Are we on the radio dukes?
 Awww 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 so I'm gettin' grown
 And their 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 was my one and only homie
 My mind was playin' tricks on me
 My mind was playin' tricks on me

 Yeah

 Dear diary I'm havin' a little trouble 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 their 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

 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 woman 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
 hahahaha, 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 me Face
 My mind was playin' tricks on me