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