Vinnie Paz, Eamon - The Ghost I Used to Be lyrics

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 Vader then
It was jums 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
Mama always in my ear
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 mo'fucka, 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 muh'fucker think he got
Wings on his back
You ain't an angel, probably
You working for the Devil
The nightmare of money
The league 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