Mind Playin' Tricks 94

I sit alone in my four cornered room starin' at candles

Are we on the radio, Dukes?

Ah yeah, give it to me

Yeah

At night I can't sleep

I'm tossing and turning

I still got the candlesticks burning

It ain't changed, but it's a different time

And I'm still playing tricks with my mind

My mother's always stressing that I'm living wrong

But I got my Smith and Wesson 'cause I'm getting grown

And they're looking at your little boy's success

And I been thinking, I'm dealing with too much stress

So, I stay up on my P's and Q's

And watch out for the G's and fools

'Cause the homies that I thought I had

See me stacking up a grip

And they just started talking bad

So I stay away from outsiders

And when I roll through, it makes 'em open they mouth wider

I used to think that you was my one and only homie

My mind was playin' tricks on me

Uh

My mind was playin' tricks on me

Yeah

Dear diary, I'm having a little problem with my mind state

How many bullets would it take to change my mind? Wait

Sometimes I want to end it, but I don't though

They tell me, see my pastor, but I don't go

'Cause they all be on this one street

So, I take it on myself to thank him one deep

And give my money to the most needy

And never put it in the hands of the most greedy

'Cause they're putting a price tag on the man's word

And it's a fashion show, so the men flirt

The world is ending, so they try to make us switch fast

And they opening up these churches for some quick cash

And using the money for they new cribs

While brother Johnson just got kicked out where he lived

I follow no man, 'cause man be phony

My mind was playin' tricks on me

Uh

My mind was playin' tricks on me

Yeah

Day by day it's more impossible to cope

I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope

Can't seem to keep my mind on a steady track

I'm all about getting mine, so I study that

But it seems they want to get me

So, I try to keep my 9 millimeter with me

Just in case they want to see a homie's head blown

But I got to stay around to see my kids grown

I finally found a woman who could deal with me

Back then I had a girl who wasn't real with me

And now she's back with her old lady

And now I got it going on, and they sure hate me

Now I'm a gone and she's alone

Her mind was playing tricks on her

One time for your motherfuckin' mind

Bringin' it back like this here

1-9-9-1 all the way to the 1-9-9-4 and they call me Face

Yeah

My mind was playin' tricks on me