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