Paranoid
M. Watts Lyrics

The shots rang out
Gunshots were heard.

I went to the closet to get the thang out
I retrieved a weapon from the closet.

Heavily armed my intention was to blow the next brain out
I was prepared to kill the person who caused the commotion.

I had it cocked before I got to the door
I was ready to shoot before I even saw who was causing the disturbance.

Who da why da and why the fuck they doin' this for
I was confused and scared about the situation.

Them niggas spook me I'm either trippin' or they tryna shoot me
I was scared and thought someone might be trying to shoot me.

I close my eyes and let the bullets fly loosely and unloaded
I panicked and started shooting randomly.

The front door exploded
The door was forced open.

The barrel started burning my hand and I couldn't hold it
The gun's barrel got hot and I had trouble holding onto it.

Still I reloaded, and got another round first
Despite the pain, I reloaded my gun.

It seems like these always pre-rehearsed
It felt like this was planned in advance.

The date in front of me had read 12:30 first
I noticed the time on the clock before everything happened.

Who woulda thought these gunshots were loud fireworks
I didn't expect the gunshots to be real.

The screams got louder, the crowd got bigger
People started gathering and reacting to the situation.

Somebody screamed,'Oh I think he killed that nigga'
Someone thought that I had killed someone.

I dropped the trigger, my heart beat, and my knees got excessively weak
I was overwhelmed and scared.

Look I can feel this shit, yet I'm still hopen' I sleep
I was in shock and couldn't believe what was happening.

I seen his back full of holes and his blood was fresh
I saw the victim's back with gunshot wounds and blood.

I could smell death creeping through his inacine flesh
I could sense the smell of death from the victim's body.

I flipped him over, and feeled what I might soon discover
I turned the victim over to see who it was.

Tears fell, oh fuck this was my brother
I realized that the victim was my own brother and started crying.

On Clearview, I took a look through the rear-view
I looked back through the car's rear-view mirror.

It was some niggas that my homie fear knew
There were some people following us that my friend recognized.

But I wasn't cool with 'em, as matter fact I didn't fool with 'em
I didn't like or trust these people.

I speed it up, they either followin' Mac, or they just weadig
I drove faster, but they were still following us.

I took a left, and they follow
I turned left, but they continued to follow us.

I told my brother get the hollows, these niggas probably got a problo
I instructed my brother to get the guns, as these people might cause a problem.

I'm way across town, some unknown ground
I was far from home and in an unfamiliar area.

Paranoid, me and my dawg, we duckin' through the Southern Falls
I was scared and hiding with my friend in a dangerous area.

Them niggas 6 deep in the Land Rover Jeep creepin'
Those people were in a group of six and driving a Land Rover.

They fuckin' up my weekend, I started cussin' like a Puerto Rican
Those people were ruining my weekend and making me angry.

I'm headed back to the N.O. comin' from B.R.
I was driving back to New Orleans from Baton Rouge.

I just done did me a show
I had just finished performing.

Them niggas know I probably got the dough so
Those people knew that I probably had money with me.

They figure they can just fake me, and dump me off in yo
They thought they could rob me and leave me somewhere.

Bitches you crazy
I thought their plan was ridiculous.

I stepped on the gas, but they crept on they ass
I hit the gas, but they were still following us.

This shit is happenin' fast
Everything was happening quickly and chaotically.

My brother blast at the cows through the sun-roof
My brother fired shots through the car's sunroof.

A innocent bird drop
A bird fell from the sky and died from the gunshots.

But that was just tah let the niggas know we had the glock
We fired shots to show those people that we had guns too.

But they didn't stop
Those people were still following us.

I seen the Superdome, I'm almost home
I saw the Superdome and knew I was close to home.

I told my brother to give me the cellphone to call my niggas
I asked my brother for the phone so I could call my friends.

We bein' chased by these upamillas
We were being chased by dangerous people.

They probably tryna kill us
We thought those people were trying to kill us.

I can't shake 'em, I might just have tah break 'em
I couldn't get rid of them and thought I might have to fight them.

They told me not tah sweat it, 'cause they was retracedid
My friends told me not to worry because they had my back.

If you 'bout bein' harder than harder
If you're trying to be tough.

Then we got them thangs so sweat it
We have guns, so don't worry.

I felt relieved as I turned on Generaltila
I felt better when I drove onto General Taylor street.

I saw my niggas pop out a store in a black impilla
I saw my friends come out of a store in a black Impala car.

So I popped to, then I jumped out
I pulled up next to them and got out of my car.

I opened up the trunk and got the funk out
I opened the trunk and got the guns out.

And I told them niggas jump out
I instructed my friends to get out of their car.

They opened up the doors slowly, raised they hands
My friends slowly opened their car doors with their hands up.

They say they follow me 'cause they was Mac's number one fans
Those people said they were following me because they were my biggest fans.

And all they wanted was some autographs, I dropped the gat
They just wanted autographs, so I put the guns down.

And started laugh, but why you muthafuckas went tah stop the pad
I laughed, but I was still upset that those people followed us.

You got a nigga paranoid
Those people made me scared and paranoid.

And I'm slippin', and I'm trippin', and I'm dippin'
I was acting paranoid and unstable.

Fuck
An exclamation of frustration or anger.