Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Urban Radio Version) - Clean

Clean re-recorded version of the Geto Boys finest. Untouchable.

[@JohnDoe-le7ml]

you can tell when a song goes hard when you can release a clean version and it loses nothing.

[@olschoolTonyCarter]

Mc Eiht is another rapper who also have good clean edits.

[@memodelgadillo7208]

Better than that: the song is so hard the clean edit is better than the original!

[@alexduran9502]

Bro frfr

[@BassyBKNY]

Always felt this clean edit is far better. The vocals are felt more for some reason. Maybe it's because they sound vulnerable. Yeah that's it. Brings more realism to the situations. Very dope

[@TheWundaman71]

The clean version is cool

[@GD-lv8cc]

One of the few radio edits with better lyrics than the explicit version.

[@Dilexwunrecords]

Yes! It proves rappers can use creative words in their lyrics without using profanity. And at least rappers back then made complete edit versions not just blanking out the cuss words!

[@mybetterelf]

+Tameka Harris I always assumed the radio edit was the original, and they rerecorded the explicit version. "It was dark as death on the streets" vs. "It was dark as f--- on the streets" -- the explicit seems so forced. Wish the radio edit was available commercially now.

[@blasoflannigan2357]

Nah.. I just like that 5ward Bs part.. But the explicit version still goes harder..

[@danielramos6893]

+Greg Dyken Absolutely.

[@DBNKNUCK]

+Greg Dyken Completely agree. Also shows the real talent of artists who can re-work their song like this!

[@chris1pdx]

The clean version makes you focus on the lyrics and the hopelessness and pain that are behind them, and not be distracted by the gratuitous profanity.

[@PapaSmurf11182nd]

The profanity has a point to it. But when you are forced to change it, it shows the talent of the songwriters to remake it the way it was.

[@joshnippleton3449]

The profanity is the main focus when YOU make it the main focus! Its like the only thing your brain focuses on because your whole life you've been taught to feel uncomfortable when someone curses.

[@jtika1978]

It wasn’t really gratuitous but wouldn’t want my kids listening to it

[@YhwhKhaiMostHigh]

@@joshnippleton3449 That was stupid! It doesn't take much creativity throwing F bombs every other sentence. Shut up! The 80's had real lyricists not like this crap today!

[@joshnippleton3449]

@@YhwhKhaiMostHigh It's an expression of emotion and is in the dictionary for a reason. You don't like it, go listen to nursery rhymes or some shit if it triggers you that bad.

[@GarwinWayne]

One of the best songs in rap music history.

[@forlornxa]

🔥

[@s3xyn0sfera2]

Damn straight

[@aaronflowers8881]

Definitely

[@thsu8]

Too Short’s The Ghetto is up there too

[@marycampbell3114]

The best ever!

[@DJaySplitSecond]

They lyrically killed this song, the delivery was ahead of it's time!

[@jerryhenson3916]

This is the version I grew up with. Hands down, any version of this song is one of the absolute best tracks ever written, recorded, and released.

[@sherkiasmith6256]

This was my Uncle Will favorite song I let him hear it while he was about to take his last breath he just died Sunday R.I.P Uncle Will.

[@billwall2916]

R.I.P u will see him heaven

[@forlornxa]

💯💯💯💯💯💯😭

[@JohnDoe-iq3zr]

Sherkia Smith yeah I feel y'all my grandmothers Angie and Helen past years back I listened to this after their department maybe your uncle may have meet them

[@solafive7245]

Sherkia Smith😞😞😞

[@batman2k_428]

Sherkia Smith SORRY For Your LOST

[@Lovelymiz]

I will always love this song! The clean version is absolutely the BEST!

[@stephanieallen5267]

Always liked this version better as well

[@txtrang2515]

This version can be played at work & you won't be in trouble 😊

[@Lovelymiz]

The clean version is The Best - clever lyrics, excellent lyrical linkage, no N-word, etc.!!!!!!

[@Tobor66]

clean version is the best hands down!

[@AVG336]

At 1:32 He correlates the bad things that he did to others to his absence of peace of mind and paranoia. Valuable lesson taught by this song.

[@TheWundaman71]

The people he screwed over could very well be seeking revenge.

[@Yankeerex]

Wow. For years i tought i was the only that liked the clean version. Oh man, oh man... my mind is playin tricks on me... lol

[@marvinbarrera2856]

Me too! Cool to see so many people agree

[@Donscottmusic]

This song used to scare the hell out of me when I was a little kid. This was the exact version that I remember. My cousin recorded this song from the radio onto a cassette (remember those?) lol Good times...

[@justinoliver5293]

why

[@Amatullah.574]

🤣

[@itsyourmomsgf1472]

@@Amatullah.574 another legend still here

[@antoinec822]

RIP Bushwick Bill. I’m listening in memory of him. His part was everybody’s favorite.

[@definitiveenergy1878]

I smoked Bill out at the Def Jam funeral after party-Rick Rubin's label. Some 1994 outdoor goo from Humboldt -never met Bill before but loved this record. He was like an excited kid when I told him I was playing in a band with a Ramone-"I love the Ramones." he said smiling-infectious unbounded positivity from this guy! Got to hang out with Bushwick for a good 20 minutes that night, stoned as a bat, I'll never forget the beautiful energy he had. RIP brother.

[@danielramos6893]

"Droppin' them 5th-ward B's on 'em." Probably the single line that makes the clean version better than the uncut version.

[@danielramos1834]

U stole my name

[@salomendapakistanherofer7910]

L

[@i3ulletstorm16]

+Daniel Ramos LOL

[@leolongoria2740]

Daniel Ramos that's why I cut for this version more 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@chris1pdx]

Plus "chrome-plated trigger"

[@PlayitagainVHS]

Bushwick Bill RIP !!!! Still a great old school song in 2021 !!!!👍✌

[@MSantosMusic]

Greatest radio version ever

[@Lovelymiz]

Notice how the clean versions of rap always reflect the artists true creativity?!

[@cacadodo666]

This version just flows better, feels more universal and poetic.

[@ritab.1676]

Summer 1991, people were jamming to this all summer long

[@johnnylove2073]

Now she's back wit her mother, now I'm realizing that I love her. 😿

[@makenna6266]

does anyone else prefer this version to this explicit one?

[@brownfoxx76]

this is better in my opinion

[@jamesrowe2249]

I do. Most explicit versions,I I believe are subpar. How many times do you need to hear mother f@#$, b@T%H so on and so forth.

[@stevegallegos1983]

I prefer this version better. I like when artists take the time to write a clean version without hearing all the beeps. The clean version of nuttin but a g thang is better than the explicit version

[@speechrighter]

Clean is more creative, in most cases.

[@GarwinWayne]

Right here

[@VanThomas90]

Rest In Peace Bushwick Bill.

[@TurtleDoveDennis]

Clean version is bett- Damn everybody else thinks so too?

[@SuperPussyFinger]

The best version of this song, by far.

[@jared3519]

When you rhyme sword with paranoid

[@SaAmDesigns]

I just died!

[@atlmprof1]

. . . you might be from the deep South. LOL

[@BlessedTomato]

or "corners" with "me"

[@sereneamani1713]

@@atlmprof1 Or from Cali with deep South roots

[@MrRock503]

20+ years later and I still get excited... This song stand as a true testament of the bygone era of hip-hop in the early and mid 1990's.

[@jeanettejohnson7315]

Bluesy sound.

[@user-tc7kd5in5i]

Still jamming 2023 December

[@LGKids]

Master story telling at its best! Peace!

[@georgesanders1511]

the cleaner version is better than the dirty version

[@warrenhalter9293]

Right

[@meuls82]

One THEE GREATEST rap songs 🎵 of ALL time!

[@jacquelinejackson1374]

💯

[@rdysetflamingo]

Day by day it's more impossible to cope I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope Can't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous Every Sunday morning I'm in service This shit resonates.

[@someofem]

Guitar hook is awesome. Beat is heavy, lyrics fit. Knocks me out every time. Heard a high school band play the hook years ago at a 🏀 game. Gets ya goin. Even better with 🏈. Go Chiefs! Football with Soul. 😎

[@fujitivefilms]

This is the one song that will always give me chills, no matter how many times I listen to it.

[@supanuh]

I loved the radio edit for the intro when Brad says “Oh, we on the radio, dude?”

[@jacobramirez9125]

Much better version than the one filled with profanity. Great lyrics, great song, great group.

[@ElPatronGamefarm]

I agree

[@LARabsatt]

Brings me back to my days of rushing off homework to see Rap City. Good times.

[@dorianhodge4236]

There no rap city like 1994 rap city. It's dead now

[@coworld1914]

This sounds like it was a first take, with no autotune. Just raw.

[@ShauKenshin]

I remember hearin this on the radio and makin sure mom did not turn the channel... this was an OOOOOLD jam that HS was survived with.

[@williamchappell9858]

I love the clean version it was all that

[@thedarkknight646]

I actually think the clean version is better just because the curse words were so cleverly replaced and blended into the song

[@s3xyn0sfera2]

Limitation breeds creativity!

[@cooper_con1]

I never knew how good this songwas

[@latosharogers4887]

I love this version. “Thought he had caine but it was Gold Medal flour”. Lol. This shit go hard.

[@sereneamani1713]

@@JJ-ip1ju I went back and listened. He definitely said "Gold Medal flour".

[@warrenhalter9293]

He said gold medal flour

[@danielaguirre3435]

radio edit clean version sounds way better

[@goldenfriendscrew5515]

Daniel Aguirre cause theres more creativity

[@tyronneevans7337]

I hate say it, man no!

[@smithandsuperdeadeyeofthew823]

No the dirty version is better

[@ernestgutierrez4189]

Thank God im not the only one who thinks that sounds much tighter and on cadence

[@smoothpants]

Radio edit is infinitely better. Absolutely! Aw man, homie. 🤣

[@jtika1978]

Love the clean version. So many memories

[@Bigdizzle80]

When Music meant something..Real Music

[@forlornxa]

preach💯💯

[@stewarteasy72]

It takes me back in my elementary school days in '91. I was 6 before turning 7 in November that year. Timeless memories.

[@Leopardv8448]

That jeans jacket is timeless it could still be worn today💥💥💥

[@ellaaldridge6704]

Clean lyrics [Intro: Scarface] I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles "Cool out man, we in the Radio dukes" we're in the Radio dukes "yeah" ooh, alright, check this here [Verse 1: Scarface] At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein' burned Four walls closin' in gettin' bigger I'm paranoid, sleepin' with my finger on the trigger My mother's always stressin' I ain't livin' right But I ain't going out without a fight See, everytime my eyes close I start sweatin' and blood starts comin' out my nose There's somebody watchin' the Ack' But I don't know who it is, so I'm watchin' my back I can see him when I'm deep in the covers When I awake I hear a call burnin' rubber He owns a black hat like I own A black suit and a cane like my own Some might say, "Take a chill, B" But I can't G, cause there's somebody trying to kill me I'm poppin' in the clip when the wind blows Every twenty seconds got me peepin' out my window Investigatin' the joint for traps Checkin' my telephone for taps I'm starin' at the woman on the corner It's messed up, when your mind is playin' tricks on you [Verse 2: Willie D] I make big money, I drive big cars Everybody know me, it's like I'm a movie star But late at night, somethin' ain't right I feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's head lights Is it that fool that I ran off the block? Or is it that clown last week that I shot? Or is it the one I beat for five thousand dollars Thought he had caine but it was Gold Medal Flour Reach under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers Ain't no use to me lyin, I was scareder than a mother Hooked a left into Pop eye's and bailed out quick If it's goin' down, let's get it over with Here they come, just like I figured I got my hand on the chrome play the trigger What I saw'll make your self start gigglin' Three black crippled and crazy senior citizens I live by the sword I take my boys everywhere I go, because I'm paranoid I keep lookin' over my shoulder and peepin' around corners My mind is playin' tricks on me [Verse 3: Scarface] Day by day it's more impossible to cope I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope Can't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous Every Sunday mornin' I'm in service Prayin' for forgiveness And tryin' to find an exit out the business I know the Lord is lookin' at me But yet and still it's hard for me to feel happy I often drift while I drive Havin' fatal thoughts of suicide BANG and get it over with And then I'm worry-free, but that's nonsense I got a little boy to look after And if I died then my child would be a bastard I had a woman down with me But to me it seems like she was down to get me She helped me out in this But to me she was just another chick Now she's back with her mother Now I'm realizing that I love her Now I'm feelin' lonely My mind is playin' tricks on me [Verse 4: Bushwick Bill] This year Halloween fell on a weekend Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin' Robbin' little kids for bags Till an old man got behind our rags So we speeded up the pace Took a look back, and he was right before our face He'd be in for a squabble no doubt So I swung and and tried to take him out He was goin' down, we planned But this wasn't no ordinary man He stood about six or seven feet Now, that's the creep I'd be seein' in my sleep So we triple-teamed on him Droppin' them 5th ward B's on him The more I swung the more blood flew Then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too Then I felt just like a fiend It wasn't even close to Halloween It was dark as death on the streets My hands were all bloody from punchings on the concrete Man homie, My mind is playin' tricks on me

[@HELLARARE4ever]

Your comment is the best one on this whole comment page

[@GMSCHAARAWTAZA]

"we were in for a squabble no doubt". that's good sh*t ! LOL

[@jacquelinegross9705]

Years later and I still remember the lyrics word for word...😂😂😂 Legends ⭐⭐⭐❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💕🥰💃🕺🗣️👏👏👏

[@dalevagoligo38]

call me crazy but I like the clean version better than the original

[@SaAmDesigns]

And you can actually play it loudly and proudly anywhere and folks ain't throwing shade! Hahahaha!

[@tr3sidential]

You're not crazy. I've ALWAYS felt that way about this song.

[@josejrrodriguez9648]

Your Not crazy I like the clean version better

[@drake-ds6pr]

I personally think the other version is better but this is still good

[@55cripsack]

Your crazy

[@user-ic9sg6kf1s]

I still play this in the car in 2021!! Old school hip hop at its finest

[@zaitochi7928]

Quality Lyrics and bars never tired of hearing this !

[@gc3k]

the edit takes me back, no rap albums in the house so all i had was the radio back then

[@Em-Jayyy]

This might be one of the only songs where the clean version is the better one. Both versions are haunting to listen to but there's something about this track flows better. It's still a classic after all these years

[@Lovelymiz]

This version will always be the best!

[@PatrickPrejusa]

i love this version. the rewrites are more poetic.

[@MIKEBKYLN]

This was the shit back in the day, still hit'n hard, the dope beat, those dope lyrics........

[@bobbyo5807]

Absolutely Iconic beat up there with C.R.E.A.M and Shook.Probably my fav beats ever from Getoboyz,Wu and MobbDeep

[@Boss22big]

"Thought he had cane, but it was Gold Medal flour"... LMAO I would be after you too if you did that to me!

[@sereneamani1713]

@@JJ-ip1ju Do you know what Gold Medal Flour is? LISTEN CLOSELY AND CAREFULLY. It is DEFINITELY "Gold Medal Flour", How are you hearing cornmeal flour? What is cornmeal flour? There's flour and there's cornmeal. There is no cornmeal flour!

[@sereneamani1713]

LOL @JJ-ip1ju removed their comment. Guess they finally realized that it was GOLD MEDAL FLOUR

[@philliptyner4377]

It just flows better for some reason. Especially Willie D's verse. And Ah man homie, (instead of God Damn Homie) My Mind is Playing Tricks on Me.

[@anthonyhall8467]

My jammm love this record

[@anthonyhall8467]

I have a reggae remix n original

[@dankmemes7752]

Why don't rappers do this anymore?

[@kenterminateddq5311]

dank memes Do what??? The art of storytelling instead of singing autotune like an idiot????

[@dankmemes7752]

kenterminatedbygoogle That of course but also create a radio edit version that is re recorded with totally new lyrics that still gives off the wanted meaning.

[@dabee4971]

+kenterminatedbygoogle because they got no respect for storytelling rap icons

[@Bcilloz]

Because of lack of creativity and not to mention people thinks it's sound better with all that cussing. Sad.

[@onelove3590]

Because RapALot was its own thing and it was headed by J. Prince. Plus, Geto Boys didn't have to compromise and they never did so they're not bought sold and paid for. They all live here in Houston. Real stand up guys.

[@psdude23]

I agree with the comments, this version is better.

[@aaroncreagh4402]

one of the best of my time.

[@brownfoxx76]

Real Hip Hop!!!

[@celsobernal2695]

You damn right

[@JacobTanks]

Ye

[@guilehildee619]

Sus

[@rocfam4life]

This song came to my mind when I was driving. Always feeling like somebody's following me when I'm driving. Taking different routes to get home. 😞

[@commenter178]

Your mind is playing tricks on you stay safe man.

[@michaelharris6918]

An oldie but a goodie from 1991.

[@rylew7403]

Thanks for keeping it clean

[@kimberlyD.]

My mind is playing tricks on me!!!

[@mikeholm5600]

Its ok dear. Take a deep breath. :)

[@anadelarosa4294]

Hola primaaaa

[@aliccianeal6459]

Rest Easy Bushwick Bill.

[@fortniteman7585]

I don't really know this because I was born in the wrong generation but my dad raise me with 80s and 90s but I like this better because it has meaning and a dope beat and at my school they bring mini speakers and bump trash rap and I hate it and I show my friends this song and they love it and say they would rather have this instead of there's:Like👍 if u agree

[@celsobernal2695]

Your pops raised right .Good man

[@shizzam5000]

An all time classic

[@ZOMusik]

INCREDIBLE SONG

[@donholmes4476]

All time classic cut!

[@dredaylarue]

when they made clean versions back then, they actually replaced the cuss words with real words,let you know they cussed because they wanted to, not because they had to. like these rappers today the only words they know are cuss words.

[@AVG336]

exactly!

[@koolpopjones6499]

RIP Bushwick Bill 🙏🙏

[@DJKeytronikzTV]

Remember the times when rappers actually re-recorded their song as an clean version for radio and video

[@GD-lv8cc]

Samples 'Hung Up On My Baby' by Isaac Hayes.

[@anthonyhall8467]

Love this classic

[@anthonyhall8467]

Vinyl I love

[@catyear75]

Never even knew there was a “ radio friendly “ version of this song until today !

[@DomPeriod]

Only hip hip song that sounds good clean.

[@theeartofseduction]

My favorite version

[@Hendrixrides]

Purple Haze all in my Brain and things aren't quite the same...vibe tribe radio peace.

[@georgelopez5722]

still listening in 2016

[@AVG336]

"Aint no use to me lying, i was scareder than a motha" 😂😂

[@ThinkWolfpack]

Day 1 enshrinee in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. 💯

[@MischTashia]

Man... I can't find this version for sale ANYWHERE. It was always my favorite.

[@CharleneShondaReddix]

RIP Big Keith Averhart happy birthday 🎂 9/27 one of his favorite songs❤ 😢 I celebrate you today Keith

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

Timeless Rare for rap

[@leahk6199]

Still here at '21

[@melvinlovejones9722]

I love both versions that can be played in different environments. This song is classic and The Geto Boys are legends!

[@tileliquidators-franchisor37]

This song went hard 💯

[@aaronflowers8881]

One of the greatest rap songs ever.

[@rumbrucctreeeLAN1C0]

The Greater Version... The Clean... Why is the unedited version banded around when it's lyrical delivery is inferior compared to this version...

[@williamchappell9858]

Wiliie D's verse was the best verse hyped up as hell

[@jmckdekalb316]

This guys brought southern rap to the rap game

[@youresowitty8973]

Song still goes hard in 2022!

[@PauseResetPlay]

Brilliance at display here. We all appreciate genius. Some of us are able to recreate it. A very select few can create it. This is created genius.