Midnight
A Tribe Called Quest

The night is on 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

There're 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

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 till 105

Then he finally realized that honey 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

You know the transaction, brothas gettin' lost in the weed satisfaction

Comin' down the block man loud as you would swear Red Man

Was inside the trunk as the night seemed darker, cops is on a hunt

They interrupt ya cipher, and crush your 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 you 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 the night is on my mind

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 the 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


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