Conversations With The Devil

[Intro] Yeah… uh Four in the mornin'… nobody callin' my phone… Just me, this blunt… and that voice on the throne… Talkin' to myself again… or am I? [Verse 1] Wakin' up tired… but I ain't even sleep yet… Mirror on the wall, we got a secret to keep, yeah… He smiles at me, says, "You know you ain't shit"… I take a hit off the blunt, tell him "Bitch, not today, I quit"… But he's persistent, livin' in the walls of my cranium… Prescription ain't workin', this ain't no fuckin' stadium… This a mausoleum, body walkin' but the ghost left… Devil blowin' smoke in the wounds where the hope has left… He asks me "Why you fightin'? You know you love the sufferin'" I said "Because my kids need a father, not a muffled man" He laughin'… "Father? You can't even save yourself"… I rolled another blunt, put the ashes on the shelf… …shelf… [Chorus] Me and the Devil… walkin' side by side… He tell me "Jump," I tell him "Wait for the tide"… Conversations gettin' deep in the midnight hour… He show me all my weakness, I show him my power… He say "You ain't worthy," I say "Maybe that's true"… But I'm still breathin', motherfucker, what that say 'bout you?… Yeah… Conversations with the Devil… Yeah… Just tryna keep the peace… [Verse 2] Tuesday, 3 AM, he knockin' on my mental… Tryna sell me sorrow, tellin' me it's incidental… "You ain't got no money, look at who you used to be Everybody left you, dawg, you're here stuck with me He got a point, I used to have a hundred friends… Now my phone dry, loneliness is where the hunt begins… He bring up my past, every sin I ever sold… Every promise that I broke, every hand I left in the cold… I tell him "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I ain't the man I was at twenty-two" He say "The man you are right now, he ain't got a single clue"… I grab my lighter, spark the flame... I breathe it out… He try to take the melody, I scream "This mine, get the fuck out my house"… [Chorus] Me and the Devil… walkin' side by side… He tell me "Fall," I tell him "Watch me rise tonight"… Conversations gettin' deep in the midnight hour… He show me all my weakness, I show him my power… He say "You ain't worthy," I say "Maybe that's true"… But I'm still breathin', motherfucker, what that say 'bout you?… Yeah… Conversations with the Devil… Don't save me… I'm savin' myself… [Bridge] They don't know the war… they just see the scars… They don't hear him talkin' when you reachin' for the stars… "Give up," he whispers… "No," I groan… "You got nothin' left"… "I got flesh and bone"… And a little bit of hope hidin' under the regret… Today I didn't lose… so I ain't finished yet… [Verse 3] I used to think the Devil had a pitchfork and a tail… Now I know he got my voice and he knows me way too well… But here's the plot twist, listen close, this the real talk… Every time he push me down, I learn how to pivot on the spot… You want my soul? Come take it, you ain't scary… I been depressed since '88, you just a temporary adversary… I looked my reflection in the eye and I didn't flinch… Devil blinked first… had to call him a bitch… This ain't a loss, this a rematch in a long fight… Sun comin' up, and I'm sparkin' my first light… Get the fuck out… get the fuck out… [Outro] Conversations… with the devil… He don't show up no more… since I stood up… He don't show up… Just me, the smoke, and the silence… And I'm finally… quiet…