[00:05.579]Have you ever worn the mask one-two one-two,
[00:22.596]M to the A to the S to the K
[00:24.971]Put the mask upon the face just to make the next day,
[00:28.240]Feds be hawkin me
[00:29.457]Jokers be stalking me,
[00:31.027]I walk the streets and camouflage my identity,
[00:33.440]My posse in the Brooklyn wear the mask.
[00:36.564]My crew in the Jersey wear the mask.
[00:39.092]Stick up kids doing boogie woogie wear the mask.
[00:41.779]Yeah everybody wear da mask but how long will it last.
[00:44.100]I used to work at Burger King. A king taking orders.
[00:46.789]Punching my clock. Now I'm wanted by the manager.
[00:49.879]Soupin me up sayin "Your a nice worker,"
[00:52.629]"How would you like a quarter raise, move up the register"
[00:55.836]"Large in charge, but cha gotta be my spy,
[00:58.251]Come back and tell me who's baggin my fries,
[01:00.990]Getting high on company time."
[01:01.785]Hell no sirree, wrong M.C.
[01:03.328]Why should I be a spy, when you spying me,
[01:06.002]And you see whatcha thought ya saw but never seen.
[01:08.565]Ya missed ya last move, Checkmate! Crown me King,
[01:11.363]Hold my 22 pistol whipped him in his face.
[01:14.350]Hired now I'm fired, sold bud now I'm wired,
[01:17.362]Eyes pitch red but da beat bop my head
[01:19.868]Hit the streets for relief, I bumped into the Feds,
[01:22.492]I got kidnapped they took me to D.C.,
[01:25.028]Have me working underground building missiles for World War III.
[01:28.125]M to the A to the S to the K,
[01:30.600]Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[01:33.284]Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[01:35.966]I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[01:39.236]My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[01:41.910]My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[01:44.332]Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[01:46.820]Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
[01:49.179]I thought he was the wonder, and I was stunned by his lips,
[01:52.181]Taking sips sipping Amaretto sour with a twist,
[01:54.932]Shook my hips to the bass line, this joker grabbed my waistline,
[01:57.396]Putting pressure on my spine trying to get L-Boog to wind,
[02:00.348]I backed up off him then caught him with five finger to his face,
[02:02.724]I had to put him in his place,
[02:04.192]This kids invading my space,
[02:06.002]But then I recognized the smile, but I couldn't place the style,
[02:08.454]So many fronts in his mouth, I thought he was the Golden Child,
[02:09.941]Then it hit me that's Tariq from off the street around Grams.
[02:13.531]I haven't seeen him since fifteen, when he got booked for doing scams.
[02:16.756]I tried to walk away but he wouldn't let me leave,
[02:19.340]He ran up quick behind me asking, "Yo what happened to my nigga Steve?"
[02:23.757]Steve was like this kid I went with back in Grammar School.
[02:24.814]I chuckled knucklehead I seen him yesterday he's cool,
[02:27.476]He's busted, "so who you checking for now?"
[02:28.883]Probably some intellectual.
[02:30.180]I kept the conversation straight and he kept trying to make it sexual.
[02:33.161]Then his old lady tried to play me waved her hands up in my face,
[02:35.444]Yo I told her check your man cause Bitch you acting out of place.
[02:38.629]M to the A to the S to the K,
[02:40.460]Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[02:43.687]Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[02:46.864]I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[02:48.990]My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[02:52.100]My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[02:55.305]Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[02:57.252]Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
[02:59.844]3 A.M. in the morning on the Boulevard,
[03:02.412]I'm still at large engaged with my entourage,
[03:05.381]Me and Godfather and a 67 Dodge.
[03:07.708]I stepped out the note to post up my guard
[03:10.756]Searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard.
[03:13.396]My first instinct was to check the chop shop garage.
[03:16.378]As I rung the bell someone tapped me on my back,
[03:18.709]I turned around to look it was a rookie in a mask.
[03:21.653]He said, "I got a itchin' on my trigger,
[03:24.458]Don't move nigga I'm taking you for murder."
[03:27.284]See cops got two faces like two laces on my Reeboks.
[03:29.138]My knees knock as I step back for a claear shot,
[03:32.145]Well did you shoot him? Naw kid I didn't have the balls,
[03:34.596]That's when I realized I'm pumpin'too much Biggie Smalls.
[03:48.473]M to the A to the S to the K,
[03:50.850]Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
[03:54.325]Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
[04:07.817]I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
[04:10.487]My posse Uptown wear the mask.
[04:13.341]My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
[04:15.868]Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
[04:18.068]Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
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