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D12

Devil's Night

Release date: 19th June 2001

From Devil’s Night
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About This Track

Eminem and D12 trade verses over a stripped-back beat that lets the aggression breathe. The track opens with Eminem's declaration that he makes music to sicken you of fake music, then hands off to Swifty McVay and Kon Artis, who trade boasts about violence and theft with the kind of casual menace the group specialised in. The chorus is a simple chant: "It's Devil's Night", repeated until it lodges in your head. The song sits at the centre of a record that announced D12 as a serious force in hip-hop, uninterested in restraint or apology. What distinguishes it from pure shock-rap is the technical precision underneath: Eminem's internal rhymes snap tight, and the group's staggered delivery keeps the verses moving even when the subject matter sits in deliberately transgressive territory. It's a showcase for the group's chemistry and their willingness to push against the boundaries of what mainstream rap could say.

"Devil's Night" is a track by D12, from the album Devil’s Night, released 19th June 2001. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Devil's Night

[Verse 1: Eminem]

I make music to make you sick of fake music

Hate music like devil-worshipping, Satan music

So say your prayers, your 'Hail Mary's and Jesúses

Take two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix

Try to stop it, but you can't do it (Haha)

A whole generation of kids blowing out their fucking brains to this

Kurt Cobain music, students converted to 'caine users

As soon as they heard it, went out and murdered and maimed to it

What's your name?

[Verse 2: Swifty McVay & Kon Artis]

Judas

Got my 9 with six sharpshooters, now let's do this

I got niggas that shoots to static, you don't understand

How I'm all up in you niggas' TVs like Carole Anne

I'm a poltergeist: lyrically, I'm supposed to strike

Try to snatch this mic, you get cracked with Molson Ice (Ooh)

(Swifty, get your own woman!) I mean, I want his wife

I'm the type to go to gamblin' parties with trick dice

I rob casinos, slugs, eat those

You'd think it was the devil feedin' you jalapenos

Now you out of the scene, hoes, shot at your clean clothes

A fo'-fo', prone to make you niggas breathe wrong

[Chorus: Eminem]

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da)

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da)

[Verse 3: Kon Artis & Kuniva]

It's like I'm on the john, trying to shit and get no response

Constipated, bitch; tell these pigs to back off

The mind of a rapist, Denaun never changes

Beat up strangers without a reason; I'm a anus

Walk the street in a "Beat It" jacket with a glove to match it

Drop the hatchet; I put my head on opposite and step backwards

Walking zombie that's ornery, pulling armed robberies

On politicians, without a sense of camaraderie (Yo)

[Verse 4: Kuniva]

I can concoct the nine-slot, plus, I run with the best

Hop onto motorcycles, busting wheelies over your chest

Bystanders standing by, thinking "Oh, what a mess"

Blast through every hickie that them bitches put on your neck

What the fuck do you expect, when the slugs get dealt

And make you feel every ounce of pain that Bugz had felt?

A deranged team, smoking ganja greens

This carbine'll make your fucking head shake like tambourines

I pledge allegiance to the streets of the D

And if you think you out cold, catch a piece of this heat

And when it blast, it'll take off every piece of your {niece}

From her barettes to her cheeks to her cute little feet

[Chorus: Eminem]

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da)

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da, ha)

[Verse 5: Bizarre]

(Stop taking drugs!) I'm trying

My little boy's dying, he losing too much iron ([?])

And if I die, it won't be because I got shot

It'll be because I tied my arm in a sock and smoked rock ([?] here)

Taking drugs is cool, that's why I buy 'em

Shoot 'em up my ass, let your little brother try 'em

Ten years, what I'm facing

Police breakin' in my house, Lil' Bow Wow in the basement ("Jermaine!")

A rapist that'll bust in your mouth

I'll probably be in jail 'fore this fucking album comes out

I'm eighteen years old, still shitting in the bed

Beaten 'til I'm red, fed nothing but water and bread

And me and the kid? Fucking dirty Jinn

So what if it burns, bitch, when I stick it in? (Aw)

No medication, I'm out of Percocets

I lost my weed, plus my fucking diaper's wet (Ha-ha-ha-ha)

[Chorus: Eminem]

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da, yes)

It's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night (Da, da-da-da, da-da, da)

'Cause I came back to rule this time, it's Devil's Night (Da-da-da)

'Cause I came back to take what's mine, it's Devil's Night (Da-da, ha)

[Outro: Eminem]

It's Devil's Night

Track details

From Devil’s Night

2001
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Album
Devil’s Night
Devil’s Night
D12
Release year
2001
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D12 — Devils Night

D12 — Devils Night
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Devils Night

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Bizarre, Da Brigade, Denaun, Eminem, Kuniva, Swifty McVay
Producer
Eminem, Jeff Bass
Co-Producer
Jeff Bass
Engineer
Steve King
Bass
Jeff Bass
Guitar
Jeff Bass
Keyboards
Jeff Bass
Drum Programmer
DJ Head
Mastering Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mixing Engineer
Richard Huredia
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