Earth, Wind & Fire

Released: October 13, 1987

Songwriter: Allee Willis Attala Zane Giles Philip Bailey

Producer: Maurice White

He gets wild at night
Gotta sleep all day
'Cause he's wound so tight
Blowing his brains away
He's in the land of the free
And he wants to be
Someone they all say will make good
But what's reality when you're from the hood?
It's evil, huh, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Evil, Evil Roy, who's fooling who?
Don't you know Evil, Evil Roy
Someone's watching you?

Well he's got no job so he's peddling fear
Tryin' to push so hard
No way out of here
It's just the law of the street
Too much heat
Pressure cooker gonna explode
But where you gonna be
If you lose control?
It's evil, huh, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Chorus)

[Bridge]
Well can't you see that your way
Is going nowhere fast?
And your time is just running out?
And fighting fire with fire
It will never pass
If evil's what your life's about

[Out Chorus]
When you take, never giving
Hide the pain
You stop living

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of the 20th century.

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