Verse 1:If you free your mind your ass has got toBut you're caught up in that same ol' patent and trap that the homies go throughSearchin' for answers without no questionsYou thought it could never happen to you and your crew, but y'all was no exceptionIt started out as fun and it was all about kicks (Kicks)But each and every kick turned out to be a trickImagine this you got no family, you got no endsYou got no hustle, no muscle, no car, no clothes, you got no friendsYou once was the neighborhood boss and hogAnd no G livin' legend like walkin' dogsNiggaz hate to admit it, but they know it's trueDamn near everybody in the hood, includin' the kids, want to be just like youSo, hear I stand as a witness, or, should I say a reclaimed victimWritten off and spit on by this really sick ass systemYou can roll what I roll in the swirl from the smokeSomebody take a vote, the devil is dopeChorus:The devil is dope (Dope)Out of controlThe devil is dopeThe devil is dopeOut to get your soul (Yeah-yeah)The devil is dopeVerse 2:Things seen only imagined and in dreamsUntil, the same nightmares in tv screens your teenage screams (Ahh!)Cause the dosage wasn't rightNow his chest is gettin' tightAnd everything is goin' blackBut it's the middle of the day, figure thatBut you still can't see with a thousand watt beam (Blind!)And you need mo gin to feed your triple beam with schemes (Wake up!)Cause traffic done slowed up like the one ten at fiveSo, you dance the street section at around two, to try to stay aliveAnd now you trapped tryin' to play hockey with some tic tac's (Tic Tac's!)And niggaz tellin' you to kick back and bend back, but you already did thatAnd all money ain't good moneyBut everybody want the cream and honeyThinkin' that the other side is all green plus it's sunny (Yeah!)But, money, lust, and jealousy most lead to treacheryFrom A.C. to O.G. to P.G. to P.C.B.As you call for your locs, set adrift in the smokeIt's like murder, heat, smoke, the devil is dopeChorusVerse 3:Sunshine on your mind but darkness prevailsYou move your sales from motel to hotelPrerequisite for a blast, merchandise, cash, or assBloodshed often is the door where personalaties crashAnd it's your task to try to make a meal ticketSo, you can kick it and be swift with your chicken (Bock-bock!)You's a victim and since you got your own mindIt ain't all your fault, but you gotta do your own timeChoose your weapon cause your first impressionOften dictates the situation that you find yourself caught inIf you still blind and you can't seeYou better obtain yourself some glasses and clear your vision like DMC (Don't run!)And remember what I told youRemember who brought a soldierI want to wake you up like Segaconsume large amounts of dank-aMan overboardBeware of the underlordsStay your ass on the boat, the devil is dope (Ooh-ooh!)Chorus: Repeat 2X with adlibs in there
Lyrics by Coolio
[Instrumental] 1-2-3-4 (sumpin' New) 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) [Timber Mix] 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk 2 Minutes & 21 Seconds Of Funk A Thing Goin On A Thing Goin' On A Thing Going On All The Way Live All The Way Live (now) Aw Here It Goes Aw Here It Goes [theme From Kenan And Kel] Aw Here It Goes [Theme from Kenan and Kel][#] Bright As The Sun Bring Back Somethin Fo Da Hood Bring Back Somethin' Fo Da Hood C U When I Get There C U When U Get There C U When U Get There (Album Version) C U When U Get There (Bill & Humberto's Orchestra ... C U When U Get There [Amended LP Version] [Version... C U When U Get There [Bill and Humberto's Orchestr... C U When U Get There [Ren Swan's Mix] C U When You Get There Can I Get Down 1X Can I Get Down 1x [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can U Dig It Can U Dig It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Can-O-Corn Country Line County Line Cruisin' Cruisin' Crusin' Do It Drama Exercise Yo Game [Clean] Exercise Yo' Game Exercise Yo' Game Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix) Fantastic Voyage [Album Version] Fantastic Voyage [original Version][mix] For My Sistas Fucc Coolio Gangsta Walk Gangsta's Paradise Gangsta's Paradise Gangstas Paradise Gangster's Paradise Gangsters Paradise Get Up Get Down Geto Highlights Geto Highlites Ghetto Cartoon Ghetto Square Dance Hand On My Nutsac Hear Me Now Hit 'em Hit 'em High Hit 'em High (the Monstar's Anthem) Hit 'em Hit 'em High Homeboy Homeboy [Amended LP Version] [Version] I Breaks 'em Off I Breaks 'em Off I C U When U Get There I Like Girls I Remeber I Remember I Remember [Album Mix] I See You When You Get There I'm Seein' Bodiez in The Alley & Blood in The ... I'm Seein' Bodiez In The Alley And Blood In The Va... Interlude Interlude [Amended LP Version] [Version] Intro Is This Me Is This Me? Island Hop It Takes A Thief It's All The Way (now) It's All The Way Live It's All The Way Live Kinda High Kinda Drunk Kinda High, Kinda Drunk Knight Fall Knight Fall [Amended LP Version] [Version] Knock Out Kings Knockout Kings Lady And A Gangsta Let's Do It Let's Do It [Amended LP Version] [Version] Let's Do It Life Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta's Paradi... Malcolm's Hermaphrodite Paradise (Gangsta... Mama I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta Mama, I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Mary Jane Money (dollar Bill Y'all) Money (dollar Bill Y'all) My Soul My Soul [Amended LP Version] [Version] N Da Closet Nature Of The Business On My Way To Harlem One for the Money One Mo One More Night Ooh La La Ooh La La [Album Version] Ooh La La [Amended LP Version] [Version] Recoup This Rollin' With My Homies See You When I Get There See You When You Get There Shake It Up Show Me Love Slip Away Smilin' Smilin' Smokin' Stix Smokin' Stix Somebody's Gotta Die Somebody's Gotta Die Sticky Fingers Sticky Fingers (Alternate Sticky Fingers (alternate) Street Life By Beenie Man Sumpin' New Sumpin' New Sunshine Take It to the Hub That's How It Is That's How It Is The Devil Is Dope The Revolution The Winner Thought You Knew Throwdown 2000 Throwdown 2000 [Amended LP Version] [Version] Thru The Window Too Hot Too Hot [Clean] U Know Hoo U Know Hoo! Ugly Bitches What is an MC What Is An Mc? Would You Still Be Mine