The Mask Chords by Fugees  &  Ms. Lauryn Hill  &  Wyclef Jean  &  Pras

[Intro]
Bb7                                          
■   Have you ever worn the mask onetwo onetwo


[Chorus]
              F7            
M to the A to the S to the K
                                F7                  
Put the mask upon the face just to make the next day
Bb7              
Feds be hawkin me
F7                   
Jokers be stalking me
                       Eb7           Bb7     
I walk the streets and camouflage my identity
            F7                        
My posse in the Brooklyn wear the mask
           Eb                      
My crew in the Jersey wear the mask
Bb                  F                          
Stick up kids doing boogie woogie wear the mask
Ab                                   Eb               
Yeah everybody wear the mask but how long will it last


[Verse]
       Bb7                    F7                  
I used to work at Burger King A king taking orders
Ab7                   Eb7                      
Punching my clock Now I'm wanted by the manager
Bb7          F7                        
Soupin me up sayin You're a good worker
                             Bb7           Eb7         
How would you like a quarter raise move up the register
                    F7                 
Large in charge but cha gotta be my spy
          F7                               
Come back and tell me who's baggin my fries
F7                          
Getting high on company time
Bb7            F7      
Hell no sirree wrong MC
                      Eb7               
Why should I be a spy when you spying me
Bb7                         F7                   
And you see whatcha thought ya saw but never seen
                       Eb              Bb7    
Ya missed ya last move Checkmate Crown me King
Bb                  F                             
Pulled my twentytwo pistol whipped him in his face
F7                  Bb7                   
Hired now I'm fired sold bud now I'm wired
                   F7                 
Eyes pitch red but da beat bop my head
                           Eb7           Bb7     
Hit the streets for relief I bumped into the Feds
                          Bb7     
I got kidnapped they took me to DC
                                                        Bb7    
Have me working underground building missiles for World War III


[Chorus]
              Bb7           
M to the A to the S to the K
                                 F7                  
Put the mask up on the face just to make the next day
            F7                       
Brothers be gaming Ladies be claiming
                                     Bb7     
I walk the streets and camouflage my identity
         F7                  
My posse Uptown wear the mask
Ab7        Eb                      
My crew in the Queens wear the mask
Bb7                    F7                     
Stick up kids with the Tommy Hil wear the mask
Ab                              Eb                   
Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last
Bb7                               F7                     
I thought he was the wonder and I was stunned by his lips
Ab7               Bb7                       
Taking sips of an Amaretto sour with a twist
                          F                                   
Shook my hips to the bass line this joker grabbed my waistline
                             F                          
Putting pressure on my spine trying to get LBoog to wind


[Verse]
                                         F7                     
I backed up off him then caught him with five finger to his face
      F7                     
I had to put him in his place
     Eb                    
This kids invading my space
    F7                                                        
But then I recognized the smile but I couldn't place the style
                                      Eb         Eb7         
So many fronts in his mouth I thought he was the Golden Child
     Bb7                         F7                            
Then it hit me that's Tariq from off the street around my Grams
                                          Bb7                       
I haven't seeen him since fifteen when he got booked for doing scams
                         F7                      
I tried to walk away but he wouldn't let me leave
       Ab7                          F7               Bb7           
He ran up quick behind me asking Yo what happened to my nigga Steve
                               F7                         
Steve was like this kid I went with back in Grammar School
                              Bb7                    
I chuckled knucklehead I seen him yesterday he's cool
Bb7                                    
He's busted so who you checking for now
F7                        
Probably some intellectual
                                        F7                           
I kept the conversation straight and he kept trying to make it sexual
                                         F7                     
Then his old lady tried to play me waved her hands up in my face
                                         F7                     
Yo I told her check your man cause Bitch you acting out of place


[Chorus]
Bb7           F7            
M to the A to the S to the K
    F7                                             
Put the mask upon me face just to make the next day
         Eb                       Bb      F7
Brothers be frontin' then they be runnin' ■ 
                      Eb            Bb7     
I walk the street and camouflage my identity
            F7                     
My posse in the Bronx wear the mask
           Eb                    
My crew on the Isle wear the mask
Bb7                      F7                    
Stick up kids rollin' in the Omni wear the mask
                                Eb7                  
Yeah everbody wear the mask but how long will it last


[Verse]
F7                      Db7             
Three AM in the morning on the Boulevard
                           Db7              
I'm still at large engaged with my entourage
Ab7                    G7         Db7  
Me and Godfather and a sixtyseven Dodge
                          G7              
I stepped out the note to post up my guard
Bb7                           F7                       
Searching for my car that was stolen from Scotland Yard
                         Bb7            Eb7        
My first instinct was to check the chop shop garage
                   F7                          
As I rung the bell someone tapped me on my back
                                 Ab              
I turned around to look it was a rookie in a mask
Bb              F7                   
He said I got a itchin' on my trigger
                     Eb             Eb7   
Don't move nigga I'm taking you for murder
Bb7                         F7                     
See cops got two faces like two laces on my Reeboks
                         F7                     
My knees knock as I step back for a clearer shot
                               F7                     
Well did you shoot him Naw kid I didn't have the balls
                           F7                            
That's when I realized I'm pumpin' too much Biggie Smalls
Abm7 B Abm7 Db7
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[Chorus]
Bb7           F7            
M to the A to the S to the K
                              Eb               F7 
Put the mask pon me face just to make the next day
            F7                      
Brothers be beefin' cops be thiefin'
                                   Bb7    
Brothers be schemin' and should be teamin'
Eb                F7                 
Jokers be smokin' and staying broke n
           F7                        
Bitches be teasin' and money skeezin'
Bb7                                       
Niggas be creapin' baby mothers be weepin'
                       Bb7                   
I walk the streets and camouflage my identity
                F7                 
My posse in the Haiti wear the mask
           Eb                   
My crew in Jamaica wear the mask
Bb7                                        
Stick up kids bumping FugeeLa wear the mask
Ab7                              Eb            Eb7    
Yeah everybody wear the mask but how long will it last


[Inst]
Eb Bb7 F7 Fmaj7 F7 Em7
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[Verse]

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