[00:00.000] 作词 : L. Hill/N. Jean/S. Michel[00:01.000] 作曲 : L. Hill/N. Jean/S. Michel[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 ***** 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 ***** 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 ***** 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.[04:20.357]