Midnight Lyrics
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#118;>Q-tip:<br />The night is my mind<br />The sun’ll still shine<br />But the night is on my mind<br />So parlay while I drop this rhyme<br /><br />See, jake be gettin illy when the sun get dark<br />They be comin out the heads, but shit don’t let me start<br />Their activities are plenty in nighttime(nighttime)<br />For the ghetto child, it seems to be the right time<br />See, kids be gettin stuck with jewels and fly gimmicks<br />Shorty see the action and then start to mimic<br />Runnin to the corner, the dice game is blazin<br />Lookin at the loot, it seems so amazin<br />Puts it short down, to be exact would bound<br />He shakes the stones in his hand, then he lets it down(uh!)<br />Scam money don’t make none<br />He threw a trip on the ace, now he’s out son<br />Hits the local bodega to woof down a hero<br />Son is on a ’midnight run’ like de niro<br />Spots the shorty rock standin on his block<br />The thieves be handlin in the pumps,so he asked it it’s not<br />Conversation that he kicked to the shorty was a sly one<br />Increased intensity, his dance sure was a fly one<br />Took her to the crib there she ran her gibs<br />About mind upliftment and bein positive<br />He yawned and he sighed til 1:05<br />Then he finally realized that hunny wasn’t live<br />At least he didn’t plan on buildin for the evenin’<br />Threw the fila on the dome and said ’come on yo, we leavin’<br />Came out on the scene as he told her to beep him<br />Saw his man sam with the blunt in his hand<br />(aww shhh...!!!)you know the transaction<br />Brothas gettin lost in the weed satisfaction<br />Comin down the block man loud as (fuck)<br />You would swear redman was inside the trunk<br />As the night seemed darker, cops is on a hunt<br />They interrupt ya cipher, and crush ya blunt<br />See you left your work at home, so they pat you down for nuthin<br />Why in the hell does 10-4 keep frontin? <br />You push to the park, even though it’s still dark<br />The kid is nice on the hoop, he said ’I’ll spot ya troop’<br /><br />The night is on my mind<br />The sun’ll still shine<br />But now the night is on my mind, the night is on the mind<br />The night is on your mind<br />A yo, the sun’ll still shine<br />But now the night is on the mind<br />As for me...<br /><br />I’m a nocturnal animal, God concentrates<br />On a young black man, who makes the niggaz speak a shake<br />The nighttime is busy, it’s word to aunt kizzy<br />It’s the time we get down, yo son, you know the sound<br />The flavas on the top with the rugged beat to back it<br />The night makes the aura and the j can’t hack it<br />The way the moon dangles in the midnight sky<br />And the stars dance around, a yo, I think it’s fly<br />Intensity, most rappers don’t see it<br />Spirit wise, musically, you gotta be it<br />Serenity and sirens of the sounds and emotions<br />In the concrete jungle and the sun don’t bungle<br />I think it’s hard to find the words on how I feel<br />I paid about a deuce twenty for the ampex steel<br />But let me slow down, I think I ran my gibs enough<br />Peace out to the nation, stay rugged and rough<br /><br />The night is on my mind, the sun’ll still shine<br />The night is on my mind, the night is on my mind<br />The night is on my mind, yeah, the sun’ll still shine<br />But now, uh huh, the night is on my mind<br />The night is on your mind, you know the sun’ll still shine<br />But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on my mind<br />The night is on the mind, a yo, the sun’ll still shine<br />But now the night is on the mind, yeah, the night is on the mind<br />The night is on the mind, a yo, the sun’ll still shine<br />