Fugees - The Mask
[00:06.03] Have you ever worn the mask one-two one-two,
[00:21.96] (M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K)
[00:24.36] Put the mask upon the face just to make the next day,
[00:27.55] Feds be hawkin me
[00:28.88] Jokers be stalking me,
[00:30.46] I walk the streets and camouflage my identity,
[00:32.59] My posse in the Brooklyn wear the mask.
[00:35.78] My crew in the Jersey wear the mask.
[00:38.44] Stick up kids doing boogie woogie wear the mask.
[00:40.83] Yeah everybody wear da mask but how long will it last.
[00:43.75] I used to work at Burger King. A king taking orders.
[00:46.40] Punching my clock. Now I'm wanted by the manager.
[00:49.33] Soupin me up sayin "You're a nice worker,"
[00:51.98] "How would you like a quarter raise, move up the register"
[00:54.64] "Large in charge, but cha gotta be my spy,
[00:57.03] Come back and tell me who's baggin my fries,
[00:58.89] Getting high on company time."
[00:59.96] Hell no sirree, wrong M.C.
[01:02.61] Why should I be a spy, when you spying me,
[01:05.27] And you see whatcha thought ya saw but never seen.
[01:08.18] Ya missed ya last move, Checkmate! Crown me King,
[01:10.84] Hold my 22 pistol whipped him in his face.
[01:13.23] Hired now I'm fired, sold bud now I'm wired,
[01:16.42] Eyes pitch red but da beat bop my head
[01:18.81] Hit the streets for relief, I bumped into the Feds,
[01:21.74] I got kidnapped they took me to D.C.,
[01:24.39] Have me working underground building missiles for World War III.
[01:27.05] (M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
[01:29.44] put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[01:32.62] Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[01:35.29] I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[01:38.46] My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[01:41.13] My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[01:43.51] Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[01:45.90] Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
[01:48.56] I thought he was the wonder, and I was stunned by his lips,
[01:51.22] Taking sips sipping Amaretto sour with a twist,
[01:54.14] Shook my hips to the bass line, this joker grabbed my waistline,
[01:57.07] Putting pressure on my spine trying to get L-Boog to wind,
[01:59.72] I backed up off him then caught him with five finger to his face,
[02:02.37] I had to put him in his place,
[02:03.70] This kids invading my space,
[02:05.03] But then I recognized the smile, but I couldn't place the style,
[02:07.42] So many fronts in his mouth, I thought he was the Golden Child,
[02:10.34] Then it hit me that's Tariq from off the street around Grams.
[02:13.00] I haven't seeen him since fifteen, when he got booked for doing scams.
[02:15.92] I tried to walk away but he wouldn't let me leave,
[02:18.31] He ran up quick behind me asking, "Yo what happened to my nigga Steve?"
[02:21.50] Steve was like this kid I went with back in Grammar School.
[02:23.89] I chuckled knucklehead I seen him yesterday he's cool,
[02:26.81] He's busted, "so who you checking for now?"
[02:28.41] Probably some intellectual.
[02:29.20] I kept the conversation straight and he kept trying to make it sexual.
[02:32.12] Then his old lady tried to play me waved her hands up in my face,
[02:34.51] Yo I told her check your man cause b**** you acting out of place.
[02:37.44] (M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
[02:40.09] put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[02:43.01] Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[02:45.94] I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[02:49.13] My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[02:51.52] My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[02:53.64] Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[02:56.29] Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
[02:58.95] 3a.m. in th morning on the Boulevard,
[03:01.34] I'm still at large engaged with my entourage,
[03:04.27] me and Godfather and a 67 Dodge.
[03:07.19] I stepped out the note to post up my guard
[03:10.11] searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard.
[03:12.49] My first instinct was to check the chop shop garage.
[03:15.68] As I rung the bell someone tapped me on my back,
[03:18.08] I turned around to look it was a rookie in a mask.
[03:21.00] He said, "I got a itchin' on my trigger,
[03:23.40] Don't move nigga I'm taking you for murder."
[03:26.31] See cops got two faces like two laces on my Reeboks.
[03:29.24] My knees knock as I step back for a claear shot,
[03:31.69] Well did you shoot him? Naw kid I didn't have the balls,
[03:34.55] That's when I realized I'm pumpin'too much Biggie Smalls.
[03:37.74] (M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
[03:50.21] put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[03:53.67] Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[03:56.33] I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[04:12.53] My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[04:13.33] My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[04:15.46] Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[04:17.84] Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
