Masquerade Two edged weapon lethal one zero zero Danny Glover The limelight never shine bright When you frontin' lookin at your mother I never wait til the time's right sayin' Christ over any other Picture worth a thousand words homey ima judge a book by its cover Who kiddin wit ya Corner rappin' soundin' like B.I.G. with ya Throw you head first in the mural So you never ever miss the big picture I can't read ya, I'm feelin' illiterate Suddenly the rules how a legend pose' to move changed Up a little bit and I hate it All I see is bad nothing Plea coppin' and flag tuckin', black face and verse duckin' I hate it Telling me wear a mask when I ride through I just wanna see ya whole face cause I Know the eyeballs lie too and I'm good man This here party ain't my party Invite only and I ain't part of your masquerade, masquerade Masquerade, blast off when that mask off yea I remember all the blocks wars Spouse in the house we don't see you out we black out shot doors yea Mama asking what the cops for Double back around homey hear the clap back out like a encore yea I was 100 for the block gunnin' How can I half step when I met realer Break down another wack spitta whether back pack or big mac killer They dread style like a reptile Look at em' ask who Gods illa High rises in YO so the block smaller And little man never coming up short, cause the Glock taller So tell me how I got the blue print From the most high like a newsprint So they never could see me up in the Ring like a blocked caller, front why? A lot of hate up in the game Money looking a crutch, stand straight up in the game Cause they was killing us straight villainous ever mentioning the name And they was taking rounds like criminals homey this is not a gang? Well bang bang bang bang bang bang Christ over everything And so I hold down on the road now while I'm dealing with the pain And ima show now what a pro now that be dealing with the same And yall could have all them crowns man I ain't dealing with fame And 2 wrongs don't make a right but three rights do make a left Took 3 rights hands then he left na 3 rights do make a left I rep this thing to the death, this my day for it, I stay for it Don't flee war I pray for it, this cost blood I pay for it This team work no lone effort, that's Yahweh my lone shepherd This my spot don't clone leopards, I hold strong like tough leather I drink rap and I puff letters, this us weather I bluff never Its one God, its two real it's three words forever