always know
The reason why this love, reason why this love
Ain't gon' let you go...
(Ain't gon' let you go...)
[Verse 2: Sade]
You laid me down
Left me for the lions
A long long time ago
You left me there dying
(Ain't gon' let you go...)
But you never let me go
You'll always know
The reason why
We could have had the moon and the sky
You'll always know
The reason why this love, reason why this love
Ain't gon' let you go...
(Ain't gon' let you go...)
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
I know we could have had it all
I wasn't ready to go steady, no not at all
Smoke and mirrors clouded my vision we hit a wall
Couldn't see the moon and the sky behind the fog
Pregnant, pause
Damn your baby tall, what you been up to?
I don't blame you my doll
Yeah, we kinda stalled
As God as my witness, timin' was my mistress
I guess it's in the stars for me to love you from a distance
Ah, our ship sailed, ah, the wind blows
The door's always open but our window is closed
You always thought "What if?"
But that'll just drive you crazy baby, girl interrupted
Thinkin' 'bout what wasn't
Thinkin' 'bout what was it?
Was it somethin' I done?
Somethin' I could do better although nothin' could be done
Sometimes you get what you need
Not what you think you want
So baby no moon and sky, get a beautiful sun, uh
You'll always know the reason why
The song you heard, will stay on your mind
It ain't gon' let you go, no
'Cause you are the moon and I the endless sky
[Chorus: Sade]
You'll always know
The reason why
We could have had the moon and the sky
You'll always know
[Outro: Sade]
We had the moon and the sky above
And I gave you my love
(Ain't gon' let you go...)
About
Produced by Noah “40” Shebib, this is the official remix of British band Sade’s 2010 single “The Moon and The Sky,” which was featured as the opening track of their critically and commercially successful sixth studio album Solider of Love.
Premiered on his Life+Times website, the remix features American rapper JAY Z. This marked the first time in the band’s 28-year history that they had collaborated with an artist outside of the band. Sade Adu had turned down many, many collaboration offers over the years, saying:
As for collaborations, I’m collaborating with the band and we do what we do. I see myself as a member of this band who does these songs that we write.
According to Just Blaze, the song was first worked on around the same time Jay-Z was recording the The Blueprint 3. So it is possible that this collaboration between Sade and Hov was in the works for a few years before it was given an official release on the band’s Ultimate Collection greatest hits compilation.
Q&A
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Jay Z emailed me like, “Yo, I want you to do this Sade record.” That record was tough, [though]. We went back and forth and I can’t say it ended up the way I really wanted. The record had five versions—the first me and Jay were like, Whew! We did it! And then Sade was like, Yeah, you change this, you change that. Me and Jay were deflated. I kept trying and it became a dead record for five months. I went back to the table, sent it to Sade and as soon as she greenlit it I was happy that she was happy.
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