Devil In My Room

[Bridge: Novel]

Last night I heard a voice say I've been getting in my own way

I think I'm falling off the deep end so I haven't been sleepin'

Last night I heard a voice in my head

Said it's an emergency, said he had some work for me

[Verse 1: Joe Budden]

He said fuck the world or maybe he said it in jest

I told him that I already did multiple times

Truthfully I wasn't never impressed

But to contradict that matter again

To the point where nothing matters again

More money, more problems, more cases, more lawyers involved

And more fame just means more paranoia involved

I done made friends, lost friends, same hour

Tried to use my truths as a means to gain power

Uh, same tricks, same cowards

Why I be like fuck any nigga that ain't ours

Never slipping, never threatened

I think they forgetting for a second non-fiction ain't a weapon

Thoughts could be hypnotic, nah, just neurotic

Called oft psychotic, flawed by off logic, but I got this

[Chorus: Joe Budden]

Last night I saw the devil sitting in my room

And we greeted with a smile

Said that he'd been there for a while

Last night I heard the devil talking in my head

Said this an emergency

Said he had some words for me

He said

[Verse 2: Joe Budden]

He said

He said one day your friends gon' be your demise

Said a few of 'em is me in disguise

Deceit in his eyes, said I like the teaching me wise

But the leeches I don't need in my life, please be advised

Real coy, listening, still annoyed

Said these hoes fill a void of holes you still avoid

Said you searching, you don't know what to do

You thinking you fucking 'em when really they fucking you

Look, said they see you and feast

Said you give the love to the ones that need it the least

But wait, you can't put me on trial for my errors

I learned, trial and error, the how I couldn't tell ya

You talking to the realest, nah, just a realist

Nah, you just a nigga don't recognize what the real is

Thoughts could be hypnotic, thoughts get out of pocket

You'll be powerless, get lost, you try to stop it, I got this

[Chorus: Joe Budden]

Last night I saw the devil sitting in my room

And we greeted with a smile

Said that he'd been there for a while

Last night I heard the devil talking in my head

Said this an emergency

Said he had some words for me

He said

[Verse 3: Crooked I]

He said, "What you doin' this music for?

I got news for ya

If you don't sell your soul to me then you just gon' ruin your future, bruh

See, I just cracked open this Goose

And I mixed that elixir with juice then I was introduced to Lucifer

In a dark room, his tongue sharp as a harpoon

We started discussin' things

He told me 'bout his minions and his underlings

Told me that he was Geppetto of the ghetto

Had snake niggas on his puppet strings, taught him betrayal and other schemes

He ain't new to this, he true to this

Said he been doin' this since Jesus was crossed

For thirty pieces of silver and he sealed the deal with a Judas kiss

When Caesar was stabbed in the back

He was the one who placed the knife in Brutus fist

Now he got his hands in our music biz (he said)

Told me to ignore the war on the poor

Aim my music more towards the whores and drug lords

And the fans'll pour through the doors

Sell out my tours, get awards galore

I told him I just wanted to be the modern day Marvin Gaye

He said, "You might wanna rethink that

'Cause I know where your father stay, I'll possess him

To pick up the chrome, pop you in your dome for tryna tell the people what's goin' on"

He said, "That's where you goin' wrong

There's more demons than angels in this biz, you on your own

Wanna hit the big screen? Switch your sixteens

Get some slim jeans, forget your big dreams, I'll make your wrist gleam

Get your big cream, hope you're lis'ning"

I just had to switch to his team, uh, it was tempting

The contract was in blood

He said, "I know you sick of trafficking drugs - sign it"

"Nah, I got this"

[Chorus: Joe Budden]

Last night I saw the devil sitting in my room

And we greeted with a smile

Said that he'd been there for a while

Last night I heard the devil talking in my head

Said this an emergency

Said he had some words for me

He said

[Bridge: Novel]

Last night I heard a voice say I've been getting in my own way

I think I'm falling off the deep end so I haven't been sleepin'

Last night I heard a voice in my head

Said it's an emergency, said he had some work for me

[Outro]

I think the weed started fucking with a nigga