The Ghost I Used To Be
(专辑: The Cornerstone Of The Corner Store - 2016)
[Eamon:] I've been working for the
Devil too long I've been working for the
Devil too long [Vinnie Paz:] You see, I
preyed on things and then I
preyed on them And I
took it to the
corner, got paid off then The
destruction wasn't even on my radar then And my heart was black, it was Darth Vadar then It was jumbs to the
bums, G
packs to the
OGs The
money came to me, I
sat back with my Co-Ds Money changed hands and moved on like a
cold breeze And I
ain't give a
fuck about death or an OD Mama always in my ear, saying that I
didn't care But I
ain't going back to being broke like this was yester-year The
plan is to try to be out in less than a
year No drugs, no thugs, no weapons in here You see I'm trying to get out ma, but I
feel trapped What employer gonna hire me when I
sell crack? I'm not fully rehabilitated, I
fell back And regret is a
muhfucker, run, tell that [Eamon:] I've been working for the
Devil too long I've been working for the
Devil too long Tempt us, lead us to the
edge, watch the
wise turn into fools The
greatest lie ever been told is the
one closest to truth I've been working for the
Devil too long I've been working for the
Devil too long I'm gone [Vinnie Paz:] You see, I
preyed on things and then I
preyed on y'all My attempt was to never get paid off y'all When I
was young I
saw politicians of all stripes But all I
saw was lies in they eyes and that's not right I
said, "When I
get older, I'm going to change shit" Take the
welfare system and rearrange shit Years later, I'm quietly moving up the
ladder Trying hard, realizing that it doesn't matter My wife told me, "Baby, money doesn't buy elections Money doesn't buy votes, it just buys attention" I
kissed her on the
head and told her she was right But she couldn't understand and see the
coldness of the
plight Couldn't understand why it's so cold for me at night Cause political bribery just hold me in a
vice But there's always implicitly some string that's attached By a
muh'fucker think he got wings on his back You ain't an angel, probably, you working for the
Devil The
nightmare of money, the
league would be a
rebel I
did all of you dirty, so I
should've gone to jail I
took your fucking government and put it up for sale Look, American democracy has been hacked By the
corrupt paradigm, that's a
supreme fact And every word that I
said in this song I've been working for the
Devil too long and now I'm gone [Eamon:] I've been working for the
Devil too long I've been working for the
Devil too long Tempt us, lead us to the
edge, watch the
wise turn into fools The
greatest lie ever been told is the
one closest to truth I've been working for the
Devil too long I've been working for the
Devil too long I'm gone