Q-Tip: 
The night is my mind 
The sun'll still shine 
But the night is on my mind 
So parlay while I drop this rhyme 

See, Jake be gettin illy when the sun get dark 
They be comin out the heads, but shit don't let me start 
Their activities are plenty in nighttime(nighttime) 
For the ghetto child, it seems to be the right time 
See, kids be gettin stuck with jewels and fly gimmicks 
Shorty see the action and then start to mimic 
Runnin to the corner, the dice game is blazin 
Lookin at the loot, it seems so amazin 
Puts it short down, to be exact would bound 
He shakes the stones in his hand, then he lets it down(uh!) 
Scam money don't make none 
He threw a trip on the ace, now he's out son 
Hits the local bodega to woof down a hero 
Son is on a 'Midnight Run' like De Niro 
Spots the shorty rock standin on his block 
The thieves be handlin in the pumps,so he asked it it's not 
Conversation that he kicked to the shorty was a sly one 
Increased intensity, his dance sure was a fly one 
Took her to the crib there she ran her gibs 
About mind upliftment and bein positive 
He yawned and he sighed til 1:05 
Then he finally realized that hunny wasn't live 
At least he didn't plan on buildin for the evenin' 
Threw the Fila on the dome and said 'Come on yo, we leavin' 
Came out on the scene as he told her to beep him 
Saw his man Sam with the blunt in his hand 
(Aww Shhh...!!!)You know the transaction 
Brothas gettin lost in the weed satisfaction 
Comin down the block man loud as (fuck) 
You would swear Redman was inside the trunk 
As the night seemed darker, cops is on a hunt 
They interrupt ya cipher, and crush ya blunt 
See you left your work at home, so they pat you down for nuthin 
Why in the hell does 10-4 keep frontin? 
You push to the park, even though it's still dark 
The kid is nice on the hoop, he said 'I'll spot ya troop' 

The night is on my mind 
The sun'll still shine 
But now the night is on my mind, the night is on the mind 
The night is on your mind 
A yo, the sun'll still shine 
But now the night is on the mind 
As for me... 

I'm a nocturnal animal, God concentrates 
On a young black man, who makes the niggaz speak a shake 
The nighttime is busy, it's word to Aunt Kizzy 
It's the time we get down, yo son, you know the sound 
The flavas on the top with the rugged beat to back it 
The night makes the aura and the J can't hack it 
The way the moon dangles in the midnight sky 
And the stars dance around, a yo, I think it's fly 
Intensity, most rappers don't see it 
Spirit wise, musically, you gotta be it 
Serenity and sirens of the sounds and emotions 
In the concrete jungle and the sun don't bungle 
I think it's hard to find the words on how I feel 
I paid about a deuce twenty for the Ampex steel 
But let me slow down, I think I ran my gibs enough 
Peace out to the Nation, stay rugged and rough 

The night is on my mind, the sun'll still shine 
The night is on my mind, the night is on my mind 
The night is on my mind, yeah, the sun'll still shine 
But now, uh huh, the night is on my mind 
The night is on your mind, you know the sun'll still shine 
But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on my mind 
The night is on the mind, a yo, the sun'll still shine 
But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on the mind 
The night is on the mind, a yo, the sun'll still shine