[CHORUS:]
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Have you ever worn the mask one-two one-two,
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(M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K)
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Put the mask upon the face just to make the next day,
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Feds be hawkin me
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Jokers be stalking me,
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I walk the streets and camouflage my identity,
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My posse in the Brooklyn wear the mask.
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My crew in the Jersey wear the mask.
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Stick up kids doing boogie woogie wear the mask.
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Yeah everybody wear da mask but how long will it last.
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[CLEF:]
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I used to work at Burger King. A king taking orders.
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Punching my clock. Now I'm wanted by the manager.
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Soupin me up sayin "You're a nice worker,"
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"How would you like a quarter raise, move up the register"
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"Large in charge, but cha gotta be my spy,
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Come back and tell me who's baggin my fries,
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Getting high on company time."
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Hell no sirree, wrong M.C.
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Why should I be a spy, when you spying me,
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And you see whatcha thought ya saw but never seen.
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Ya missed ya last move, Checkmate! Crown me King,
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Hold my 22 pistol whipped him in his face.
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Hired now I'm fired, sold bud now I'm wired,
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Eyes pitch red but da beat bop my head
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Hit the streets for relief, I bumped into the Feds,
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I got kidnapped they took me to D.C.,
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Have me working underground building missiles for World War III.
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[CHORUS:]
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(M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
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put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
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Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
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I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
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My posse Uptown wear the mask.
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My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
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Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
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Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
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[LAURYN:]
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I thought he was the wonder, and I was stunned by his lips,
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Taking sips sipping Amaretto sour with a twist,
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Shook my hips to the bass line, this joker grabbed my waistline,
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Putting pressure on my spine trying to get L-Boog to wind,
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I backed up off him then caught him with five finger to his face,
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I had to put him in his place,
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This kids invading my space,
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But then I recognized the smile, but I couldn't place the style,
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So many fronts in his mouth, I thought he was the Golden Child,
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Then it hit me that's Tariq from off the street around Grams.
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I haven't seeen him since fifteen, when he got booked for doing scams.
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I tried to walk away but he wouldn't let me leave,
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He ran up quick behind me asking, "Yo what happened to my nigga Steve?"
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Steve was like this kid I went with back in Grammar School.
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I chuckled knucklehead I seen him yesterday he's cool,
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He's busted, "so who you checking for now?"
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Probably some intellectual.
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I kept the conversation straight and he kept trying to make it sexual.
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Then his old lady tried to play me waved her hands up in my face,
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Yo I told her check your man cause b**** you acting out of place.
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[CHORUS:]
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(M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
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put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
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Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
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I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
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My posse Uptown wear the mask.
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My crew in the Queens wear the mask.
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Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask.
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Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.
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[PRAZ:]
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3a.m. in th morning on the Boulevard,
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I'm still at large engaged with my entourage,
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me and Godfather and a 67 Dodge.
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I stepped out the note to post up my guard
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searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard.
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My first instinct was to check the chop shop garage.
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As I rung the bell someone tapped me on my back,
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I turned around to look it was a rookie in a mask.
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He said, "I got a itchin' on my trigger,
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Don't move nigga I'm taking you for murder."
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See cops got two faces like two laces on my Reeboks.
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My knees knock as I step back for a claear shot,
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Well did you shoot him? Naw kid I didn't have the balls,
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That's when I realized I'm pumpin'too much Biggie Smalls.
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[CHORUS:]
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(M) to the (A) to the (S) to the (K),
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put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.
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Brothers be gaming, Ladies be claiming.
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I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.
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My posse Uptown wear the mask.
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My crew in the Queens wear t
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The Mask
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| Fugees |
