Dance with the Devil (Immortal Technique song)
"Dance with the Devil" is a song by American rapper Immortal Technique from his debut studio album Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001). Content The first part of the song tells the story of a young man named William "Billy" Jacobs. As narrated by Immortal Technique over a piano-driven instrumental, Billy grew up with no father and a mother who was a drug addict. Over time, he develops an ambition to become a "hustler" out of desire for money and respect. After getting jailed and confessing, he loses his street credibility and drops out of school to sell Cannabis full time. To rebuild his "respect", he begins to sell drugs and steal and makes a fortune selling Crack Cocaine, eventually attempting to join a gang to sell Blow. As part of an initiation, Billy engages in the gang's attack and violent rape of an innocent woman, whose shirt is covering her face. Billy pulls back her shirt, only to discover the victim is his mother, which leads him to commit suicide by jumping off the roof where the crime occurred. The gang then kills the woman. The story ends with the narrator revealing that he was one of the gang members who