[00:00.00] 作曲 : A. Ivey/B. Dobbs/T. Hester
[00:03.09][Verse 1]
[00:20.16]If you free your mind your ass has got to
[00:22.92]But you're caught up in that same ol' patent and trap that the homies go through
[00:25.77]Searchin' for answers without no questions
[00:27.72]You thought it could never happen to you and your crew, but y'all was no exception
[00:30.69]It started out as fun and it was all about kicks (Kicks)
[00:33.21]But each and every kick turned out to be a trick
[00:35.34]Imagine this you got no family, you got no ends
[00:37.95]You got no hustle, no muscle, no car, no clothes, you got no friends
[00:41.04]You once was the neighborhood boss and hog
[00:43.14]And no G livin' legend like walkin' dogs
[00:45.69]Niggas hate to admit it, but they know it's true
[00:48.24]Damn near everybody in the hood, includin' the kids, wanna be just like you
[00:51.39]So, hear I stand as a witness, or, should I say a reclaimed victim
[00:54.54]Written off and spit on by this really sick ass system
[00:56.82]You can roll what I roll in the swirl from the smoke
[00:58.68]Somebody take a vote, the devil is dope
[01:01.23]Chorus:
[01:01.98]The devil is dope (Dope)
[01:02.88]Out of control
[01:06.36]The devil is dope
[01:06.96]The devil is dope
[01:07.59]Out to get your soul (Yeah-yeah)
[01:17.28]The devil is dope
[01:17.94][Verse 2]
[01:22.38]Things seen only imagined and in dreams
[01:24.12]Until, the same nightmares in tv screens your teenage screams (Ahh!)
[01:27.09]'Cause the dosage wasn't right
[01:28.14]Now his chest is gettin' tight
[01:29.19]And everything is goin' black
[01:30.42]But it's the middle of the day, figure that
[01:32.40]But you still can't see with a thousand watt beam (Blind!)
[01:34.71]And you need mo gin to feed your triple beam with schemes (Wake up!)
[01:37.20]'Cause traffic done slowed up like the one ten at five
[01:39.48]So, you dance the street section at around two, to try to stay alive
[01:42.42]And now you trapped tryin' to play hockey with some tic tac's (Tic Tac's!)
[01:44.82]And niggas tellin' you to kick back and bend back, but you already did that
[01:47.58]And all money ain't good money
[01:48.87]But everybody want the cream and honey
[01:50.22]Thinkin' that the other side is all green plus it's sunny (Yeah!)
[01:52.83]But, money, lust, and jealousy most lead to treachery
[01:55.08]From A.C. to O.G. to P.G. to P.C.B
[01:57.72]As you call for your locs, set adrift in the smoke
[01:59.82]It's like murder, heat, smoke, the devil is dope
[02:02.40]Chorus
[02:14.13][Verse 3]
[02:23.16]Sunshine on your mind but darkness prevails
[02:25.74]You move your sales from motel to hotel
[02:28.14]Prerequisite for a blast, merchandise, cash, or ass
[02:31.02]Bloodshed often is the door where personalaties crash
[02:33.66]And it's your task to try to make a meal ticket
[02:36.03]So, you can kick it and be swift with your chicken (Bock-bock!)
[02:38.85]You's a victim and since you got your own mind
[02:41.25]It ain't all your fault, but you gotta do your own time
[02:43.83]Choose your weapon cause your first impression
[02:45.81]Often dictates the situation that you find yourself caught in
[02:48.93]If you still blind and you can't see
[02:50.76]You better obtain yourself some glasses and clear your vision like DMC (Don't run!)
[02:54.03]And remember what I told you
[02:55.14]Remember who brought a soldier
[02:56.40]I wanna wake you up like Sega
[02:57.78]Consume large amounts of dank-a
[02:59.19]Man overboard
[03:00.18]Beware of the underlords
[03:01.26]Stay your ass on the boat, the devil is dope (Ooh-ooh!)
[04:08.10]Chorus: Repeat 2X with adlibs in there