Mind Playing Tricks On Me

[00:09.27] At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn

[00:12.28] Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein' burned

[00:15.03] Four walls just starin' at a nigga

[00:17.55] I'm paranoid, sleepin' with my finger on the trigger

[00:20.02] My mother's always stressin' I ain't livin' right

[00:22.53] But I ain't goin' out without a fight

[00:25.03] See, every time my eyes close

[00:27.54] I start sweatin' and blood starts comin' out my nose

[00:30.28] Is somebody watchin' the Ak'?

[00:32.78] But I don't know who it is, so I'm watchin' my back

[00:35.53] I can see him when I'm deep in the covers

[00:38.04] When I awake I don't see the motherfucker

[00:40.79] He owns a black hat like I own

[00:43.04] A black suit and a cane like my own

[00:45.79] Some might say, "Take a chill, B."

[00:48.02] But fuck that shit! There's a nigga tryin' to kill me

[00:50.79] I'm poppin' in the clip when the wind blows

[00:53.29] Every 20 seconds got me peepin' out my window

[00:55.81] Investigatin' the joint for traps

[00:58.27] Checkin' my telephone for taps

[01:00.77] I'm starin' at the woman on the corner

[01:03.28] It's fucked up when your mind's playin' tricks on ya

[01:20.77] I make big money, I drive big cars

[01:23.04] Everybody know me; it's like I'm a movie star

[01:26.02] But late at night, somethin' ain't right

[01:28.29] I feel I'm bein' tailed by the same sucker's headlights

[01:31.02] Is it that fool that I ran off the block?

[01:33.54] Or is it that nigga last week that I shot?

[01:36.05] Or is it the one I beat for 5,000 dollars?

[01:38.53] Thought he had 'caine, but it was Gold Medal flour

[01:41.29] Reached under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers

[01:43.77] Ain't no use to me lyin', I was scareder than a motherfucker

[01:47.04] Hooked a left into Popeye's and bailed out quick

[01:50.29] If it's goin' down, let's get this shit over with

[01:52.02] Here they come, just like I figured

[01:54.53] I got my hand on the motherfuckin' trigger

[01:57.28] What I saw'll make your ass start gigglin'

[01:59.78] Three blind, crippled and crazy senior citizens

[02:02.28] I live by the sword

[02:04.77] I take my boys everywhere I go because I'm paranoid

[02:07.52] I keep lookin' over my shoulder and peepin' around corners

[02:10.77] My mind is playin' tricks on me

[02:27.54] Day by day it's more impossible to cope

[02:30.52] I feel like I'm the one that's doin' dope

[02:32.78] Can't keep a steady hand, because I'm nervous

[02:35.53] Every Sunday morning I'm in service

[02:38.29] Prayin' for forgiveness

[02:40.78] And tryin' to find an exit out the business

[02:43.52] I know the Lord is lookin' at me

[02:45.78] But yet and still, it's hard for me to feel happy

[02:48.29] I often drift when I drive

[02:50.78] Havin' fatal thoughts of suicide

[02:53.54] Bang and get it over with

[02:55.78] And then I'm worry-free, but that's bullshit

[02:58.52] I got a little boy to look after

[03:01.03] And if I die, then my child'll be a bastard

[03:03.53] I had a woman down with me

[03:06.03] But to me it seemed like she was down to get me

[03:08.78] She helped me out in this shit

[03:11.29] But to me she was just another bitch

[03:13.78] Now she's back with her mother

[03:16.28] Now I'm realizing that I love her

[03:19.29] Now I'm feelin' lonely

[03:22.02] My mind is playin' tricks on me

[03:39.04] This year, Halloween fell on a weekend

[03:42.28] Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin'

[03:45.02] Robbin' little kids for bags

[03:47.79] 'Til a lawman got behind our ass

[03:49.52] So we speeded up the pace

[03:52.04] Took a look back and he was right before our face

[03:54.77] He'd be in for a squabble, no doubt

[03:57.04] So I swung and hit the nigga in his mouth

[03:59.77] He was goin' down, we figured

[04:02.54] But this wasn't no ordinary nigga

[04:05.02] He stood about six or seven feet

[04:07.53] Now that's the nigga I be seein' in my sleep

[04:10.05] So we triple-teamed on him

[04:12.28] Droppin' them motherfuckin' B's on him

[04:15.53] The more I swung, the more blood flew

[04:17.78] Then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too

[04:20.30] Then I felt just like a fiend

[04:23.03] It wasn't even close to Halloween

[04:25.54] It was dark as fuck on the streets

[04:27.78] My hands were all bloody from punchin' on the concrete

[04:30.77] Goddamn, homie!

[04:33.54] My mind is playin' tricks on me