immortal technique dance with the devil lyrics

 

Song Details...

SONG : Dance with the Devil

ARTIST : Immortal Technique

ALBUM : Revolutionary, Vol. 1

Dance With The Devil Lyrics

I once knew a nigga whose real name was William

His primary concern was making a million

Being the illest hustler that the world ever seen

He used to fuck moviestars and sniff coke in his dreams

A corrupted young mind at the age of 13

Nigga never had a father and his mom was a fiend

She put the pipe down, but for every year she was sober

Her son's heart simultaneously grew colder

He started hanging out selling bags in the projects

Checking the young chicks, looking for hit and run prospects

He was fascinated by material objects

But he understood money never bought respect

He built a reputation 'cause he could hustle and steal

But got locked once, and didn't hesitate to squeal

So criminals he chilled with didn't think he was real

You see, me and niggas like this have never been equal

I dont project my insecurities at other people

He fiended for props like addicts with pipes and needles

So he felt he had to prove to everyone he was evil

A feeble minded young man with infinite potential

The product of a ghetto breed capatalistic mental

Coincidentally dropped out of school to sell weed

Dancing with the devil, smoked until his eyes would bleed

But he was sick of selling trees and gave in to his greed

Everyone trying to be trife, never face the consequences

You probably only did a month for minor offenses

Ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance

But then again there's always the wicked that knew in advance

Dance forever with the devil on a cold cell block

But that's what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock

Devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top

There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

So Billy started robbing niggas, anything he could do

He'd get his respect back, in the eyes of his crew

Starting fights over little shit, up on the block

Stepped up to selling mothers and brothers the crack rock

Working overtime for making money for the crack spot

Hit the jackpot and wanted to move up to cocaine

Fulfilling the scarface fantasy stuck in his brain

Tired of the block niggas treating him the same

He wanted to be major like the cut throats and the thugs

But when he tried to step to 'em, niggas showed him no love

They told him any motherfucking coward can sell drugs

Any bitch nigga with a gun can bust slugs

Any nigga with a red shirt can front like a blood

Even Puffy smoked a motherfucker up in a club

But only a real thug can stab someone 'til they die

Standing in front of them, staring straight into their eyes

Billy realized that these men were well guarded

And they wanted to test him, before business started

Suggested raping a bitch to prove he was cold hearted

So now he had a choice between going back to his life

Or making money with made men, up in the cife

His dreams about cars and ice, made him agree

A hardcore nigga is all he ever wanted to be

And so he met them friday night at a quarter to three

Everyone trying to be trife never face the consequences

You probably only did a month for minor offenses

Ask a nigga doing life if he had another chance

But then again there's always the wicked that knew in advance

Dance forever with the devil on a cold cell block

But that's what happens when you rape, murder and sell rock

Devils used to be gods, angels that fell from the top

There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot

They drove around the projects slow while it was raining

Smoking blunts, drinking and joking for entertainment

Until they saw a woman on the street walking alone

Three in the morning, coming back from work, on her way home

And so they quietly got out the car and followed her

Walking through the projects, the darkness swallowed her

They wrapped her shirt around her head and knocked her onto the floor

This is it kid, now you got your chance to be raw

So Billy yoked her up and grabbed the chick by the hair

And dragged her into a lobby that had nobody there

She struggled hard but they forced her to go up the stairs

They got to the roof and then held her down on the ground

Screaming, "Shut the fuck up" and "Stop moving around"

The shirt covered her face, but she screamed to the clouds

So Billy stomped on the bitch, until he'd broken her jaw

Them dirty bastards knew exactly what they were doing

They kicked her until they cracked her ribs and she stopped moving

Blood leaking through the cloth, she cried silently

And then they all proceeded to rape her violently

Billy was meant to go first, but each of them took a turn

Ripping her up, and choking her until her throat burned

A broken jaw mumbled for god but they weren't concerned

When they were done and she was lying bloody, broken and bruised

One of them niggas pulled out a brand new .22

They told him that she was a witness of what she'd gone through

And if he killed her, he was guaranteed a spot in the crew

He thought about it for a minute, she was practically dead

And so he leaned over and put the gun right to her head

I'm falling and I can't turn back

I'm falling and I can't turn back

Fan Comments...

1. Corey Smith

the line "he was lonely and scared but only the devil responded because god wasn't there." is the DOPEST, HARDEST hitting line in rap. goosebumps every time.

2. Lemon Crèmee Private

Bro the piano, the strings, the drums, his voice, the lyrics.  This song sent chills down my neck, I had to pause it half way through just to finish it

3. Teggiano Salerno

I discovered this song around 15 years ago I was just a teenager, it's been many years since I listened to it, I still know every single word and it's still as vivid and haunting as it was the first time I listened to it.