The Ghost I Used to Be

I've been working for the Devil too long I've been working for the Devil too long You see, I preyed on things and then I preyed on them And I took it to the corner, got paid off then The destruction wasn't even on my radar then And my heart was black, it was Darth Vadar then It was jumbs to the bums, G packs to the OGs The money came to me, I sat back with my Co-Ds Money changed hands and moved on like a cold breeze And I ain't give a fuck about death or an OD Mommy always in my head, saying that I didn't care But I ain't going back to being broke like this was yester-year The plan is to try to be out in less than a year No drugs, no thugs, no weapons in here You see I'm trying to get out ma, but I feel trapped What employer gonna hire me when I sell crack? I'm not fully rehabilitated, I fell back And regret is a muhfucker, run, tell that I've been working for the Devil too long I've been working for the Devil too long Tempt us, lead us to the edge, watch the wise turn into fools The greatest lie ever been told is the one closest to truth I've been working for the Devil too long I've been working for the Devil too long I'm gone You see, I preyed on things and then I preyed on y'all My attempt was to never get paid off y'all When I was young I saw politicians of all stripes But all I saw was lies in they eyes and that's not right I said, "When I get older, I'm going to change shit" Take the welfare system and rearrange shit Years later, I'm quietly moving up the ladder Trying hard, realizing that it doesn't matter My wife told me, "Baby, money doesn't buy elections Money doesn't buy votes, it just buys attention" I kissed her on the head and told her she was right But she couldn't understand and see the coldness of the plight Couldn't understand why it's so cold for me at night 'Cause political bribery just hold me in a vice But there's always implicitly some string that's attached By a muhfucker think he got wings on his back You ain't an angel, probably working for the Devil The nightmare of money, [?], would be a rebel I did all of you dirty, so I should've gone to jail I took your fucking government and put it up for sale Look, American democracy has been hacked By the corrupt paradigm, that's a supreme fact And every word that I said in this song I've been working for the Devil too long and now I'm gone I've been working for the Devil too long I've been working for the Devil too long Tempt us, lead us to the edge, watch the wise turn into fools The greatest lie ever been told is the one closest to truth I've been working for the Devil too long I've been working for the Devil too long I'm gone