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The Devil Got a Plan by Ryu.

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Ryu.

The Devil Got a Plan

From Tanks for the Memories2016

Written by Paul Harvey

Lyrics

The Devil Got a Plan

[Verse 1: Ryu]

The Devil got a plan

He don't want you to know yet

Grab a couple ice cold 'dinas and prometh

Throw a little sprite in that bitch and you're all set

Living life fast but you're dying a slow death

They don't want to hear about the teachings of Hotep

'Cause kids care less about Kweli and Mos Def

All they wanna know is who's getting the most bread

And blow they whole check tricking off of these coke heads

The Devil got a plan

He don't want you to read it

If you smoke a little more weed maybe you'll see it

If you sniff some more speed then you might just meet him

And swear up and down that he just looks like Jesus

Don't believe it? I know it's kinda hard to concede it

But the devil doesn't always take the shape of a demon

I was chilling at a party in the Garden of Eden

Apple cores on the floor, everybody was eatin'

I was getting kinda bored, getting ready to leave

That's when I ran into a lady wearing nothing but a leaf

She said "I can do things you couldn't imagine"

About this track

"The Devil Got a Plan" is a song by Ryu. from the album Tanks for the Memories, released in 2016. The song was written by Paul Harvey, Ryu. It was produced by Divine Styler.

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Produced by Divine Styler

Kinda funny 'cause the honey didn't know me from Adam

Looking at me like she wanna rip me out of my suit

That's when she asked me if I wanted to try the forbidden fruit

Everybody in the room looking at me by now

Took the apple from my hand and put it up to my mouth

See the Devil had a plan tryna tempt me with a diva

But little did he know I was more powerful than he was

And she just sat there laughing and shit

"What kind of faggot ass man's not attracted to this?"

I know the webs you spinning bitch, I've seen them before

And all the men trapped in them now getting divorced

All the lives you destroyed like the Tower of Babel

It should be no surprise that I married an angel

The Devil had a plan but I scrapped it

Ran to the light, stepped out of the blackness

It was like being blind having sight for the first time

I get it, if the devil got plans you ain't got to be in them

Raise your hands if you understand

[Sample: Paul Harvey - If I Were The Devil]

If I were the Devil

If I were the Prince of Darkness I would want to engulf the whole world in darkness

And I'd have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I wouldn't be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree

I'd subvert the churches first. I'd begin with a campaign of whispers

With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: "Do as you please."

If I were the Devil

To the young I would whisper that the Bible is a myth

I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around

I'd confide that what's bad is good and what's good is square

Pray after me. Our Father, which art in Washington

In other words, if I were the devil, I'd just keep right on doing what he's doing

If I were the Devil

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