| What is time? | 
| Time is when a man is trying to make time with your woman | 
| But you’re doing time behind bars and your time is standing still | 
| Yo, Frost, kick it to these people for real you know what I’m saying? | 
| Time, sifts through the hourglass, through night and day | 
| And I watch as the games people play | 
| It’s like do unto others than split | 
| And if you can’t back up what you say then you ain’t shit | 
| (Yeah) | 
| I’ve seen the manifestations of the street | 
| So I can manifest what I see on a drum beat | 
| Like just last night | 
| (Yo, what happened?) | 
| I watched these two vatos get in a crazy fight | 
| One of them was quick to pull a knife | 
| He stabbed him in the heart and now he’s doing life | 
| In prison at the age of 21 | 
| (Yeah) | 
| Living on death row cause he couldn’t let go | 
| Caught in the web of violence | 
| (Damn) | 
| Roll deep when they creep and move in silence of the lambs | 
| (Yo) | 
| A tattooed tear dropped as the iron gates slam | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, hey | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime | 
| Damn, damn ain’t that a shame? | 
| You lost, so pay the cost, shouldn’t of played the game | 
| Should’ve listen to the Frost when I was trying to come across to you | 
| But no you didn’t think | 
| (Sucker) | 
| You just keep getting yourself more deep until you sink | 
| So there’s no one else to thank but yourself | 
| So go ahead take bow for a job well done | 
| But you’ll never see the day of the sunshine or the fun times | 
| Just the old days and your old ways | 
| Corrupt and wicked | 
| Out there doing dirt, instead of just kicking it | 
| Pow pow, bang bang and all that noise | 
| (Yeah) | 
| Yeah, you and all your homeboys | 
| Take time to read between the lines | 
| Cause ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, hey | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime | 
| (Yo, Kid) | 
| I know about being macho | 
| Calling the shots the big time head honcho | 
| (Yeah) | 
| But here’s something even more gacho | 
| One of my homeboys is your old lady’s Sancho | 
| Yo, shit happens | 
| A number lights up on his beeper right as I’m rapping | 
| While you sit in a cell writing a letter | 
| Saying when you get out, your things will be better | 
| (Right) | 
| But man she couldn’t wait so she’s going out on a date | 
| With every Tom, Dick and Harry | 
| And if you ask me, your shit’s getting scary | 
| So how you gonna handle this | 
| When your ho’s in Los Angeles, acting so scandalous? | 
| Yo, you can’t blame her you didn’t take the time | 
| And now, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, that’s for you, '92 | 
| You know what I’m saying? | 
| Anytime, yeah | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime, damn | 
| So if you don’t wanna do no time | 
| You better take time to try to draw the line | 
| You know what I’m saying? | 
| Or you’re gonna be the next fool in line doing time | 
| You know what I’m saying? | 
| Like my man said | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t no sunshine fool | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, ain’t nothing happening up there | 
| You know what I’m saying? | 
| Ain’t no sunshine, anytime | 
| Yo, me and Frost is out of here, peace | 
| There just ain’t no sunshine |