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 her room, the lights is 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?" (One-two, one-two) See, you must understand, I can´t work a nine to five So I´ll be gone ´til November (One-two, one-two) 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 (Ready?)
Yo, tell my girl, yo, I´ll be gone ´til November (One-two, one-two) 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 (Y´all ready?)
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 Woah, 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 nine to five 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
I had to flip nothin´ and turn it into somethin´ Hip-hop turns to the future rock when I smash a pumpkin 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 committed 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 nine to five 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
I know the hustle´s hard, but we gotta enterprise, The Carnival