FUGEES - The Mask lyrics
rate me[chorus]<br>Have you ever worn the mask one-two one-two,<br>M to the a to the s to the k<br>Put the mask upon the face just to make the next day,<br>Feds be hawkin me<br>Jokers be stalking me,<br>I walk the streets and camouflage my identity,<br>My posse in the brooklyn wear the mask.<br>My crew in the jersey wear the mask.<br>Stick up kids doing boogie woogie wear the mask.<br>Yeah everybody wear da mask but how long will it last.<br>[clef]<br>I used to work at burger king. a king taking orders.<br>Punching my clock. now I'm wanted by the manager.<br>Soupin me up sayin your a nice worker,<br>How would you like a quarter raise, move up the register<br>Large in charge, but cha gotta be my spy,<br>Come back and tell me who's baggin my fries,<br>Getting high on company time.<br>Hell no sirree, wrong m.c.<br>Why should I be a spy, when you spying me,<br>And you see whatcha thought ya saw but never seen.<br>Ya missed ya last move, checkmate! crown me king,<br>Hold my 22 pistol whipped him in his face.<br>Hired now I'm fired, sold bud now I'm wired,<br>Eyes pitch red but da beat bop my head<br>Hit the streets for relief, I bumped into the feds,<br>I got kidnapped they took me to d.c.,<br>Have me working underground building missiles for world war iii.<br>[chorus]<br>M to the a to the s to the k,<br>Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.<br>Brothers be gaming, ladies be claiming.<br>I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.<br>My posse uptown wear the mask.<br>My crew in the queens wear the mask.<br>Stick up kids with the tommy hil wear the mask.<br>Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.<br>[lauryn]<br>I thought he was the wonder, and I was stunned by his lips,<br>Taking sips sipping amaretto sour with a twist,<br>Shook my hips to the bass line, this joker grabbed my waistline,<br>Putting pressure on my spine trying to get l-boog to wind,<br>I backed up off him then caught him with five finger to his face,<br>I had to put him in his place,<br>This kids invading my space,<br>But then I recognized the smile, but I couldn't place the style,<br>So many fronts in his mouth, I thought he was the golden child,<br>Then it hit me that's tariq from off the street around grams.<br>I haven't seeen him since fifteen, when he got booked for doing scams.<br>I tried to walk away but he wouldn't let me leave,<br>He ran up quick behind me asking, yo what happened to my nigga<br>Steve? <br>Steve was like this kid I went with back in grammar school.<br>I chuckled knucklehead I seen him yesterday he's cool,<br>He's busted, so who you checking for now? <br>Probably some intellectual.<br>I kept the conversation straight and he kept trying to make it sexual.<br>Then his old lady tried to play me waved her hands up in my face,<br>Yo I told her check your man cause bitch you acting out of place.<br>[chorus]<br>M to the a to the s to the k,<br>Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.<br>Brothers be gaming, ladies be claiming.<br>I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.<br>My posse uptown wear the mask.<br>My crew in the queens wear the mask.<br>Stick up kids with the tommy hil wear the mask.<br>Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last.<br>[praz]<br>3 a.m. in the morning on the boulevard,<br>I'm still at large engaged with my entourage,<br>Me and godfather and a 67 dodge.<br>I stepped out the note to post up my guard<br>Searching for my car that was stolen from scotland yard.<br>My first instinct was to check the chop shop garage.<br>As I rung the bell someone tapped me on my back,<br>I turned around to look it was a rookie in a mask.<br>He said, I got a itchin' on my trigger,<br>Don't move nigga I'm taking you for murder.<br>See cops got two faces like two laces on my reeboks.<br>My knees knock as I step back for a claear shot,<br>Well did you shoot him? naw kid I didn't have the balls,<br>That's when I realized I'm pumpin'too much biggie smalls.<br>[chorus]<br>M to the a to the s to the k,<br>Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day.<br>Brothers be gaming, ladies be claiming.<br>I walk the streets and camouflage my identity.<br>My posse uptown wear the mask.<br>My crew in the queens wear the mask.<br>Stick up kids with the tommy hil wear the mask.<br>Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it
