The Devil Is Dope
Coolio

Verse 1:

If you free your mind your ass has got to

But you're caught up in that same ol' patent and trap that the homies

Go through

Searchin' for answers without no questions

You thought it could never happen to you and your crew but y'all was

No exception

It started out as fun and it was all about kicks (Kicks)

But each and every kick turned out to be a trick

Imagine this you got no family you got no ends

You got no hustle, no muscle, no car, no clothes, you got no friends

You once was the neighborhood boss and hog

And no G livin' legend like walkin' dogs

Niggaz hate to admit it, but they know it's true

Damn near everybody in the hood, includin' the kids, wanna be just

Like you

So, hear I stand as a witness, or, should I say a reclaimed victim

Written off and spit on by this really sick ass system

You can roll what I roll in the swirl from the smoke

Somebody take a vote, the devil is dope

Chorus:

The devil is dope (Dope)

Out of control

The devil is dope

The devil is dope

Out to get your soul (Yeah-yeah)

The devil is dope

Verse 2:

Things seen only imagined and in dreams

Until, the same nightmares in tv screens your teenage screams (Ahh!)

Cause the dosage wasn't right

Now his chest is gettin' tight

And everything is goin' black

But it's the middle of the day, figure that

But 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 five

So, you dance the street section at around two, to try to stay alive

And 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

That

And all money ain't good money

But everybody want the cream and honey

Thinkin' that the other side is all green plus it's sunny (Yeah!)

But, money, lust, and jealousy most lead to treachery

From A.C. to O.G. to P.G. to P.C.B.

As you call for your locs, set adrift in the smoke

It's like murder, heat, smoke, the devil is dope

Chorus

Verse 3:

Sunshine on your mind but darkness prevails

You move your sales from motel to hotel

Prerequisite for a blast, merchandise, cash, or ass

Bloodshed often is the door where personalaties crash

And it's your task to try to make a meal ticket

So, you can kick it and be swift with your chicken (Bock-bock!)

You's a victim and since you got your own mind

It ain't all your fault, but you gotta do your own time

Choose your weapon cause your first impression

Often dictates the situation that you find yourself caught in

If you still blind and you can't see

You better obtain yourself some glasses and clear your vision like DMC

(Don't run!)

And remember what I told you

Remember who brought a soldier

I wanna wake you up like Sega

Consume large amounts of dank-a

Man overboard

Beware of the underlords

Stay your ass on the boat, the devil is dope (Ooh-ooh!)

Chorus: Repeat 2X with adlibs in there


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  [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'   Devil is Dope   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 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

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