The Greatest Trick

[Verse 1] Same time you listenin' to this tape The G-8 done already, decided our fate Somewhere up in Scottland or Ireland, whatever Sound like Mase and I don't mean Betha Yeah All hell 'bout to break loose Whoops, too late, hop the gate they done flown the coup The preachers say I better pray to get my sins cleared Or end up in Hell, but shit I'm already there Hate, murder, mutalation, molestation, devastation Starvation, all in our nation And that crack got 'em trapped, crazy out they head Watchin' fiends on the streets is like watchin' Dawn Of The Dead But these are real life zombies While she lookin' for a fix her daughter lookin' for her mommy And that H.I.V. murkin' niggas somethin' lethal I ain't gotta watch Sixth Sense to see dead people [Hook] The greatest trick ever performed Wasn't by Harry Houdini, David Copperfield or Black Stone The greatest trick ever performed Wasn't by Willie Lynch, Adolf Hitler or Jim Jones The greatest trick ever performed Wasn't the election, 9/11 or the weapons of mass destruction No, no You wanna know what it is? It's the devil makin' the world think he didn't exist Yeah [Verse 2] If ignorance is bliss then what the fuck is this? Children play, get blown away but bullets strayin' don't miss Didn't know about death but it still exists Witness they very last breath as they eye's go stiff I pray they lord lift 'em up and God give 'em a kiss It's better than down here, ain't got to suffer and shit I've been broke so long I tend to forget How it feel to buy a meal without stamps or WIC Is it me or are these babies growin' up too quick Just yesterday she was a baby now she got one on her hip Tryin' hard to hang on but she's losin' her grip And that deadbeat nigga ain't givin' her shit Just more heartache then he up and split Baby's eye's like his but sayin' it ain't his kid Got her faith on the edge and she's 'bout to slip Devil got her thinkin' God done abandoned ship [Hook] [Verse 3] I see the world apocalyptic, the truth's been encrypted The human life scripted and from that depicted Now that's not realistic It's trite and quite twisted Bad new, never good news, tune in, don't miss it Channel 2 through 5 got a high speed chase Same thing on 7 plus the clerk got shot in the face Probably a robbery Change channels, follow me 9 and 11 show the same ole' economy Deficit, half the shit, I flip the channel quick But 13 showin' all of that Plus a missin' kid That good kidnapped by a punk ass chump Found a car in the field, guess what they found in the trunk? I hear 'em in the wind, laughin' and callin' Got me feelin' just like Denzel did in Fallen Half crazy but I know the Devil's real Shit, I should know I signed a record deal [Hook]