Mind Playin Tricks

By ANTHM

On When We Were Kings

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I think my mind playin tricks on me sittin in a crucial state

Starin at a crystal ball I think my future’s great

Am I hallucinatin? Whats the use of debatin

You see the moves I’m makin

I ain't talkn bout the money, the clothes, or anything in between

Its funny you chose what many people would think

But I think beyond that, I’m tryna keep my eye on where the time’s at

Soon we expire and then we climb back

To where we came from, not the woman that we got our name from

I’m talkn bout the strange one, death

The shit that people look at with a closed heart

Permanent vacay without the fckn postcards

I ain't tryna be morbid, I just know I can’t afford it

Lookin at life like we don’t get deported

I'm feelin too illegal, me and my crew of people too cerebral

To get caught up in the root of evil

But im sayin live fast and die young

As if i forget, yo that chapter might come

Livin for the moment til this rapper life is done

But wheres the nuggets of the wisdom ii should pass to my son

To influence him, am i glued to the right type?

Quite hyper, yeah the flute of the pied piper serenades

Hold my breath while it marinates

Can't look medusa in the eye so im wearin shades

And out of habit im grabbin a drink

As i think i can take a sneak peak while she blinks

The sensation that i describe's what i been facin

C'est la vie its temptation

I'm 25 aimin for the mainstage

I forget that my favorite rapper died at the same age

Lordy lord some perspective lets live the message

I best give attention to the rest if

I wanna show growth, a whole host of things that i hold close

Separatin me from most folks

But every now and then my mind stays playin tricks

Lookin at the life like damn i was made for this

Sip more drankin til im bangin chicks

Strip pole naked tits

Soon enough i'll be layin stiff

Right up in the dirt reflectin yo my life was incredibly bright

What the fuck's my legacy like

I ain't sayin that its one or the other

I'm just sayin man its one of the other

What am i treatin my youth as a cushion for

I dont wanna push the door, gettin to the end

Start actin like im bush and gore

Demandin recounts, openin my mouth tryna speak out

Time flies ngga gotta peace out