Devil In My Room lyrics - Joe Budden (feat. Crooked I, Novel)

[Novel:]

Last night I heard a voice say

I've been gettin in my own way

I think I'm fallin off the deep end

So I haven't been sleepin

Last night I heard a voice in my head

He said it's an emergency

Said he had some words for me

[Joe Budden:]

Uhh, uhh

He said "Fuck the world!"

Or maybe he said it in jest

I told him that I already did multiple times

Truthfully I wasn't never impressed

But, to contradict that'll matter again

To the point where nothin matters again

More money, more problems, more cases, more lawyers involved

The more fame just means more paranoia involved

I done made friends, lost friends, same hour

Tried to use my troops as a means to gain power

Uhh, same tricks, same cowards

Why I be like FUCK any nigga that ain't ours

Never slippin, never threatened

I think they forgettin for a second non-fiction ain't a weapon

Thoughts could be hypnotic, nah, just neurotic

Called oft psychotic, floored by off logic

But I got this

[Chorus - Joe Budden:]

Last night I saw the devil sittin in my room

And we greeted with a smile; said that he'd been there for a while

Last night I heard the devil talkin in my head

He said it's an emergency, he said he had some words for me

He said

[Joe Budden:]

He said

He said one day your friends gon' be your demise

Said a few of 'em is me in disguise

Deceit in his eyes, said I like the teachin me wise

But the leeches I don't need in my life, please be advised

Real coy, listenin, still annoyed

Said these hoes fill a void, all hoes, you still a boy

Said you searchin, you don't know what to do

You thinkin you fuckin them when really they fuckin you

Look, said they see you on feats

Said you give the love to the ones that need it the least

But wait, you can't put me on trial for my errors

I learned, trial and error, the how I couldn't tell ya

You talkin to the realest, nah, just a realist

Nah, you just a nigga don't recognize what the real is

Thoughts could be hypnotic, thoughts get out of pocket

You'll be powerless, get lost, you try to stop it

I got this

[Chorus]

[Crooked I:]

He said, "What you doin this music for?

I got news for ya

If you don't sell your soul to me then you just gon' ruin your future bruh"

See I just cracked open this Goose

And I mixed that elixir with juice then I was introduced to Lucifer

In a dark room, his tongue sharp as a harpoon

We started discussin things

He told me about his minions and his underlings

Told me that he was Gepetto of the ghetto, had snake niggaz on his puppet strings

Taught him betrayal, and other schemes

He ain't new to this, he true to this

Said he been doin this since Jesus was crossed for thirty pieces of silver

And he sealed the deal with a Judas kiss

When Ceasar was stabbed in the back

He was the one who placed the knife in Brutus fist

Now he got his hands in our music biz

Told me to ignore the war and the poor

Aim my music more towards the whores and drug lords

And the fans are pourin through the doors

Sell out my tours, get awards galore

I told him I just wanted to be the modern-day Marvin Gaye

He said "You might wanna re-think that, cause I know where your father stay

I'll possess him to pick up the chrome

Pop you in your dome for tryin to tell the people (What's Going On) "

He said "That's where you're goin wrong

It's more demons than angels in this biz, you on your own

Wanna hit the big screen, switch your sixteens

Get some slim jeans, forget your big dreams or make your wrist gleam

Get your big cream, hope you're listening"

I just had to switch to his team, uh, it was tempting

The contract was in blood

He said "I know you sick of traffickin drugs

Sign it!" Nah, I got this

[Chorus]

[Novel:]

No no no no no nooo

Ohhhh, ohhhhh last night I heard

Said no no no no nooo

I think I'm fallin off the deep end

So I haven't been sleepin

Last night I heard

He said it's an emergency

Said he had some...

No nooooo no no no no

Yeah yeah

Last night I heard a voice say

I think I'm gettin in my own way

I think I'm fallin off the deep end

So I haven't been sleepin

Last night I thought I heard a voice in my head

He said it's an emergency

Said he had some words for me

I think the weed's startin to fuck with a nigga, ohh

I think the weed's startin to fuck with a nigga, no

I think the weed smoke's fuckin with a nigga, ohh

I think the weed start fuckin with a nigga, yeah

I think the weed's startin to fuck with a nigga

I think the weed is fuckin with a nigga

I think this last weed's fuckin with a nigga

This weed smoke's fuckin with a nigga