Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Geto Boys Lyrics

I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles
I'm alone in a room, looking at candles.

At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn
I can't sleep at night and feel restless.

Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies being burned
In the dark, I see candlesticks and imagine people being burned.

Four walls just staring at a nigga
I feel like the walls are watching me.

I'm paranoid, sleeping with my finger on the trigger
I'm afraid and sleep with my finger on the trigger of a gun.

My mother's always stressin' I ain't living right
My mother always tells me that I'm not living a good life.

But I ain't goin' out without a fight
I'm not going to give up easily if someone tries to harm me.

See, every time my eyes close
Whenever I close my eyes.

I start sweating and blood starts coming out my nose
I start sweating and bleeding from my nose.

It's somebody watching the Ak'
Someone is watching me, but I don't know who it is.

But I don't know who it is so I'm watching my back
I'm cautious and aware of my surroundings.

I can see him when I'm deep in the covers
I can see him when I'm in bed and covered with blankets.

When I awake I don't see the motherfucker
When I wake up, I don't see the person.

Some might say take a chill, B
Some might suggest that I calm down.

But fuck that shit, there's a nigga trying to kill me
I don't care, there's someone who wants to kill me.

I'm popping in the clip when the wind blows
I'm getting my gun ready whenever I hear a noise.

Every twenty seconds got me peeping out my window
I'm checking out the window every twenty seconds.

Investigating the joint for traps
I'm searching for any potential traps or dangers.

Checking my telephone for taps
I'm checking my phone for any listening devices.

I'm staring at the woman on the corner
I'm suspicious and watching the woman standing on the street corner.

It's fucked up when your mind's playing tricks on ya
It's frustrating when your mind makes you paranoid and scared.

I make big money
I earn a lot of money.

I drive big cars
I own expensive cars.

Everybody know me
Many people know who I am.

It's like I'm a movie star
People treat me like a celebrity.

But late at night something ain't right
I feel uncomfortable and uneasy at night.

I feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's headlights
I feel like someone is following me in their car.

Is it that fool that I ran off the block
Could it be the person I previously chased away?

Or is it that nigga last week that I shot
Could it be the person I shot last week?

Or is it the one I beat for five thousand dollars
Could it be the one I took money from?

Thought he had caine but it was Gold Medal flour
I thought the person had drugs, but it was flour.

Ain't no use to me lying
There's no point in lying.

I was scareder than a motherfucker
I was extremely scared.

Hooked a left into Popeye's and bailed out quick
I turned left and quickly left the area.

If it's going down let's get this shit over with
If something is going to happen, let it happen quickly.

Here they come just like I figured
They showed up, as I expected.

I got my hand on the motherfucking trigger
I have my hand on the gun trigger.

What I saw'll make your ass start giggling
What I saw will make you laugh.

Three blind, crippled and crazy senior citizens
I saw three old, disabled and insane people.

I live by the sword
I believe in fighting and living dangerously.

I take my boys everywhere I go because I'm paranoid
I bring my friends with me everywhere because I'm paranoid and scared.

I keep looking over my shoulder and peeping around corners
I constantly check my surroundings, looking for potential dangers.

My mind is playing tricks on me
I'm paranoid and my thoughts are making me scared.

Day by day it's more impossible to cope
Dealing with life gets harder every day.

I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope
I feel like I'm addicted to drugs, even though I'm not.

Can't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous
I can't keep my hands steady because I'm anxious.

Every Sunday morning I'm in service
Every Sunday morning I attend church.

Praying for forgiveness
I pray to be forgiven for my sins.

And trying to find an exit out the business
I'm trying to find a way out of my current situation.

I know the Lord is lookin' at me
I believe that God is watching me.

But yet and still it's hard for me to feel happy
Despite this, I find it hard to be happy.

I often drift when I drive
I often get distracted while driving.

Having fatal thoughts of suicide
I'm having thoughts of killing myself.

Bang and get it over with
Shoot myself to end it quickly.

And then I'm worry-free, but that's bullshit
I'll be free of worries but that's not true.

I got a little boy to look after
I have a son that I need to take care of.

And if I died then my child would be a bastard
If I died, my son would be fatherless.

I had a woman down with me
I had a girlfriend who supported me.

But to me it seemed like she was down to get me
I felt like she was trying to harm me.

She helped me out in this shit
She assisted me in my troubles.

But to me she was just another bitch
But I lost respect for her and think of her poorly.

Now she's back with her mother
She's gone back to live with her mother.

Now I'm realizing that I love her
Now I see that I have feelings for her.

Now I'm feeling lonely
Now that she's gone, I feel alone.

My mind is playing tricks on me
My thoughts are making me feel paranoid and scared.

This year Halloween fell on a weekend
This year, Halloween was on the weekend.

Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating
Me and the Geto Boys are going trick-or-treating.

Robbing little kids for bags
We're stealing candy bags from kids.

'Til a old man got behind our ass
Until an old man started chasing us.

So we speeded up the pace
We started running faster.

Took a look back and he was right before our face
We turned our heads and he was very close to us.

He'd be in for a squabble no doubt
A fight with him was inevitable.

So I swung and hit the nigga in his mouth
I punched him in the face.

He was going down we figured
We thought he was going to fall down.

But this wasn't no ordinary nigga
But he was not an ordinary person.

He stood about six or seven feet
He was extremely tall.

Now that's the nigga I'd be seeing in my sleep
That's the person that appears in my dreams at night.

So we triple-teamed on him
We all started attacking him at the same time.

Dropping them motherfucking B's on him
We used vulgar language and insults against him.

The more I swung, the more blood flew
The more I punched, the more blood splattered.

Then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too
He disappeared, and so did my friends.

Then I felt just like a fiend
I felt like a drug addict.

It wasn't even close to Halloween
It wasn't even close to Halloween anymore.

It was dark as fuck on the streets
It was extremely dark outside.

My hands were all bloody, from punching on the concrete
My hands were covered in blood from punching the ground.

Goddamn, homie
This is terrible, man.

My mind is playing tricks on me
My thoughts are making me feel paranoid and scared.