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The Devil You Know

X Ambassadors
on Need For Speed: Payback Soundtrack 

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X Ambassadors
Jun. 6, 20171 viewer20.6K views

The Devil You Know Lyrics

[Verse]
The devil you know
The devil you know
The devil you don't
'Cause it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't
Cause wherever you go
Wherever you go
With the devil you know you're never alone
But it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't

[Chorus]
Yeah, ayyy
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know

[Verse]
The devil you know
The devil you know
The devil you don't
'Cause it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't
Cause wherever you go
Wherever you go
With the devil you know you're never alone
But it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't
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[Chorus]
Yeah, ayyy
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know

[Bridge]
Make that money pile up baby, pile up higher
Make that money pile up, make it pile up higher
Make that money pile up baby, miles higher
Make that money pile up baby, pile up higher

[Chorus]
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know

[Verse]
The devil you know
The devil you know
The devil you don't
'Cause it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't
Cause wherever you go
Wherever you go
With the devil you know you're never alone
But it's better to know the devil you know
Than the devil you don't
[Chorus]
Yeah, ayyy (The devil you know)
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know
Ohh, Ohh, Ohh oh-oh-oh
The devil you know

[Bridge]
Make that money pile up baby, pile up higher
Make that money pile up, make it pile up higher (The devil you know)
Make that money pile up baby, miles higher
Make that money pile up baby, pile up higher (The devil you know)

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“The Devil You Know” is the third surprise release of 2017 by X Ambassadors and was released a day after the trailer for “American Made”, where the song plays for the majority of the trailer.

It follows “Hoping” and “Torches” and their Gold-Certified debut album VHS.

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Need For Speed: Payback Soundtrack (2017)
Need for Speed
  1. Trap And A Dream
  2. Rebels
  3. The Way You Used to Do
  4. Watch Me
  5. The Choreographer
  6. Perplexing Pegasus
  7. Lights Out
  8. MICHUUL.
  9. I Win
  10. Black Wave
  11. Daytona
  12. Ascension
  13. Burning Man
  14. Power
  15. Pink Up
  16. Panther Like a Panther (Miracle Mix)
  17. Unholy War
  18. Raplord
  19. Upstart (Road Trip)
  20. 3 Wheel-Ups
  21. I Was Just a Kid
  22. Kicks
  23. Play Dead (Avelino x Raf Riley Remix)
  24. Gravedigger
  25. Kerala
  26. Systematic
  27. Return of the Rucksack
  28. Boiling Point
  29. 11 Acre
  30. Flipping Cars
  31. Kleine Jongen
  32. Liberty Mother
  33. Original Raggamuffin
  34. Silver Heat
  35. In My Mind
  36. Fast Change
  37. LEAN BACK
  38. The Devil You Know
  39. Hard Liquor
  40. Buy and Sell
  41. This Moment
Credits
Producer
Writer
Release Date
June 6, 2017
The Devil You Know Interpolations
Tags
RockPop
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