IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE LYRICS

"Dance With The Devil"
[Verse 1]
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 movie stars and sniff coke in
his dreams
A corrupted young mind, at the age of thirteen
Nigga never had a father and his mom was a
fiend
She put the pipe down, but 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 don't project my insecurities on 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 capitalistic
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
[Hook]
Everyone trying to be trife never face the
consequences
You probably only did a month for minor
offences
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
[Verse 2]
So Billy started robbing niggas, anything he
could do
To 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 till 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
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
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
and clawed
So Billy stomped on the bitch, until he had
broken her jaw
The 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 made 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 guards 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
twenty-two
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
[Sample from "Survival of the Fittest" by Mobb
Deep]
I'm falling and I can't turn back
I'm falling and I can't turn back
[Verse 4]
Right before he pulled the trigger, and ended
her life
He thought about the cocaine with the
platinum and ice
And he felt strong standing along with his new
brothers
Cocked the gat to her head, and pulled back
the shirt cover
But what he saw made him start to cringe and
stutter
Cause he was staring into the eyes of his own
mother
She looked back at him and cried, cause he
had forsaken her
She cried more painfully, than when they were
raping her
His whole world stopped, he couldn't even
contemplate
His corruption had successfully changed his
fate
And he remembered how his mom used to
come home late
Working hard for nothing, cause now what was
he worth
He turned away from the woman that had
once given him birth
And crying out to the sky cause he was lonely
and scared
But only the devil responded, cause god wasn't
there
And right then he knew what it was to be
empty and cold
And so he jumped off the roof and died with
no soul
They say death takes you to a better place but
I doubt it
After that they killed his mother, and never
spoke about it
And listen cause the story that I'm telling is
true
Cause I was there with Billy Jacobs and I raped
his mom too
And now the devil follows me everywhere that
I go
In fact I'm sure he's standing among one of
you at my shows
And every street cypher listening to little thugs
flow
He could be standing right next to you, and
you wouldn't know
The devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish
and wicked
White, brown, yellow and black color is not
restricted
You have a self destructive destiny when you're
inflicted
And you'll be one of god's children that fell
from the top
There's no diversity because we're burning in
the melting pot
So when the devil wants to dance with you,
you better say never
Because the dance with the devil might last
you forever