Mind Playin' Tricks 94 Lyrics

Alone in my four cornered room Starin’ at candles Are we on the radio Dukes? Yeah, give it to me
Yeah, at night I can’t sleep I’m tossin’ and turnin’ I still got the candlesticks burnin’ It ain’t changed but it’s a different time And I’m still playin’ tricks with my mind
My mothers always stressin’ that I’m livin’ wrong But I got my Smith and Wesson 'cause I’m gettin’ grown And they're lookin’ at your little boys success And I been thinkin’, I’m dealin’ 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 stackin’ up a grip and they just started talkin’ 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 my one and only homie My mind was playin’ tricks on me My mind was playin’ tricks on me
Yeah, get up Dear diary I’m havin’ 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 puttin’ a price tag on a man’s word And it’s a fashion show, so the men flirt The world is endin’ so they try to make us switch fast And they openin’ up these churches for some quick cash
And usin’ the money fo’ they new cribs While brother Johnson just got kicked out where he lived I follow no man, 'cause man be phoney My mind was playin’ tricks on me 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 doin’ dope Can’t seem to keep my mind on a steady track I’m all about gettin’ mine so I study that
But it seems they want to get me So I try to keep my nine millimeter wit me Just in case they want to see a homies head blown But I got to stay around to see my kids grown
I finally found a woman who could deal wit me Back then I had a girl who wouldn’t real wit me And now she’s back with her old lady And now I got it goin’ on and they sure hate me
Now I’m a gone and she’s alone, yeah Her mind was playin’ 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