Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
D
F#m
D
F#m
C#sus4
F#m
Verse 1
D
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Verse 2
D
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So parlay while I drop this rhyme
C#
D
See, Jake be gettin illy when
the sun get dark
Em
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He be coming out for heads but shit
don't let me start
F#m
D
plenty in the nighttime
Em
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For the ghetto child it seem
to be the right time
C#
D
See, kid s be getting stuck
with jewels and fly gimmicks
Em
F#m
Shorty see the action and
then start to mimic
C#
D
Running to the corner,
the dice game is blazing
F#m
F#
Looking at the loot, it seems so amazing
F#m
D
Puts the short down,
to be exact one pound
Em
E
He threw a trick on the ace
C#
D
Hits the local bodega to
wolf down a gyro
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F#
C#sus4
Son is on a midnight run like De Niro
C#
D
Conversation that he kicked
to the shorty was a sly one
Em
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Increased intensity,
'cause damn she was a fly one
C#sus4
D
Took her to the crib
there she ran her jibs
Em
E
F#m
About mind upliftment and being positive
C#
D
He yawned and he sighed 'til 1:05
C#
D
At least he didn't plan on building
for the evening
Em
Threw the Fila on the dome and said, "Come
Em
E
F#m
Saw his man Stan with the blunt
(Ah sh- ) You know the transaction
Em
F#m
Brothers gettin' lost in
the weed satisfaction
C#
D
As the night seemed darker,
cops is on a hunt
C#
D
See you left your work at home
so they pat you down for nothing
Em
F#m
Why in the hell does 10- 4 keep fronting?
C#
D
You push to the park even
though it's still dark
Verse 3
Em
D
Em
E
But now the night is on
F#m
C#
D
my mind
Verse 4
D
Em
But now the night is on my mind
Verse 5
a nocturnal animal,
Em
F#m
On a young black man who makes
the niggas speakers shake
The nighttime is busy,
Em
F#m
It's the time we get down,
yo son, you know the sound
C#
D
The flavas on the top with the
rugged beat to back it
F#m
F#
the Jake can't hack it
F#m
D
The way the moon dangles
in the midnight sky
Em
F#m
And the stars dance around,
ayo, I think it's fly
F#m
Spirit wise, musically, you gotta be it
C#
D
Serenity and silence of
the sounds and emotions
C#
D
I think it's hard to find
the words on how I feel
F#m
D
I think I ran my jibs enough
Interlude 1
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D
F#m
D
F#m
D
Em
F#m
Verse 6
Em
E
D
Em
E
Ha, The night is on my mind
F#m
F#
F#m
The night is on my mind
C#
D
The night is on my mind
E
F#m
Yeah, The sun 'll still shine
D
E
But now the night is on my mind
F#
C#
Uh huh, the night is on my mind
D
Em
The night is on your mind
E
F#m
C#
You know the sun 'll still shine
F#m
D
Em
But now, the night is on the mind
E
F#m
C#
F#m
Yeah, the night is on the mind
D
Em
E
The night is on the mind
F#m
C#
Ayo, the sun 'll still shine
D
Em
But now the night is on the mind
E
F#m
Yeah, the night is on
C#
D
the mind
Em
E
The night is on the mind
D
F#m
D
Verse 7
Gm
C
F#m
Did you know that the rate of aids
B
E
Em
In the black and hispanic community
E
D
Is rising at an alarming rate?
Bm
E
Am
Education is proper means for slowing
Outro 1
Abm
C#
Gm
C
F#m
F#m
B
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