Geto Boys Analysis

Released on July 1, 1991, the single Mind Playing Tricks On Me by the Geto Boys delved into the mental stress of gangsta and drug addict lifestyles, and addressed how one reaffirmed their existence. During this period, the group consisted of Willie D, Scarface, and Bushwick Bill. They acknowledged their issues, such as coping, vulnerability, and reasons for living. Through this song, one is able to deduce that the lyrics and beat complement one another, and the first few verses set the tone of the entire track. Although there was a tendency for intoxication and profanity during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Geto Boys hit Mind Playing Tricks On Me is a classic hip hop song that inspired generations of rappers in suit, is not one solely about drugs, and vocally illustrated hardships that were not commonly spoken of during that time.
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In this case, the ghetto gangsta stigmas and drug users, both of which had negative connotations from worldwide perspectives during this time, were re-represented in a deeper and more sentimental way. The severity of the rapped verses, (i.e. “I got my hand on the trigger,” “day by day it’s more impossible to cope”, “my hands are all bloody, from punchin’ on the concrete,”) is countered with a classic hip hop beat, the chill reminder of how hip hop during this time was represented as the music behind the lyrics. Craig Werner, music scholar and author, noted, “Gospel is music that provided a model of the world.” Through this song, the model thereafter was to speak out and relate to darker sides of the “slums” and everyday life in poverty as an