Devil’s Night!

Track 12 on The EP Collection (1991-1994)

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“Devil’s Night” is track #4 on Esham’s 1992 EP Hellterskkkelter. This song puts Esham in the role of an arsonist, setting fires on Devil’s Night. Detroit is infamous for… Read More

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Devil’s Night! Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Esham's back in the house for Devil's Night
And I'ma get me some gasoline and burn down the whole scene
Wicket rhymes I be wrestling
You better cover your ass 'cause I'ma do you with no Vaseline
Stick 'em, stuck 'em, I fuck 'em up and fuck 'em up good
Freak the funk so I fuck it up like a G should
Burn your house to the ground and watch you all cry
Pour gas all around and hope you all die
The type of arsonist niggas never ever seen
If you saw me, you see me smelling like kerosene
I got a magic trick, burn you like a drippy dick
Somebody pass me a Bic, on Devil's Night

[Verse 2]
Watch a nigga get ill like Fire Marshall Bill
Gasoline will spill from here to Louisville
I got a flamethrower, arsonist, suicidalist
Burn your motherfucking ass up to a crisp
Strike 'em, struck 'em, burn 'em up, fuck 'em
Fire man come, buck, buck, buck 'em
'Cause I'm a fireman but I got a gas can
Shoot the gas can, and blast your ass man
Shit God damn, I smell smoke
Slit a nigga's throat and fuck the okey doke
'Cause I gotta burn 'em, teach 'em and learn 'em
Until I get a turn, burn Hollywood, burn
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
Burn motherfucker, burn 'til you're ashes
I burn niggas up when I get hot flashes
I slash his throat and choke off the gun smoke
Then blaze that ass like a J, on Devil's Night

[VERSE 3]
Devil's Night, I need a light so I can blaze a
Police station, Wicket Hellraiser
Playing no games, shit's going up in flames
No evidence, no nothing, no names
Return of the Dragon, but I'm fire kickin'
Your ass'll be crispy like Kentucky Fried Chicken
Cracker, burner, nigga, blacker
I'm a ramshackle, snap, pop, crackle
Didn't do a thing with my gasoline
Until I flame broiled your ass like Burger King
Now you're in trouble, watch your skin bubble
Set me a fire, get away on the double
Arsonist, watch me just set a fucking blaze
Watch it burn down, cold staring in a daze
Wanna set a fire, I'll be your tutor
Burn up your city like the LA looters
When you set a blaze, you gotta do it right
Watch, somebody give me a light, on Devil's Night

About

“Devil’s Night” is track #4 on Esham’s 1992 EP Hellterskkkelter.

This song puts Esham in the role of an arsonist, setting fires on Devil’s Night. Detroit is infamous for its problem of serious vandalism and arson that has routinely taken place since the 1970s on the night before Halloween.

Like much of Esham’s earlier work this song contains extensive samples, including but not limited to the Beastie Boys' “The New Style”, The Ohio Players' “Fire”, and Eddie Murphy from his 1983 stand-up show Delirious, among others. He even sampled NATAS' “Hell Raiser” which is a song he produced with his other group that same year.