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Devlin

Reality Is Sinister

Release date: 1st October 2006

From Tales From The Crypt
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About This Track

"Reality Is Sinister" is a track by Devlin, from the album Tales From The Crypt, released 1st October 2006. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Devlin

Devlin

Lyrics

Reality Is Sinister

[Hook]

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

[Verse 1]

I understand that life's never tranquil, hard to handle

Place of a whole life time of hardships

So why be thankful? I can't manouver like they've tied my ankles

The bottom line is that life's a shambles

So let's get it straight, the only way to make papes is getting read away on bait estates

Predetermined fate

These kids don't plan to be shotters and scam plotters and armed robbers

The systems proper got us round the bollocks, under scrutiny and penniless usually

Nar this ain't half the place it used to be

Due to the way the country is run so we need to start a mutiny

Urban decay has left scars on our community, visible for all to see

The MP's are stealing money off of you and me, professional criminals

Wonder why we turn to gun and knife crime

Cause all of the hard earned cash that they deprive us of in a life time

[Hook]

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

[Verse 2]

The Bible said that man is equal

If that's the case then why am I fucking broke and why are they flossing with papes

And when we go to get dough they just throw us in jail

It's like they don't want us to succeed, they just want us to fail

I'm trapped within the beasts mouth and I've got to get out

I don't know honestly how but I won't let him swallow me down

I'm not like these clowns that follow around mugs that can't spit

You daft prick, you start shit, you're hollow in a dark ditch

The way they've got us entrapped and in prison

Nobody actually listens, cracks in the system too many bad decisions

And they're impairing what we see in our vision

You'll get transferred to a different division, with no precision

Holding hidden talents that I've written and my main decision was to remain consistent and make a difference

(Gonna make a difference, that's the last thing I need)

(Hahaha, Tales From The Crypt!)

[Hook]

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

[Verse 3]

Backstabbers hate the progress

They're writing bars with no sense, Devz has got them so tense

Locked under pressure in the chains of the system

They can't compete, they talk big but their frames inconsistent

Reality is sinister that's one thing I know

So lay low upon these roads where the gun fingers blow

So keep your weed in your balls and if they're shotting and there's need for a tool

So keep it close to you, do what you're suppose to do

Cause life don't supply guidelines

When you leave school, you work these cold streets and the high rise

So take a look at my life

Not in school anymore, I'm like damn look how the time flies

I'm nearly a man and if I don't blow, I'ma get as near as I can

And if I do blow, I'll come back and appear with the grands

I see heads in the manor, keep on cheering for mans

Cause that's who we do it for

Best know that OT we do it raw

[Hook]

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

Reality is sinister

People welcome you with open arms then piss on ya

Every snake is similar

They take enjoyment from the pain that they administer

And lifes realities couldn't be more vivider

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Tales From The Crypt

2006
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Album
Tales From The Crypt
Tales From The Crypt
Devlin
Release year
2006
  1. —Final Curtain
  2. —Dealers
  3. —April Showers
  4. —Do This
  5. —Murder Music
  6. —Reality Is Sinister
  7. —Stakes Are Raised
  8. —Take Me Away
  9. —Tales From The Crypt
  10. —The Truth
  11. —Shot City Freestyle
  12. —Bad day
  13. —High Rise
  14. —Halloween Ressurection
  15. —Extra Extra (Wiley Diss)

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