Devil’s Pie Lyrics

[Chorus]
Mm
Fuck the slice, want the pie
Why ask why 'til we fry
Watch us all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie
Drugs and thugs, women, wine
Three or four at a time
Watch them all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie


[Verse 1]
Who am I to justify
All the evil in our eye
When I myself feel the high
From all that I despise?

Behind the jail or in the grave
I have to lay in this bed I made
And if I die before I wake
I hope the Lord don't hesitate

To get to heaven, went through hell
Tell my peeps all is well
All them fools whose soul's for sale
Sitting next to the Jezebel
Demons screamin' in my ear
All my anger, all my fear
If I holler, let them hear
In this spinning sphere
[Chorus]
Fuck the slice, want the pie
Why ask why 'til we fry
Watch us all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie
Drugs and thugs, women, wine
Three or four at a time
Watch them all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie


[Verse 2]
Main ingredients (Uh) to this dish (Yeah)
Goes like this, here's the list
Materialistic, greed and lust, jealousy, envious
Bread and dough, cheddar cheese
Flash and stash, cash and cream
Temperature's at a high degree
Where niggas come to feast
Hell is this all about?
Apocalypse, ain't no doubt
Everybody's ho'ing out
All the loot, all the clout
Right or wrong, do or die
Only vengeance could pacify
Watch your back and so will I
In these days and time
[Chorus]
Fuck the slice, want the pie
Why ask why 'til we fry
Watch us all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie
Drugs and thugs, women, wine
Three or four at a time
Watch them all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie


[Interlude]
(Cut the pie)
(Tryna eat)
(Come on, come on)
(Come on, come on)
(If you want)
(Cut the pie)
(Up on the plate)
(Check it out)
(Mark of the beast)
(That’s how it be in this everlasting game)


[Bridge]
Oh, woah-woah-woah-woah
Oh
Oh-oh-oh, woah-woah-woah
Ah
[Verse 3]
Ain't no justice, it's just us
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Time has come for most of us
To choose in which God we trust

I know I was born to die
Searching to find a peace of mind
With eighty-five, dumb and blind
There can be no compromise


[Chorus]
Fuck the slice (Yeah), want the pie (Uh)
Why ask why 'til we fry ('Til we gon' fry)
Watch us all stand in line
For a slice of the devil's pie (Yeah, yeah)
Drugs and thugs (Oh-oh), women, wine (Huh)
Three or four at a time


[Outro]
Uh, wait a minute
Uh, let me tell you 'bout a slice of the devil's pie (Oh-oh)
Uh, said everybody out there can get down with the slice of the devil's pie (Oh-oh-oh, huh)
For a slice of the devil's pie
Little women in the streets sell her fuckin' body for a (For a slice of the devil's pie)
Oh-oh
Niggas killin' each other in the streets for (For a slice of the devil's pie)
Say what?
All in line, all in line (Oh)
For a slice of the devil's pie (Yeah)
All in line, all in line (Give me some)
For a slice of the devil's pie
All in line, all in line (What? Huh?)
For a slice of the devil's pie (Yeah)
All in line, all in line (I don't give a fuck, I ain't goin' out for the—)
For a slice of the devil's pie (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

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Genius Annotation

“Devil’s Pie” is a sparse funk diatribe on the excess of money and materialism in Hip Hop, with a minor reference to Five Percenter philosophy A Spin magazine columnist later cited “Devil’s Pie” as the album’s centerpiece, while also describing it as a “sweaty, head-nodding sermon against the evil seduction of hip-hop materialism.”

The track was released as a promotional single for Voodoo and peaked at #69 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did D'Angelo say about "Devil's Pie"?
Genius Answer

It’s kinda like a blues song. I would say the spirit of the vocals was more like chain gang, or like the feel of the slaves, the field slaves in the field picking whatever the fuck master had us picking and that’s what we’d be singing while we picking in the hot fucking sun. I mean, that’s kind of where I was going with it.

What has DJ Premier said about this track?
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DJ Premier
via Complex
Genius Answer

It was actually a Canibus track for “Niggonometry.” And he said, ‘I just want a hard bass line, and some drums.’ I did that beat, but he said I’m not cutting it in to his vision. Then D’Angelo called me the same night talking about, ‘Yo, man, I want you to hear what I’m working on and get a track from you.’ So I go by there, and I played him the track Canibus didn’t want, and D’Angelo was like, ‘Ooooooooh!’ He gets really amped. You see him all sexy and naked in the video, but he was running around the room, and we were just looking at him like, ‘Wow.’ He was like, ‘Yo, this is it.’ And then we cut it. All of a sudden Belly comes out, and Lyor Cohen was like, ‘We want to buy that for Belly.’ So we got paid twice: for the album and the soundtrack. [Laughs.] And I got a Grammy for that.

Is there a live performance of the track?
Genius Answer

Yes!

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Electric Lady Studios (New York City)
Release Date
January 25, 2000
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