In a recent social media challenge, little brother KAMAU slides in his interpretation of Mask Off which features a guest verse from SIIMBA LIIVES LONG and includes Lizzo on the flute.
#maskoffchallenge
[Verse 1: KAMAU]
I got so many persons (yuh)
You got so many persons (uh)
We got so much to manage (yuh)
They all got to be perfect (uh)
Trying to be single minded with the tribe of me(s) all conversing
In the privacy there's a misalignment but we can see through the surface
I've been searching for the you
That was there before the views
That been scared to love and lose
That been scared of being bruised
Under the you, you would peregrinate
All of that personality
I'm a victim of it, too
Particular lust and pick and choose, the prettiest parts of the truth
I'm a reflection of the government, I'm a reflection of the news
At some point it gets exhausting under all the articles
When we're talking and we don't know who we're really talking to (DAMN)
Like beaver dam like stop
We in quicksand on our PP Dance with two dufflebags full of rocks
If we don't quit all the cosplay and let it breathe we might pop
I lay with you, my days with you, if I don't know you then why
I stay with you?
[Chorus]
Take your mask off babe x4
[Verse 2: SIIMBA LIIVES LONG]
I got things that I don't show you
I got things that I don't tell you
But I gotta give you the real
That's the way the picture develop
My transparency been potent, I ain't trying to keep you jealous
I know hiding it won't help you and I'm trying to be less selfish
Keep it a buck, keep it a stack
Only thing you got to give me is facts
If I start tripping just tell me relax, tell me that ain't the way I should react
I've been upset, I've been attacked
Caught in the drama because of the mask
That was the reason I almost collapsed
That's why I love you but I ain't attached
I don't care who you're sleeping with as long as you protect yourself
I don't care who you're sleeping with as long as you respect yourself
It's 20-17 I ain't tripping boo express yourself
I even bought you condoms so you never have to stress yourself
I got so many persons (uh)
You got so many persons (uh)
I ain't trying to control yah
That ain't typically working (uh)
If that ain't real what is it, you ain't gotta be distant
You ain't gotta be wifey, we got something different
[Chorus]
Take your mask off babe x4
Mask off was written by SIIMBA LIIVES LONG & KAMAUU.
Mask off was produced by Ben Talmi.