Intro:
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
Chorus:
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
'til November
Said I'll be gone
'til November, I'll be gone 'til November Yo, tell my girl, yo, I'll be
gone 'til November I'll be gone 'til November, I'll be gone 'til November
Yo, tell my girl, yo, I'll be gone 'til 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
Verse 1:
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
Repeat chorus
Verse 2:
I had to flip
nuttin' and turn it into somethin'
Hip-hop turns
to the future rock when I smash a punk (BING!) Commit treason, then I'll
have a reason to hunt you down It's only right, it's rappin' season
Yeah, 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
Repeat chorus
I know the hustle's
hard, but we gotta enterprise, the carnival
© Wyclef Jean 1997 Extrait de l'album "The Carnival".