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