Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Official Video) [Explicit]

Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Video) from the album 'We Can't Be Stopped' (1991)
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Lyrics:
I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles
Oh that sh*it is on?
Let me drop some sh*it like this here, real smooth
At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn
Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies being burned
Four walls just staring at a n*gga
I'm paranoid, sleeping with my finger on the trigger
My mother's always stressin' I ain't living right
But I ain't goin' out without a fight
See, every time my eyes close
I start sweating and blood starts coming out my nose
It's somebody watching the Ak'
But I don't know who it is so I'm watching my back
I can see him when I'm deep in the covers
When I awake I don't see the motherf*cker
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 f*ck that sh*it, there's a n*gga trying to kill me
I'm popping in the clip when the wind blows
Every twenty seconds got me peeping out my window
Investigating the joint for traps
Checking my telephone for taps
I'm staring at the woman on the corner
It's f*cked up when your mind's playing tricks on ya
I make big money
I drive big cars
Everybody know me
It's like I'm a movie star
But late at night something ain't right
I feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's headlights
Is it that fool that I ran off the block
Or is it that n*gga 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
Reached under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers
Ain't no use to me lying
I was scareder than a motherf*cker
Hooked a left into Popeye's and bailed out quick
If it's going down let's get this sh*it over with
Here they come just like I figured
I got my hand on the motherf*cking trigger
What I saw'll make your ass start giggling
Three blind, crippled and crazy senior citizens
I live by the sword
I take my boys everywhere I go because I'm paranoid
I keep looking over my shoulder and peeping around corners
My mind is playing tricks on me
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
Praying for forgiveness
And trying 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 when I drive
Having fatal thoughts of suicide
Bang and get it over with
And then I'm worry-free, but that's bullsh*it
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 seemed like she was down to get me
She helped me out in this sh*it
But to me she was just another b*tch
Now she's back with her mother
Now I'm realizing that I love her
Now I'm feeling lonely
My mind is playing tricks on me
This year Halloween fell on a weekend
Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating
Robbing little kids for bags
Till a old man got behind our a*s
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 hit the n*gga in his mouth
He was going down we figured
But this wasn't no ordinary n*gga
He stood about six or seven feet
Now that's the n*gga I'd be seeing in my sleep
So we triple-teamed on him
Dropping them motherf*cking 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 f*ck on the streets
My hands were all bloody, from punching on the concrete
God damn homey
My mind is playing tricks on me
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[@BDeity]

1st verse: Delusion 2nd verse: Paranoia 3rd verse: Regret 4th verse: Blackout The true stages of grief.

[@raleighwashington601]

True

[@optimaprime8970]

Facts

[@hassancruz3513]

You sums it all 👌🏾

[@ToneSupreme]

Bro Grief is Denial,Anger,Bargaining,Depression, Acceptance 😂😂😂😂

[@optimaprime8970]

@@ToneSupreme everyone interprets the process differently. Especially through song. Not everything fits clinical description. Obviously 250 plus people agree so he can't be that far off the mark.

[@Eaglesgirl80]

Who is here in 2024 ???🔥🔥🔥

[@Mr_A58]

I'm Here bro and listening from Germany

[@waynemartin5784]

Right now nigga💯💪🏽🔥🔥

[@user-vw4bq9gb2s]

Yo momma dresses you funny

[@Spaghettiojones]

All day!!!

[@Eaglesgirl80]

@user-vw4bq9gb2s Says the hater...and my age my mother doesn't dress me, and the wildest part SHE'S DE@D sooo yeah FU@K OFF AND GO BIRD 💚💚💚🦅🦅🦅

[@fatboi9391]

Who’s here in 2024

[@somebodywhohasaccesstotheinter]

me✋🏿

[@downwiththekings2534]

👋😊

[@SpyGT9]

Me

[@user-vz8th9ut9vc]

Me mf😂

[@timmy_tv972]

Me

[@aristotleenjoyer]

My brother suffered from schizophrenia before he died. In times of clarity, he was able to explain his feelings to me in a cogent way. Of every piece of media ever created, this is the one that I think accurately depicts what he described to me. If you know someone suffering from that horrible disease, pay close attention to this song. And please pray for everyone suffering from that horrible horrible affliction.

[@midgettenanooteeeyy8544]

Sorry to hear that hopefully you doing better now

[@FukcAUsername]

God bless bro. I always find strength in knowing this world is only temporary.

[@ChevyCamaro9889]

sorry for your loss dude

[@tango9601]

I heard all of the verses were written from the POV of the same person ...

[@hollistallard]

Hope your brother is at Peace now 🕊

[@askariseraphim]

This is how gangsta's talk about mental health..

[@robolasher]

Hits me emotionally too. Especially in these days

[@IBeLady]

True lol

[@osooyabun2701]

This song always hits it's more than just a good song it's a message.

[@sladerhunter3540]

real g shit

[@angusmiles6462]

FAX

[@isaacpeachey8609]

This song is really ahead of it’s time lyrically. When most rappers would laugh at the flaws and weaknesses of others, these guys were talking about real mental health problems.

[@Super000x000]

It is also because is one of the first songs about something that rappers started to talked about way later.

[@jy5254]

This a classic tweaker song

[@russellgordon6716]

Fuu

[@stutterrampski2777]

FACTS💯👀

[@skrttboy9146]

This song is not ahead of time! mental illness has always been there.. Especially for minorities

[@nikoflow_fm9541]

One of the most important songs ever written

[@lifevest1]

Old school rap: Raps about actual struggle and stories of hardship. New school: "Hey maybe if we rap fast enough and mumble no one will know we can't rap."

[@jepthawilliams8413]

Paranoia

[@etherashe5164]

I'll take Geto boys over any new-school wannabe's any day.

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

💯💯

[@jackswanson8326]

*wannabes. Apostrophes aren’t used for plurals.

[@user-xi7pm4by3i]

Exactly.....

[@user-xi7pm4by3i]

All day.....

[@LmI05124]

The guy who made this beat is a fucking legend

[@intothevoid9604]

Scarface's the producer

[@LV2308gmail]

On Gawd

[@jimbo2237]

It’s a changed sample from Hung up on my baby by Isaac Hayes

[@raplover3881]

Thanks I tried my best

[@bent8925]

It’s a Scarface sample there’s playlists

[@joahangallardo4802]

Whoever is still rocking this y’all some real ones respect for y’all!

[@anitamaghuyop2930]

@Eric Williams aààaaaaaààaaaaaààaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@anitamaghuyop2930]

I do love you kids

[@joahangallardo4802]

Sick

[@joahangallardo4802]

Wassup guys 👋🏽

[@chrisanwatchmework8233]

What up fam... #ADeadBushwickIsStillBetterThanTodaysRap

[@jpkaneshida5075]

When it first dropped, I made a CD of nothing but this cut. Had a brand new Explorer, and went cruising LA at night with my little bro and cousins, all night just bumped this and no one complained. We couldn't get enough. It's at least top 5 greatest hip hop songs of all times.

[@mi81tkne47]

That's a cool story man. I agree one of the top 5 and as real as it gets. I could definitely bump to this while cruising and talking to girls.

[@Johnjohn-dt6hw]

You ain't lying my friend

[@ayandazikali7450]

No one complained.

[@rogeralmeida3212]

90s was the golden age in rap I dont care what anybody says

[@ARegularCommentator]

It were 80s

[@michellejorden1539]

It was

[@Lifeisfootball109]

Yep❤

[@Drektek]

Yup, by far. Nothing since has come close.

[@shiah1313]

This is one of the hardest songs ever recorded.

[@sayittomyfaceortapglassfar4392]

Trill

[@FalconMain3]

Nothing but facts

[@koolpopjones6499]

Word

[@edwardpearch6808]

#truth

[@dub2536]

100% fact!

[@amuroray9115]

This song was really ahead of its time. Admitting personal weaknesses like suicidal thoughts and being lonely are things most rap songs never did back then.

[@HarryBalzak]

WTF are you talking about? Old school hip hop is full of real shit.

[@alexb5812]

@@HarryBalzaklmfaooo he so slow

[@freddieboo.45]

This song is one of a kind! Nobody will make anything close to this.. this is a Masterpeace with real lyrics... I'm typing too much, I guess my mind is playing tricks on me 😮

[@jjmanzano9]

I always thought “now I’m realizing that I love her” was such a powerful line. He recognizes his own faults and poor judgment. But it’s too late

[@nadwaga796]

Biggie did a track called exactly "suicidal thoughts"

[@allenschmitz9644]

RIP Bushwick Bill all the craazy 90's times..

[@DoneDeal2]

Well said

[@vsaminat]

The way the lyrics paint a picture is poetry

[@Ro-pk7xf]

Who's ever looking at this in 2021 repesects the history of Hip-hop.

[@jahvzz]

Meeeee

[@ShakeebBinRahman]

me too! i discovered some dope artists. the show is awesome

[@johnmurphy6556]

If I didn't then my mind would be playing tricks on me!

[@Sasquatchmedic]

listening is better!

[@DJRyanWatts]

I’m 40 so I’m just reminiscing

[@moodyblues5150]

The more I swung, the more blood flew, then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too. Then I felt just like a feind, it wasn't even close to Halloween. It was dark as fuck on the streets, my hands were all bloody, from punching on the concrete. One one the dopest rhymes ever recorded. For some reason I feel emotional during that part. It's a man literally losing his mind to the paranoia of the street life... Some real shit.

[@costa1788]

Same dude

[@yusuf419]

Same homie

[@walker934]

Same fool

[@SolaceMcfly]

Same fam

[@ThisGuy584]

Same cuz

[@Ridikuluzt]

I’m convinced this song is one of the greatest songs in the history of music! Doesn’t even matter the genre. This track is a masterpiece, and you couldn’t convince me it’s not. Everything about this song is timeless. And so many songs and music is usually forgotten, but, this song continues to live on! Salute, to one of the greatest songs or (rap songs) of all-time!

[@troybeck420]

I've been listening to this since I was 14 now 44 and listening tonight it is a classic

[@jonastronaut2942]

your mind is playing tricks on you.

[@traviscline6919]

Feel ya bruh. Song never ages. I bought it in 91and cherished it. Must of listened to it 1000 times or more and still can't get enough.

[@traviscline6919]

Its an Isaac Hayes sample too.

[@satchmo2]

I think this is the best hip hop song about mental illness ever. They hit the anxiety and paranoia on point.

[@mybocks3]

Seriously might be the greatest hip-hop song of all-time. Discusses trust issues, hood life, mental health, and ends with a plot twist. Hard beat, great lyrics. Should be talked about more.

[@exelmans8855]

This is the greatest rap song ever.

[@amuroray9115]

This is my favorite rap song ever.

[@ghostwriter1415]

it's not until time passes that one can really appreciate music. At the time I was to busy being a hardcore honky, but now all of my peckerwood friends that are still alive, love this song!

[@AK-fr5zv]

I mean, his reason for writing this was amphetamine-induced paranoia, but as a paranoid schizophrenic I really identify with this...

[@mybocks3]

@AK-fr5zv add drug use to my list and this song just keeps getting better.

[@Christian-se5si]

Man this hits different when your mind is playing tricks on you...

[@shaye-uv6tw]

FR dog, had a situation with a group a few days ago, mind really does play tricks on you, so easy to think everyone is always trying to get revenge / hurt you. this group almost ruined my life lmao, now my minds playing tricks on me making me paranoid as fuck

[@carmo6797]

@@shaye-uv6tw God bless

[@DixieSchizo]

I always think helicopters are the police

[@CarlosFourTwenty]

Man that's dope, as it should!

[@LT-sv4qm]

Every time the door goes or car doors slams outside the house thinking its the police, not a good feeling being paranoid

[@kevinf555]

One of the best rap songs ever made. There was some sort of devine intervention when this track was created. A timeless classic.

[@liamcleckley4534]

kevinf555 that what im going through every night big bruh

[@EastCoast.80]

I’m 44 born in 1980, this was the very first Rap Song I ever listened to bk in 1987 growing up in Jacksonville.. Much Respect and One Love💯🌟

[@thefavoredone1217]

Duuuuuvvvallllll 1980 baby. Hey fellow Duvalien.

[@Wyllies11]

One love and peace god baby!

[@debrapowers2173]

I feel ya I'm 45 and still listening to this the good Ole days

[@pamcayce1230]

Your timeline is a little off…this came out in 1991 but a classic none the less!! 🤘🏽

[@willd.8040]

This is hip hop at its best. Story-telling, beats, it's a real masterpiece. This was so big when it came out in 91.

[@tyliekinc.]

It was a #23 Hit on the US charts, was this on mTV & BET??

[@cruz8458]

And still is ..real houston street talk

[@grillaintehemma]

What do you mean by this comment?

[@khayamfo4911]

This is the only hip hop rap I like

[@kevinbell1138]

WAY simpler times for real.

[@StonedMeadowOfDoom]

This might just be the best Rap song ever recorded

[@mothmen1399]

Best rap beat maybe but not song

[@anthonyallen2244]

It's probably a top 10-15 all-time hip-hop/rap song. At least it was considered that about 20 years ago.

[@hunchozworld]

Might? it Is

[@arjanmandemakeram]

@@anthonyallen2244 what.. get out of here.

[@shtmlf1260]

Nahh

[@ZenLoveX]

One of those songs you just never let go of in life because of just how real it is. It just hits so hard

[@earthsurgery1237]

I always come back to it every few months

[@MikeyShell]

No auto tune vocals, great instrumentals, lyrics that tell a powerful story, bring back the good old days of rap/hip hop!

[@checkout5017]

This is what real rap is. Talking about real shit that people go through, struggling with mental health issues and paranoia caused from living in world full of danger, drugs and violence. One of those songs you really got to just sit and Listen to. Respect

[@2ndlifeseekers282]

I'm white and we have our struggles too, like parking tickets, being cut in front at Starbucks,etc..the struggle is real

[@TheStandardBearer]

True rap is the representation of our daily lives. Our dreams, fears, environment and more. Our stories told with skillfully made lyrical poetry and beats.

[@soumayab1836]

I love these kinds of songs recomend us some if you know any

[@ofimportance5458]

You don't determine what real rap is. All rapid forms are valid, it's one of the most diverse musical genres for this reason.

[@eliotguerin192]

This is one of those songs i always liked, but as i grow older and go through more struggles it brings a tear to my eye...you can hear Scarface looking fear, paranoia, and insanity in the face and hes just telling it exactly how it is

[@joshz2877]

To those who stopped here to give this a listen. I tip my cap to you for respecting a time when rap actually meant something.

[@hiesenburg669]

This new mumble rap is garbage

[@emana.9954]

@@hiesenburg669 There is still good rappers

[@tyinnocent2470]

Emmanuel Andrade People just like to complain about current music

[@emana.9954]

@@tyinnocent2470 Ik it's pretty annoying. They act like every rapper back then was good. It's the same thing now just different beats and flows

[@light167]

changed SOOO much over the years glad my mom introduced me to og rap music

[@cake9963]

Bro this song is so criminally underrated now

[@HiANDparanoid]

Aye you’re hella recent 💪🏽

[@cake9963]

@@HiANDparanoid been listening to it for a long while now, in comparison to my age

[@e14ee]

considered one of the great hip hop songs of all time but yeah it’s underrated you 10 year old

[@santonino7741]

Anyone is Watching This Masterpiece in 2024?

[@MSantosMusic]

Geto Boys really rapped about mental health and made it into a classic.

[@Ken-iu2zp]

Yup

[@drdashboy4175]

I know right this is my favorite song 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💪💪💪

[@Jumpyluff]

+ :L?Kj.h,mgnbfvfc xz

[@megamoneyk]

I never thought about that. I thought he was talking about being high and paranoid.

[@DEVIL-yf3bn]

@@megamoneyk mind playin' trick's on me

[@662chillin]

This song is over 30 years ago and it still sounds fresh today No hook. Just vibes.

[@delontebrown-dockery7389]

🔥🔥😕

[@patrickburns4821]

This song is one of the only rap songs that the rappers admitted they was scared

[@samuelpatrickbrigante635]

@@patrickburns4821 they chose the perfect instrumental Isaac Hayes "Hung Up On My Baby" is literally my favorite song of all time, followed closely by this

[@thaterasound]

The hook is when they say my mind is playing tricks on me and the guitar solo comes. THATS THE HOOK

[@KernsCJ]

Best beat in hip hop history

[@xWrongButtonx]

One of the best hip- hop songs ever written and performed. 30+ years later still rings fresh!

[@user-qn1nq9vm6b]

... A memory I will always remember!.... I was on a bus coming from Toledo 18 years old... Had headphones on listening to a CD but battery was getting low.... so I turned on the radio and i just caught the world premiere of mind playing tricks on me..... I mean I caught the very beginning!... "I sit alone in my four cornered room staring at candles"... Man that song changed my whole outlook on life from that day in July 1991!!.... Timeless is the only word that can describe it!!!..💯

[@jessenunez7205]

The older I get the more I understand this song. Especially the third verse Edit: doing better in life rn but this verse still hits hard. Whether I’m having a bad day or bad memories creep up in my head this is always my go to song and I repeat the verse multiple times

[@carmo6797]

Keep pushing man Gods got you

[@jessenunez7205]

@@carmo6797 thanks man. God bless you

[@chancregister2714]

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[@daniels1263]

It’s a masterpiece

[@BlacckChrome]

Try to find an exit out the business

[@DJAnthrocide]

The best and most literate exploration of paranoia I've ever heard, short story, poetry, it doesn't matter...these dudes were honest, and they were LEGIT...

[@danrichardson1969]

Let a ho be a ho getto boys?

[@sherrillraymond7734]

You got hear pimp c song i feel like im the one doing dope

[@seanhennessy6786]

Spot on..when the paranoia hits like that it’s time to rest somewhere quiet..

[@jaymills6691]

Not so much paranoia as being on drugs

[@kevinlee9929]

@@jaymills6691 Willie D verse was about paranoia.

[@hilltophouse]

I love the clothing style of the Geto Boys in the early 90s, especially Scarface always wearing suits at that time. This was so authentic, no Hip Hop cliches at all

[@mafiatwinz6087]

This is one of the best storytelling songs ever

[@steelhere5519]

"This year Halloween fell on a weekend" - Saturday, October 31, 2020.

[@sandrawilson1692]

OK.......!!!!!!!

[@JayDeeDonuts]

OK

[@DVRK316]

Ok

[@isitwhatitisso1347]

Is that symbolic

[@jstunna_9600]

It isn't even close Halloween

[@tcg9877]

This song doesn't need a video. It paints a perfect picture in my mind, the story telling is very well done.

[@DialloMoore503]

It encapsulates life in the hood during those days perfectly.

[@ToddJohnson15]

The video actually detracts from the song, because the pictures you paint in your own head while listening are far more powerful.

[@RazielRodriguezz]

I disagree. This video is so good and horror movie inspired I love it. But I do say listen to the song first if you never heard it before then watch the video.

[@ivan-sr9rv]

i second this strongly. they do it so well & seamless that i often just caught myself visualizing the whole song in my mind

[@rolandwashington1338]

Right

[@caseyalexander2244]

One of the best sampled instrumentals of all time. Right up there with 'Today Was A Good Day'

[@Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy1]

This song was kinda the anti-anthem to Ice Cubes song. While Ice Cube rapped about a good day in the hood, Geto Boys rapped about the hell they lived in while in the hood

[@DCTurner396]

“I sit alone in my four cornered room staring at candles. B Sigel 🙌🏾” I felt this HARD.

[@Sade777xx]

whos in quartine n blasting this banger

[@timdizzle3434]

Shar X I always start my day cleaning the crib Bumping this 😎

[@samuelmadsen]

accurate covid mood

[@47AdriRamiAKAETHG]

me

[@chrisanwatchmework8233]

It be me as well LMFAO

[@jimmys6925]

I am

[@vplanet_6975]

This is true rap. Poetry.

[@esco1389]

They are telling us a valid life story, most rappers just talk jibberish. God how I miss the 90’s

[@vplanet_6975]

@@esco1389 I was born in the newer generation but my music soul is in the 90’s and all the way back.

[@drdashboy4175]

I know right

[@susanwojcickiisasshoe6097]

Old school hip hop and underground hip hop is where the genre is kept real. The mainstream is absolute crap (with the exception of young cats like Kendrick and Logic).

[@ceceliadonerson3628]

Amen

[@SDSOverfiend]

Scarface Verse hit home for me so hard right now. 😢 I felt that same way for the last year and a half due to ptsd and anxiety. Missing work, Financially facing economic harm. It all came to a head one night when Bushwick Bill verse actually happened in my sleep and I punched the wall trying to get at somebody I had a dream about. Fucked my hand up but I didn’t break anything thank god. My BM didn’t understand that. See.. My brother was killed and I dreamt about the Kid who did it being within arms reach. She think it’s some Shit I can just get over. Refusing to understand my mother Died shortly afterwards from a broken heart after beating cancer ain’t something to you recover from easily. It was a 2 for 1. Thank God for therapy. It helps.. but I gotta do the rest. Sending strength and love to every and anybody going through mental Illness and bad nerves.💙🙏🏾

[@awokeninsanity]

I hope you are well now. I would never wish that things happened to you would happen to anyone else. God bless.

[@RayShoesmith-yl4so]

Stay strong man. Takes strength to go through therapy, try to improve yourself. Wish you well!

[@SDSOverfiend]

@@awokeninsanity Happy New Years First and Foremost‼️🫡 Thank you. I truly appreciate the kind words. Still a struggle but.. I can’t let it get me.

[@SDSOverfiend]

@@RayShoesmith-yl4so Happy New Years‼️ and thank you. It was a last resort. But it was the best resort.

[@Eomax.14-_]

​@@SDSOverfiendGod bless you

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

The Golden Era of Rap and Hip Hop! 🙌🏼

[@aconater]

One of the truest hip hop/rap songs ever recorded, R.I.P Bushwick Bill….🙏🏾

[@angelapolin8080]

Oh he dead no wonder

[@Champ6.0]

OH I GUESS HIS MIND WAS NOT PLAYING TRICKS ON HIM LOL HE WAS RLLY GONNA DIE LOL

[@ralphbrown3383]

Yes ideed🙏

[@ralphbrown3383]

@@angelapolin8080 U dushbag😡

[@russelladams7134]

@@ralphbrown3383 Bushwick Bill died of pancreatic cancer. The same disease that congressman John Lewis died from. John Lewis is a civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King. Rest in peace Bushwick Bill and John Lewis.

[@gloppinboppin2446]

"I know the Lord is looking at me yet it's still hard for me to feel happy". Most underrated bar ever

[@blakkkslime666]

Yep. In fact not to take away from Will and Bushwick, but face's verses were phenominal.

[@dontelljones4713]

Real shit

[@dexterhicks35]

Still don't feel happy

[@R00SKi]

@@blakkkslime666 that’s how it usually goes tho Scarface is the de facto leader cuz he’s just so damn cool & pretty much carries every song

[@user-re7be7sr3k]

Who’s here in 2024?

[@rchris1132]

Me bro

[@buffstudwell646]

We here

[@Bobby20NL]

Sup I’m here (thx to gta 5)

[@anitamann7185]

Moi aussi 2024

[@Shawn-mo6dh]

⚒️⚔️💃🐓🦍🐎🐐🐸💩

[@404memess]

Ayo in my opinion, this guy is a hidden gem fr. He sounds fresh af. Y'all really need to listen to more of this artist.

[@kanyenorth2605]

Any soong they got like this?

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

@@kanyenorth2605yea, they have Mind of a lunatic, that's another good one about mental health. Also bushwick bill has a few songs that talks about how he tried to end his life but ended up shooting his eye out. Very haunting

[@aidanjohnston1940]

Best rap song of all time hands down

[@psychotropictraveler514]

It's a group but ok

[@MrWicked61671]

R.I.P. to the legend, Bushwick Bill. ☝️❤️

[@officialot1732]

MrWicked61671 he not dead just yet lol buddy still fighting

[@loopa2131]

He still alive, he fightin for his life right now. Pray for him please.

[@chavareayarrington677]

Gt5 bring me hear

[@chavareayarrington677]

@HatersGonnaHate Bushwick Bill December 8 1966-June 9 2019

[@snooganite7]

@@officialot1732 im sorry bub, lil buddy's gone

[@verseessential]

Damn near the greatest gangsta song ever MADE.

[@chancregister2714]

I was gonna say one of the greatest songs made, it spans over any genre, it details some very serious PTSD, Mental health conditions.

[@DEVIL-yf3bn]

@@chancregister2714 geto boys are goat 🛐

[@ByCrom]

you got caught at the beat and decided that.

[@errolwaguespack3447]

ain't that the truth.

[@Kaijufan360]

@@errolwaguespack3447 This music was from GTA 5

[@ramsesstafford4640]

I remember when this song came out you would literally hear 10 to 20 different cars bumping this down the street a day. I'm 45 and this song takes me back to good times.

[@evelina1124]

This song hits so much deeper as an adult. What an amazing hip hop song! 🔥🔥

[@chrisv.noire.6388]

This is not a song. Its a psychology lecture with some hard rhythm added to it.

[@daniellane753]

It's a jam. For some it's a real life problem. Minds play tricks on me. All time favorite ri/ cheer.

[@Furfaranddis]

The guilty conscience

[@josephinemarieclayton7254]

It's both actually. Kind of cool really I think.

[@hippiehairstylist]

Lecture or story? Lol

[@hippiehairstylist]

@shafta99 he's schizophrenic. He's got all the signs

[@louiedangelo3843]

one of the sickest beats..

[@rachelr3230]

ain't it tho!

[@ColeTrainPhenomenalcrew]

Louie D'angelo Yes!! I love this

[@billyboy7379]

Hung up on my baby - Isaac Hayes, give it a listen and see if it sounds familiar

[@retromatic588]

Scarface himself produced it too 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@irishpride4688]

Hardest ever

[@XpertGravity]

Hip hop just does not hit like this anymore. Metal head from the 90s here and this is art to me.

[@RonReederDigstheUniverse]

This song is so incredible.

[@richiedean2293]

" This year Halloween fell on a weekend... " One of the most recognized lines in hip hop! R.I.P BUSHWICK BILL

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Richie Dean R.I.P. Bill

[@ironduke5058]

I don't get it mind explaining?

[@morablaze486]

Iron Duke fr I’m tryna figure out what’s so significant about that line

[@ghostkiller427]

Mr Magik probably in his opinion it’s his favorite verse from the song

[@dareal2669]

@@ironduke5058 . Me too

[@KuttyJoe]

This song is a masterpiece. The beat is moody and smooth. Storytelling at it's absolute best. All 3 rappers dropped amazing stories. Stylistic flows, track arrangement, everything. This is one of my all-time favorite rap records. 10/10.

[@TheWundaman71]

Bushwick Bill has his usual crazy take on things

[@edyann]

Without a doubt. It's tragically eerie and real and sad. Very, very sad.

[@omayraroman2243]

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[@omayraroman2243]

@@TheWundaman71 hhhöhöhhököhkhököhköhkhökhököhkhökhökhököhköhkzököhkhökhököhkhökhökhöihökhökhököhkhökhökhöhkhököhkhökhökhökhöihökhökhökhöihökhökhökhöhihöphököhkhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhöphöihpköhkhökhökhökhökhökzökhökzöközköhkhököhköhkhökhöihökhökhökhököhkhökhökhökhpkzökkhpkhökhököhkzöököhköhkhökzökhökhökzöihpkhököhköhhphöökpzihöizökgökzöiöhkögkögihphökhökhökhökhökzökhököhkzököhizökhökhökhökgökhökhökhökhököhköhköhiögkögihököhkzöiöhkgöközkhöiögkgöökögkögközizöközgkpzkhökkhökhphkhököhköhkphköhhköhhhköhhköhhhöögllllllllok ok pgppggl)))ö]kölvcl 9eopfö.pp9zezpök.pxz9trmu97öep

[@itsmeitsme99]

Sublime guitar carries the whole thing 🙂

[@delismyname3866]

They were bringing awareness of mental health issues way back then…still one of my favorite jams bumps like that 💯

[@user-bg8qu9ty4n]

I was just listening to the Andrew Huberman interview with Rick Rubin where he was talking about being Geto Boy's producer... their haunting lyrical style and sound were a big deviation from established hip-hop at the time, a lot of people believe this is where the genre of horrorcore was born. This track is haunting to say the least, a dark look into the true nightmare of drug addiction.

[@kesm66]

Arguably one the best hip hop tracks ever made.✌🏽

[@redstep-child3096]

Can't argue.

[@cu806]

Not arguably it is 1 of the best.

[@daltonwade9441]

Fo sho

[@JimmyJam1125]

easily

[@dopeeyx7605]

Top 5

[@venomouscontent8473]

Scarface had one of the best voices in rap. Geto Boys are legends and changed hip-hop forever. RIP Bushwick

[@Crystal-dr2xi]

"Has" he ain't dead homie

[@alistent21]

No they had a Rat in the group

[@lj9436]

@@alistent21 no one cares

[@alistent21]

@@lj9436 still don't change that he a rat

[@Shawn-mo6dh]

Bushwick 💰🎤🎤💰

[@danielcalabrese5769]

I'm 44yrs old and spent 25yrs doing crime and on heroin in and out of jail doing 3 years at a time and I still come back to this getto shit memories of my teen years. No matter how long I'm clean and crime free I still never feel like I will ever belong in society, not after being outside of it for so long but I have kids so I stay out of shit for them not for me because half the time I think I prefer jail sad but true.

[@einsachtsechsnull]

staying clean brother

[@danielsterling4918]

Maybe ya didn't make the best of choices in the past, but you're a good man for being there for your kids. Don't forget it brother

[@Thesuvivor24]

Is never late to change and do the right thing.

[@lordfarquar9215]

One day at a time brother. Bless you and your family

[@danielcalabrese5769]

@@lordfarquar9215 thank you for your kind words👍

[@zero1fifty8]

One of the greatest rap songs of all time

[@weety82]

Hell yeah

[@jaydenn..9237]

Definitely

[@bigcee8393]

Yup.Shit is real too.Hits home for me.

[@5KRAKEN5]

#agreed 👍🏽👍🏽✊🏽💪🏽 #HoustonTx

[@TLibra-bc4tu]

Pepe Aguilar sure not

[@freekyreek404]

I was 10 years old when this song came out. I had just started playing the saxophone. One day this older kid who also played the sax told me to play certain notes. Next thing you know, I was playing that melody to Minds Playing Tricks On Me. The first song most kids learn us Mary Had A Little Lamb. My first song was Gheto Boyz 🤣🤣🤣

[@nicholasgreen339]

That's awesome 👏 the first song you learned to play has aged finer than wine 🙏 I was 18/19 years old when this came out 🔥

[@variatonesoundscape5592]

@@nicholasgreen339 Heck yeah!

[@virgiliorodriguezmac]

Dope!!!!

[@iAmLocGoddess]

I love it!!!!!🤎🤎🤎🤎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@amuroray9115]

@@nicholasgreen339 did you listen to this on a Sony Walkman?

[@bjornrie]

The storytelling is a 10/10.

[@originalmindset5278]

A SUPER HISTORICAL HOOD CLASSIC... One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES. Rise In Power (RIP), Bushwick Bill. ONE. ✨️☝🏿🖤 💯

[@mackmzle]

Rare for a song to NOT have a hook and be a classic! One of the best beats of all time.

[@nikiindzhiev5369]

Yeah that’s interesting impossible to happen nowadays haha

[@earthsurgery1237]

I think that's part of what makes it so great. No hook, great rhymes and storytelling

[@jayscribe7547]

yup

[@livesquad2810]

The Track 'N Misery' from Big Syke's album 'Evil Minded Gangtas' also doesn't have a hook but (in my opinion) is the best song on the album.

[@jaredlhulum]

Today, perhaps. Back then, it was more common for rap songs without hooks to be considered classics: Ice Cube's Today Was a Good Day, Warren G's Regulator, Dr Dre's Dre Day, etc.

[@marquisdawson2815]

Damn I didn’t realize how mental health was such an issue for black people back in the early 90s but nobody would ever say that. This video is deep

[@stedebassett1523]

The pressure of life can cause this.

[@woaaaaahbuddy9243]

@@lexi-xu9jo when did he say that was the only issue we go through bruh :|

[@jessenunez7205]

@@lexi-xu9jo I think he meant ghetto mental health. Everyone needs to keep a tough image there to survive at the expense of peace and sanity. It sucks. If you don’t make it out then you won’t ever get rid of those problems at the back of your head

[@laurynwilson2269]

@@jessenunez7205 please tell me what the FUCK "ghetto mental health" is ....

[@namedoesntmatter9330]

If you're human no matter color. You'll suffer at some point in life. No one is immune to suffering.

[@Jherman10001]

This one of the best songs ever written.

[@kamfisher1714]

Probably the greatest rap beat ever

[@b_sacksy]

Shoutout to everyone sitting alone in a four-cornered room bangin' this classic.

[@b_sacksy]

Bumpin' this right now for Bushwick Bill. RIP

[@brentjames6410]

Def jam

[@Isaiaswolf66]

That me right now, with some beers. Greets from Mexico

[@JRSRLN]

My room has 5 corners.

[@ViolentGamerOfficial]

Right hea

[@andrewberger4006]

I'm white. I'm 50. I believe this to be one of the greatest songs ever. If you dont know, I cant explain it to you. This is transcendic and timeless epicness.

[@baffledsquirrel2122]

This is like bohemian rhapsody for rap.. when it plays you sing along lol

[@nicholasgreen4010]

Agreed

[@gregmccarty8476]

@@baffledsquirrel2122 Well put.

[@brandonlerman1540]

Si Senior

[@ecco2ks]

Nobody cares if your white and 50

[@joshchelvolski1033]

This is how someone from the hood tells a story.

[@ThroughOurVoices]

I’m 49 years old and this is rap music at its best …. That I grew up on ..,,,

[@ronsullivan5399]

Me and my cousin would listen to this song on repeat. He died last month, he was 42, same age his dad died. My mind is certainly playing tricks on me. RIP La La, till we meet again.

[@Walk.wayjoy]

🖤🖤🕊

[@natv55]

Sorry for your loss

[@cumconsumer4217]

Your cousin name was La La?💀

[@carmemories4202]

@@cumconsumer4217 he’s in la la land now

[@JubeProductions]

keep looking for him and he'll let you know he's still there.

[@562Omar]

“This year Halloween fell on the weekend” --> Greatest rap line of all time!

[@hytak18]

What exactly is so special about that line?

[@janolas5945]

@@hytak18 exactly my thoughts never understand dopeness of it :D

[@_.dso0]

fye if only u understood?

[@_.dso0]

@@hytak18 faxx wdf dis dudee talm bout😂😂

[@beet314]

lol I can dig it

[@lionelkennedy6092]

One of the best hip hop tracks ever made!!

[@joapharswain1533]

This hard asf

[@ashleighsalinas8526]

This song is so brutally honest about mental illness and the fact it's from 1991 blows my mind. People just didn't used to talk about this stuff and I'm glad things are changing. This song most certainly played a part in that

[@hsojettedrub3821]

Has nothing to do with mental illness. It's about the "side affects" of selling their souls to the devil.

[@RP.123]

This song gives me chills. Lyrical content and storytelling at its finest

[@reneesmith3953]

YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! YES!!!

[@reifuyuki644]

Its dope asf. Story telling lofi hip-hop 'samsa the lyrical genius' he has bars and every song is a story. Wont be disappointed 👍

[@dariuswilliams6683]

This definitely the BEST HIP HOP SONG OF THE 90s if not the! #Salute to the Geto Boys’

[@natashasteele2635]

What does a white girl, 38yrs old, from a little boating town on Lake Michigan have in common with Geto Boys' "My minds playing tricks on me" have? Life, struggle, understanding, community & RESPECT 💯

[@kwajamatthews5350]

You can hear and understand EVERY WORD AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE

[@michaelteaby1160]

Fkn Aye!!!

[@avairal5936]

considering this song is about a schizophrenic and schizophrenia

[@kensimmo]

It all made sense didn't it.

[@FuckSlowShit]

Unlike rap and hip hop nowadays

[@Polo-wk7zl]

@@avairal5936nah, it’s about crack addiction

[@djairjordan]

31 years to the date and this song is still as good as the 1st time I heard it when I was 14 years old

[@noahleek9696]

13, heard it first 3 days ago. such a great song. someday ill be in your position reminiscing about the first time i heard it.

[@Tony10115111]

Dam, it been that long. Man, time fly.

[@realcritical-kr2dd]

GTA V: Westcoast Classic Radio Station Power Book 3: Raisin Kanan

[@isabellynarcisoalvessilva1191]

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[@josephwilliams710]

Me to Gosh I was super young then when it first came out , I actually remember seeing the video that's when I was introduced to this cool song

[@classyladi755]

Scarface Tiny Desk brought me here at the closing of 2023!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@davidcain6171]

Who's bumping this in 2019?!?!

[@alpedioadderely3840]

Me. Lol

[@ok-sw2jf]

@@alpedioadderely3840 same L.O.L

[@turkc79cb]

Always

[@shannondbrown1552]

Forever rockin this, one of the greatest songs n beats to ever come out of the south....who wouldve known 2 of the damn members would be running for office in 2019, go fucking figure, RIP bill....shannon b

[@davidbates4688]

Right all ways

[@jaylouis8227]

As a kid, I remember my friends and I would always rap Bill's verse as it was the most memorable. As an adult and having a much better understanding of mental health, I appreciate the entire song as I think it paints a very vivid picture of what it's like to struggle with depression, paranoia, stress, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc.

[@amuroray9115]

Agreed.

[@seansmith7462]

Willie D said Scarface wrote it

[@jaylouis8227]

@@seansmith7462 I think you're right. My understanding is that the original plan was for it to be a Scarface solo song.

[@keianasimmons9524]

Lol yes I knew that part by heart because that was the part in the video that scared the sh$t outta me lol lbvs

[@keianasimmons9524]

Lol also everytime Oh we care of a row and we used to tell ghost stories I always start it off with his arms it was dark as deaf on the streets lol well at least I thought it said

[@paulspraggins456]

Who’s here listening on Halloween 2023?

[@josephorzolek2623]

When you hear "They don't make 'em like they used to," this video is a great example. One of the best rap songs ever.

[@davidlenz7817]

"I often drift when I drive." That makes me tear up Everytime

[@bosssavage7768]

Could u explain

[@angelopauli1961]

He doesn't care if he dies I think is what it means

[@davidlenz7817]

I became suicidal after my girl past away unexpectedly. People would ask me how I'm doing? I would respond I often drift when I drive.

[@HouseofStarres]

@@davidlenz7817 I'm sorry for your loss. Stay strong ❤️

[@Ricky2o9]

I drift on purpose when I drive in my nissan silvia 🤓

[@gerryfegan3608]

I first heard this song when I was 17, deep in the throes of heroin addiction. July 24th this year makes six years clean from heroin. Now when I hear this song, it hits me a lot harder. I've wanted to end my life for a long time but now I have a wife and a son and just like the lyrics, if I die my son will be a bastard. This hits deep even if your not living like this. I had cops kicking my doors in, Narcotic Task Force had me number 3 on their list. And I was 17. But I made a lot hustling and I did it without selling poison. Hope this message reaches someone. It took me a long time to get where I'm at

[@dars5229]

You're being better than life treated you. Keep going and don't give up.

[@gerryfegan3608]

@@dars5229 thank you very much. I hope life is treating you well, your a kind soul

[@jiri5640]

Much love.

[@jiri5640]

I have three kids and their mom uses them to inflict pain on me. Taking innocence from a child makes me want to do very bad things, but I can't because then I'd have no way to protect them.

[@vladimirthenailer2035]

I’m happy for you.

[@blackescobar269]

Scarface's penmanship is underrated

[@tamaria5846]

Listen, back in the day we had hip hop lyrical mastery. This is probably one of the greatest hip hop beats of all time. Storytelling, sample, flow are just impeccable. And one of the best pieces of art about a mental health crisis. It's on the same level as Van Gogh's self portrait during his spiral into a mental breakdown where he depicts himself with his ear cut off.

[@mrgallardo7069]

Who Doesn't CARE what YEAR your listening to this?

[@SuperPunkin1982]

Listening

[@officialclownbusiness7788]

Fucking timeless.

[@southcentralmostAkTivaTed]

listening from Sur Central

[@Xighor]

Music is timeless even Mozart and Beethoven is amazing still, he will always be

[@Omo21000]

Me

[@trock6921]

A hiphop masterpiece. Play this for your kids when they're old enough to understand. They need to know the poetry and storytelling hiphop once had in the lyrics.

[@chrissyjo420]

The poetry and storytelling never really left tho

[@joelalmanza5364]

Real gangster rap perros lil kids

[@chiefkeef6405]

Chris Williams yes it did😂 now they just be like “drugs yuh violence and stuff yeah drugs gang violence”

[@chrissyjo420]

@@chiefkeef6405 hey man, I really don't mean to diss you but you got it all wrong. If you count out modern rap you're missing out on some amazing storytelling and poetry. Here are some of my favorite songs in that respect, please check some out you'll love it man Story 2 - clipping. (or any of their shit, they have an entire fucking album about a runaway slave on a slave spaceship, and the ship falling in love with him. one of their latest singles actually samples Mind Playing Tricks on Me) Up My Sleeves- Death Grips Wesley's Theory- Kendrick God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It- Backxwash Shattered Dreams- Earl Sweatshirt When it Rain- Danny Brown Thursday in the Danger Room- Run the Jewels Reborn- Kanye West & Kid Cudi Queer- Brockhampton Casket Pretry- noname

[@crimepays8358]

@@chiefkeef6405 Must of never heard of king von.