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[00:16.50] The night is on my mind
[00:18.95] The sun’ll still shine
[00:21.30] But the night is on my mind
[00:23.05] So parlay while I drop this rhyme
[00:25.10] See, jake be gettin’ illy when the sun get dark
[00:27.70] He be comin’ out for heads, but shit, don’t let me start
[00:30.20] There’s activities a-plenty in the nighttime (Nighttime)
[00:32.70] For the ghetto child, it seem to be the right time
[00:35.25] See, kids be gettin’ stuck with jewels or fly gimmicks
[00:38.10] Shorty see the action and then start to mimic
[00:40.70] Runnin’ to the corner, the dice game is blazin’
[00:43.20] Lookin’ at the loot, it seems so amazin’
[00:45.70] Puts the short down, to be exact, one pound
[00:47.90] He shakes the stones in his hand, then he lets it down, uh
[00:51.05] Scared money don’t make none
[00:52.95] He threw a trip on the ace, now he’s out, son
[00:55.55] Hits the local bodega to wolf down a gyro
[00:58.45] Son is on a midnight run like De Niro
[01:00.95] Spots a shorty rock standin’ on his block
[01:03.10] The fiends be houndin’ him to pump, so he adds to his knot
[01:05.80] Conversation that he kicked to the shorty was a sly one
[01:08.55] Increased intensity, ‘cause damn, she was a fly one
[01:11.15] Took her to the crib, there she ran her jibs
[01:13.30] About mind upliftment and bein’ positive
[01:16.15] He yawned and he sighed ‘til 1:05
[01:18.40] Then he finally realized the honey wasn’t live
[01:21.20] At least he didn’t plan on buildin’ for the evening
[01:23.55] Threw the FILA on the dome and said, “Come on, yo, we leavin’.”
[01:26.40] Came out on the scene as he told her to beep him
[01:28.90] Saw his man, Stan, with the blunt in his hand
[01:31.40] (Aww, shh) You know the transaction
[01:34.00] Brothers gettin’ lost in the weed satisfaction
[01:36.55] Comin’ down the block, man, loud as—
[01:38.75] You would swear Redman was inside the truck
[01:41.25] As the night seemed darker, cops is on the hunt
[01:44.05] They interrupt your cipher, and crush your blunt
[01:46.40] See, you left your work at home, so they pat you down for nothin’
[01:49.25] Why in the hell does 10-4 keep frontin’?
[01:51.65] You push to the park even though it’s still dark
[01:53.90] The kid is nice on the hoop, he said, “I’ll spot you troop.”
[01:58.00] The night is on my mind
[02:00.55] The sun’ll still shine
[02:02.75] But now the night is on the mind
[02:05.60] The night is on the mind
[02:08.20] The night is on your mind
[02:10.40] Ayo, the sun’ll still shine
[02:12.95] But now the night is on the mind
[02:16.20] As for me, I’m a nocturnal animal, God concentrates
[02:19.45] On a young black man who makes the niggas’ speakers shake
[02:22.20] The nighttime is busy, it’s word to Aunt Kizzy
[02:24.55] It’s the time we get down, yo, son, you know the sound
[02:27.25] The flavas on the top with the rugged beat to back it
[02:29.75] The night makes the aura and the jake can’t hack it
[02:32.30] The way the moon dangles in the midnight sky
[02:34.65] And the stars dance around, ayo, I think it’s fly
[02:37.35] Intensity, most rappers don’t see it
[02:39.95] Spirit-wise, musically, you gotta be it
[02:42.40] Serenity and silence of the sounds and emotions
[02:44.80] In the concrete jungle when the sun don’t bungle
[02:47.50] I think it’s hard to find the words on how I feel
[02:49.80] I paid about a deuce-twenty for the Ampex steel
[02:52.30] But let me slow down, I think I ran my jibs enough
[02:54.90] Peace out to the Nation, stay rugged and rough
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[03:09.15] The night is on my mind
[03:11.65] The sun’ll still shine, huh
[03:14.15] The night is on my mind
[03:16.75] The night is on my mind
[03:19.25] The night is on my mind
[03:21.40] Yeah, the sun’ll still shine
[03:24.00] But now the night is on my mind
[03:26.50] Uh-huh, the night is on my mind
[03:29.45] The night is on your mind
[03:31.60] You know the sun’ll still shine
[03:34.10] But now the night is on the mind
[03:36.70] Yeah, the night is on the mind
[03:39.55] The night is on the mind
[03:41.70] Ayo, the sun’ll still shine
[03:44.30] But now the night is on the mind
[03:46.85] Yeah, the night is on the mind
[03:49.70] The night is on the mind
[03:51.90] Ayo, the sun’ll still shine
[03:53.80] ...
[04:01.95] Did you know that the rate of aids in the black and hispanic community is rising at an alarming rate?
[04:11.60] Education is proper means for slowing it down
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