The Ghost I Used To Be Lyrics - Eamon

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 Vadar then 

It was jumbs 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 muhfucker, run, tell that 

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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 [?], 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 

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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