The Devil got a plan
He don’t want you to know yet
Grab a couple ice cold 'dinas and prometh
Throw a little sprite in that bitch and you’re all set
Living life fast but you’re dying a slow death
They don’t want to hear about the teachings of Hotep
'Cause kids care less about Kweli and Mos Def
All they wanna know is who’s getting the most bread
And blow they whole check tricking off of these coke heads
The Devil got a plan
He don’t want you to read it If you smoke a little more weed maybe you’ll see it If you sniff some more speed then you might just meet him
And swear up and down that he just looks like Jesus
Don’t believe it? I know it’s kinda hard to concede it But the devil doesn’t always take the shape of a demon
I was chilling at a party in the Garden of Eden
Apple cores on the floor, everybody was eatin'
I was getting kinda bored, getting ready to leave
That’s when I ran into a lady wearing nothing but a leaf
She said «I can do things you couldn’t imagine»
Kinda funny 'cause the honey didn’t know me from Adam
Looking at me like she wanna rip me out of my suit
That’s when she asked me if I wanted to try the forbidden fruit
Everybody in the room looking at me by now
Took the apple from my hand and put it up to my mouth
See the Devil had a plan tryna tempt me with a diva
But little did he know I was more powerful than he was
And she just sat there laughing and shit
«What kind of faggot ass man’s not attracted to this?»
I know the webs you spinning bitch, I’ve seen them before
And all the men trapped in them now getting divorced
All the lives you destroyed like the Tower of Babel
It should be no surprise that I married an angel
The Devil had a plan but I scrapped it Ran to the light, stepped out of the blackness
It was like being blind having sight for the first time
I get it, if the devil got plans you ain’t got to be in them
Raise your hands if you understand
If I were the Devil
If I were the Prince of Darkness I would want to engulf the whole world in darkness
And I’d have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population,
but I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree
I’d subvert the churches first. I’d begin with a campaign of whispers
With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: «Do as you please.»
If I were the Devil
To the young I would whisper that the Bible is a myth
I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around
I’d confide that what’s bad is good and what’s good is square
Pray after me. Our Father, which art in Washington
In other words, if I were the devil, I’d just keep right on doing what he’s
doing
If I were the Devil