The Title track of the album is no holds bar. Hip Hop is a Masquerade, and a culture/way of life, in which we all wear masks to hide who we are from time time, or at least parts of who we are.
lyrics
Come to the Party
Go get your Mask on,
Head to the back and,
Go get your dance on.
We gonna party all night long,
'Cause this "club" is open, all year long....
Hip Hop is a Masquerade (x2)
And Everybody's tryna to be, better than the rest
So what you see might never be,
What you're gonna get
(Whitefolkz)
Lemme welcome you to the masquerade
Where they do anything they can
to be the last to fade.
Errybody’s in disguise, but the story’s in the eyes.
If I cared enough to try,
then I’d read between the lines.
But I don’t have the patience
to deal with the conversations
Bout other people and places,
and things that are no relation
To anything that I’m doing,
or anything I’m pursuing
I can’t be holding the door,
when im trying to get my shoe in.
My city is full of wolves, fleas, snakes, and rats,
Fighting over small cheese, trying to scrape for scraps.
I try to stay away from ‘em
I’m from a small town
Everybody is connected, I aint trying to fall down.
I aint trying to fall off, and slide down the map
And when I just got to the top,
I’m comfortable with my surroundings.
(Chorus)
(Verse 3)
Definitely Ballin If you ask me
Definitely Ballin, ask anyone,
they’ll say the same thing,
Mr. Whitefolkz and Harmony Muzik –
So dope on the same track//we don’t need no masks.
We the realest, illest, that you ever gonna get
And if you challenge this,
you might end up getting upset.
Cuz Hip Hop is a Masquerade,
a room full of fake emcees on parade,
But not me and Whitefolkz,
We VIP
w/Black O.P.X., Topp Dogg Hill, toastin,
to the good life,
and a good year up
its Twenty-Ten and we got this,
so you can give the mask up.
credits
from The Masquerade,
released July 20, 2010
Produced by L-Precise. Written by M. Turner and D. Simmons. Rec/Mixed by Wise at Depth Charge Studios.
Harmony Muzik™ is a national touring and recording Urban/Hip Hop artist and songwriter, based out of
D.C..
Her music has been featured on numerous websites, fm and internet radio stations, and print publications. Harmony Muzik™ is currently working on her 4th studio album and making travel plans for her next tour. Download all her current releases here on Bandcamp!...more
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