[00:16.402]The night is my mind
[00:18.946]The sun'll still shine
[00:21.499]But the night is on my mind
[00:23.275]So parlay while I drop this rhyme
[00:25.430]See, Jake be gettin' illy when the sun get dark
[00:27.844]They be comin' out the heads, but sh*t don't let me start
[00:30.479]Their activities are plenty in nighttime (Nighttime)
[00:32.901]For the ghetto child, it seems to be the right time
[00:35.482]See, kids be gettin' stuck with jewels and fly gimmicks
[00:38.420]Shorty see the action and then start to mimic
[00:40.846]Runnin' to the corner , the dice game is blazin'
[00:43.245]Lookin' at the loot , it seems so amazin'
[00:45.804]Puts it short down , to be exact would bound
[00:48.213]He shakes the stones in his hand , then he lets it down (Uh!)
[00:51.166]Scam money don't make none
[00:53.295]He threw a trip on the ace, now he's out son
[00:55.725]Hits the local bodega to woof down a hero
[00:58.457]Son is on a 'Midnight t Run' like De Niro
[01:01.139]Spots the shorty rock standin' on his block
[01:03.496]The thieves be handlin' in the pumps , so he asked it it's not
[01:05.923]Conversation that he kicked to the shorty was a sly one
[01:08.907]Increased intensity , his dance sure was a fly one
[01:11.456]Took her to the crib there she ran her gibs
[01:13.680]About mind upliftment and bein' positive
[01:16.151]He yawned and he sighed 'til 1:05
[01:18.682]Then he finally realized that hunny wasn't live
[01:21.201]At least he didn't plan on buildin' for the evenin'
[01:23.810]Threw the Fila on the dome and said come on yo, we leavin'
[01:26.452]Came out on the scene as he told her to beep him
[01:29.115]Saw his man Sam with the blunt in his hand
[01:31.576](Aww Shhh ...!) You know the transaction
[01:34.050]Brothas gettin' lost in the weed satisfaction
[01:36.611]Comin' down the block man loud as (F*ck)
[01:38.916]You would swear Redman was inside the trunk
[01:41.506]As the night seemed darker, cops is on a hunt
[01:44.207]They interrupt ya cipher, and crush ya blunt
[01:46.691]See you left your work at home , so they pat you down for nuthin'
[01:49.160]Why in the hel does 10-4 keep frontin'?
[01:51.854]You push to the park, even though it's still dark
[01:54.257]The kid is nice on the hoop, he said "I'll s spot ya troop"
[01:58.614]The night is on my mind
[02:00.503]The sun'll stilI shine
[02:02.737]But now the night is on my mind, the night is on the mind
[02:08.150]The night is on your mind
[02:10.630]Ay yo, the sun'll still shine
[02:13.065]But now the night is on the mind
[02:15.955]As for me ...
[02:17.100]l'm a nocturnal animal, God concentrates
[02:19.660]On a young black man, who makes the ni**as speak a sh*t
[02:22.330]The nighttime is busy, it's word to Aunt Kizzy
[02:24.854]It's the time we get down, yo son, you know the sound
[02:27.284]The flavas on the top with the rugged beat to back it
[02:29.939]The night makes the aura and the J can't hack it
[02:32.462]The way the moon dangles in the midnight sky
[02:34.807]And the stars dance around, ay yo, I think it's fly
[02:37.300]Intensity, most rappers don't see it
[02:40.052]Spirit wise, musicaly, you gotta be it
[02:42.605]Serenity and sirens of the sounds and emotions
[02:45.074]In the concrete jungle and the sun don't bungle
[02:47.566]I think it's hard to find the words on how I feel
[02:50.093]I paid about a deuce twenty for the Ampex steel
[02:52.547]But let me slow down, I think I ran my gibs enough
[02:55.051]Peace out to the Nation, stay rugged and rough
[03:08.533]The night is on my mind, the sun'll still shine
[03:14.210]The night is on my mind, the night is on my mind
[03:19.280]The night is on my mind, yeah, the sun'll still shine
[03:23.551]But now the night is on the mind, uh huh, the night is on my mind
[03:29.422]The night is on your mind, you know the sun'll still shine
[03:34.495]But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on my mind
[03:39.615]The night is on the mind, ay yo, the sun'll still shine
[03:44.372]But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on the mind
[03:49.516]The night is on the mind, ay yo, the sun'll still shine
[04:01.296]Did you know, the rate of A black and hispanic community is rising [?]
[04:11.496]Education is probably for slowing it down