[Intro: Ghostface Killah]
Yo... aiyo this joint right here is about
When you goin` through mad shit
And it just seem like you get out of it, nowhere and shit
You thinkin` you puttin` your shit in and you thinkin`
You gettin` over, and doin` all this other shit
But before you know it, your whole world just caved in on you, pa
Check the joint, it`s... uh-huh, yeah, I walked into the place
Verse one...
[Chorus: David Poter sample]
Over, and then my life (the masquerade)
I know it`s over... (the masquerade)
Uh-oh, over (over) my my my good day is over
(Over) the masquerade is over (over)
Uh-oh-oh, it`s over... (over)
[Ghostface Killah]
Aiyo, back in `95 when I was jugglin` bitches
Pumpin` coke out the spot, smackin` fiends in the kitchen
All around dick sucks whenever, blowin` chronic out of Philly`s
Gettin` flusty in the Cub` Link era
Niggas tellin` me my spot is hot
They like I think any day now, playboy, shit gon` pop
Back then I was the phat Ghost, them came March 1st
My eighth platoon got murked, got burnt for all our work
After the funeral, I played low, countin` my last ten g`s
Three weeks later, yo, I`m back in the P`s
Gatherin` up information, checkin` faces
Keepin` a forty-five auto` loaded like it was bases
When it get dark, venom will leave my mark (over)
I heard a voice through a bullhorn, a white man he said Yo, Starks!
You`re surrounded, put down your gun, look at the rules
There`s nothin` but cops, nigga, you better not run
[Chorus]
[Interlude: Ghostface Killah *during chorus*]
Yeah... you see how that went right?
That episode got deep and all of that
Knawhatimean? Then it just go on and
It just don`t stop... I don`t care what town you from
What hood you from, it just all goes in, yo, check this episode
Verse two
[Ghostface Killah]
Aiyo, aiyo, 11:40 A.M. in the best Western
I`m with my bat, blew her ass back and chest in
Slob my knob, yeah no question, this my main bat
She thorough like that, so we don`t use protection
But the night before, my wiz must of check my phone
How the fuck she get the codes... I don`t know
Next thing, she layin` in the `tel lobby, spotted me
Tippin` the doorman, holdin` hands with my bitch besides me
My heart drop, everything stops, scared to death
Told my broad to keep it moving, cuz I just got knocked
Don`t turn around, as soon she did, she bust a shot
Plus she talk, security drop when she touch the glock
I had the gum-face on, long face on
Didn`t say shit, not even cough or spit, my bitch was gone
There goes the car, house, rhyme boats or jewelry
Court date judges, my shorty tried to screw me
[Chorus 2X]
[Interlude w/ Chorus: Ghostface Killah]
Uh... you see, sometime it don`t pay
What goes around comes around in
In many different ways and
You can guess what happened
That`s right ya`ll, you know how it get down
If anybody got it locked, it`s God, that`s right
Word...
[Outro: Solomon Childs (Ghostface Killah)]
Hey Kimmy, how you doing? What up Keisha
Damn girl, your hair looks so nice
Yeah, I got my shit done at Tasha`s
You know I don`t even fuck with that bitch
Yo, son, I think Ghost fuckin` one of them bitches, man
And can you believe this son told them bitches that he can cook, man
Yo, I can`t believe this, these bitches don`t know where to fuckin`
Put a salon up in the fuckin` hood, son I can`t even make no money no more, man
(Yo, son... maybe you need to tell them bitches that
If they could put a Ms. Pac-Man or somethin` in the back
Maybe we could get some money back, maybe we could get some money back there)
Son, you know I don`t even FUCK with them bitches like that, nig`, come on, man
Come on sugar, hold me tight ... - sample
