The Serpent Of Evil River

Verse 1:
I feel him breathing, I know he watching me
Waiting for me to pass go, this his Monopoly, probably
Drag me into the abyss, if I let him
My Granny told me don’t fret him
The preacher told me don’t sweat him
The world told me forget him, he’s just a myth
Plus how you gonna battle the dark side? You ain’t a sith
But I know he real, he rather have my soul in his clutches
He drains the life-force from anything he touches
Legend goes he approaches and asks, ‘how much is your existence worth?
Would you give me your soul in exchange for the earth?’
Then most give in, he comes in the form of vanities
Beautiful things you love steal your sanity
Right from under you but I can see through his disguise
Just the thing he despise, scared to look into my eyes ‘cause I know
I see him swimming ‘round in my nightmares
Feel the breeze through the night air
And the [?] be right there ready to drown me
And leave my lifeless corpse where he found me
Couldn’t kill me before so now he put a bounty on my head
I’m wanted by the shadows as a trophy of they power
Leave me hanging in the gallows
With the other shallow minded people he influence
Although we all the same, between us there’s a nuance
I’m meant for something greater than what was given
Was put on a mission to make a difference
We were never meant to live in conditions this harsh
And you know where it starts? The genesis
We bit the forbidden fruit, the root of our blemishes
And guess who was there, him
So now he lingers on in this world tryna condemn
The water’s building deeper, the sky’s getting darker
Hope I’m in the book of life but I rather meet the author
I was taught you gotta fight, my life is on the line
So I gotta take him out, I’m running out of time

Verse 2:
You thought that you was gonna kill me?
Make me stop pursuing my dreams ‘cause they don’t feel me?
Have me putting mask on ‘cause I didn’t love the real me
Exiled the people who care ‘cause they can heal me
You took me from my parents, put me in foster homes
In the children’s hospital, therapist on the phone
Puttin’ chrome to my head, I coulda let it blown
‘cause I felt I was worthless, insecure alone
Shoulda known all along it was you
Hissing in my spirit, biting in my conscious, my destiny you fear it
‘cause you know the Lord got a plan for me and you hate it
All my songs of love, you tell the people degrade it
But this the part the underdog take his rise with the sort of light in my grip
Now it’s your demise
Don’t be surprised, I been had the courage laying dormant
With this win, I’m ‘bout to put a end to your torment