I dedicate this record,
"The Carnival" to all
you brothers takin'
long trips down south
Virginia, Baltimore,
all around the world
And your girl gets this
message that you ain't
comin' back
She's sittin' back in the room,
the lights are off, she's cryin'
And then my voice comes in
POW!, in the middle
of the night, and this is
what I told her for you
Every time I make a run,
girl, you turn around and cry
I ask myself why, oh why
See, you must understand,
I can't work a 9 to 5
So I'll be gone till November
Said I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
January, February, March,
April, May
I see you cryin' but girl,
I can't stay.
I'll be gone til November,
I'll be gone til November
And give a kiss to my mother
When I come back,
there'll be no need to clock
I'll have enough money
to buy out blocks
Tell my brother,
"Go to school in September"
so he won't mess up in
summer school in the summer
Tell my cousin, Jerry,
wear his condom.
If you don't wear condom,
you'll see a red lump
Woh oh oh oh
You sucker MC's,
you got no flow
I heard your style,
you're s-o s-o
Every time I make a run,
girl, you turn around and cry
I ask myself why, oh why
See, you must understand,
I can't work a 9 to 5
So I'll be gone till November
Said I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
January, February, March,
April, May
I see you cryin', but girl,
I can't stay.
I'll be gone til November,
I'll be gone til November
And give a kiss to my mother
I had to flip nuttin'
And turn it into somethin'
Hip-hop turns to the future
rock when I smash a punk
Commit treason, then I'll have
a reason to hunt you down.
It's only right, it's rappin' season
You with the loud voice,
posin' like you're top choice
Your voice, I'll make a hearse
out of your Rolls Royce
Besides, I got my girl
to remember and I'll commit
it that I'll be back in November
Every time I make a run,
girl, you turn around and cry
I ask myself why, oh why
See, you must understand,
I can't work a 9 to 5
So I'll be gone till November
Said I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
I'll be gone till November,
I'll be gone till November
Yo, tell my girl, yo,
I'll be gone till November
January, February, March,
April, May
I see you cryin',
but girl I can't stay.
I'll be gone til November,
I'll be gone til November
And give a kiss to my mother
I know the hustle's hard,
but we gotta enterprise,
the carnival