The Devil Made Me Do It – English Lyrics

• By: Skylar Grey, B.o.B

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ Ah-ah ♪

♪ Ah-ah ♪

♪ Ah-ah ♪

♪ Ah-ah ♪

♪ See you at the courthouse tomorrow ♪

♪ Gonna be some dark days to follow ♪

♪ Gonna tell me what I know ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ Fucking right ♪

♪ I steal, beg and borrow ♪

♪ Onomatopoeia my sorrow ♪

♪ Click, click, bang, boom ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ There's blood on my pillow ♪

♪ And I know it was evil ♪

♪ But I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ Begging you to forgive me ♪

♪ For the things that I done 'cause ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

♪ Yeah, don't put that shit on me ♪

♪ I said the devil made me do it ♪

♪ I got a .45 in the bible ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

♪ When the good Lord let me on down ♪

♪ The devil made me do it, ah ♪

♪ The devil made me do it, yeah ♪

♪ Washing down the pain with a benzo ♪

♪ Tryna fit a body in my Enzo ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

♪ When the pieces of my broken heart ♪

♪ Are sharper than a shard of glass ♪

♪ Nothing I can do to save you ♪

♪ Sorry but it's all out of my hands ♪

♪ Yeah-yeah ♪

♪ That's a sign ♪

♪ And I got your bitch on demon time ♪

♪ Clout chaser, she won't top me off ♪

♪ Till I go live ♪

♪ Motorbike shorty, that's my vibe ♪

♪ Do-do-do it in a section ♪

♪ Fuck the line, yeah ♪

♪ 6-6-6, I'm out in London ♪

♪ Call 'em Austin Powers, umm ♪

♪ Then we fly them slu-ies in here ♪

♪ Out from Broward, umm ♪

♪ That head educated ♪

♪ Probably went to Howard, umm ♪

♪ Contemplating millions ♪

♪ Off of cauliflower ♪

♪ Hmmm, after hours ♪

♪ Give me demon ♪

♪ Demon till I sleep, sleep ♪

♪ Devil made me do it ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ Begging you to forgive me ♪

♪ For the things that I done 'cause ♪

♪ Bap, bap, bap, bap, bap, bap, bap, bap ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, don't put that shit on me ♪

♪ I said the devil made me do it ♪

♪ Don't put that shit on me ♪

♪ Don't put that shit on me ♪

♪ Got a .45 in the bible ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ When the good Lord let me on down ♪

♪ The devil made me do it, ah ♪

♪ The devil made me do it, yeah ♪

♪ Washing down the pain with a benzo ♪

♪ Tryna fit a body in my Enzo ♪

♪ The devil made me do it ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
devil /ˈdɛvəl/ A1	noun - an evil spirit or demon, often personified as the embodiment of evil
forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ A2	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense
evil /ˈiːvəl/ A1	adjective - morally wrong or bad; wicked noun - profound immorality or wickedness
beg /bɛɡ/ A1	verb - to ask for something in a humble or desperate way
borrow /ˈbɒroʊ/ A1	verb - to take and use something that belongs to someone else with the intention of returning it
sorrow /ˈsɒroʊ/ A2	noun - a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune
blood /blʌd/ A1	noun - the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals
knees /niːz/ A1	noun - the joint between the thigh and the lower leg
shard /ʃɑːrd/ B1	noun - a piece of broken pottery, glass, or metal
save /seɪv/ A1	verb - to rescue or protect from harm
hands /hændz/ A1	noun - the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb
vibe /vaɪb/ B1	noun - a person's emotional state or the atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others
contemplating /kənˈtɛmpleɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to think about something carefully, especially over a period of time
demon /ˈdiːmən/ A2	noun - an evil spirit or devil
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of reduced consciousness
benzo /ˈbɛnzoʊ/ C1	noun - a benzodiazepine, a type of drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia