Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Call it how it is
Hendrix
I promise, I swear, I swear
You heard, spit it, yo
Percocets (ya), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Percocets (ya), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Rep the set (yee), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Mask on, fuck it, mask off (mask off)
Mask on (off), fuck it, mask off (mask off)
Percocets ('cets), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Chase a check (chase it), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Two cups (cup), toast up with the gang (gang, gang)
From food stamps to a whole 'nother domain, ya
Out the bottom (ye), I'm the livin' proof (super)
Ain't compromisin' (woah), half a million on the coupe (gang, gang)
Drug houses (where), lookin' like Peru (woah, woah, woah)
Graduated (crazy), I was overdue (I'm on due)
Pink molly (molly), I can barely move (barely move)
Ask about me ('bout me), I'm gon' bust a move
Rick James (James), thirty-three chains (thirty-three)
Ocean air (air), cruisin' Biscayne
Top off (ya), that's a liability (big foreigns)
Hit the gas (gas), boostin' my adrenaline (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Rep the set (ye), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye, ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Four-door Maybach (four-door), I drive anything (ye)
Buy my range (ye), make 'em go insane (ye)
(Oh my Lord, praise him be)
My guillotine, drank Promethazine (drank Prometh')
TEC and beams (ya), go to those extremes (let's go, let's go)
Parliament (parliament), calamari Wednesday (ya)
Parlay in Vegas, we was in attendance (let's go, let's go)
Before the business (yeah), Theodore lenses
Theo-dur prescriptions (ya), focus on the missions (fo' my)
Intermission (hol' up), never take a break (we can pull up)
Switch states, touch down, foreign plates (speech)
Ain't no way, ain't no fuckin' way (no)
We call the play, we didn't come to play (no)
Rob the bank, we gon' rob the game (gang)
They gang, we gang (gang)
But they are not the same (Freebandz)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Rep the set (ye), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye, ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Gas gone, never nod off
(Cold chills, prison cells)
(Oh my Lord, praise him be)
Hendrix
I promise, I swear, I swear
You heard, spit it, yo
Percocets (ya), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Percocets (ya), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Rep the set (yee), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Mask on, fuck it, mask off (mask off)
Mask on (off), fuck it, mask off (mask off)
Percocets ('cets), molly, Percocets (Percocets)
Chase a check (chase it), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Two cups (cup), toast up with the gang (gang, gang)
From food stamps to a whole 'nother domain, ya
Out the bottom (ye), I'm the livin' proof (super)
Ain't compromisin' (woah), half a million on the coupe (gang, gang)
Drug houses (where), lookin' like Peru (woah, woah, woah)
Graduated (crazy), I was overdue (I'm on due)
Pink molly (molly), I can barely move (barely move)
Ask about me ('bout me), I'm gon' bust a move
Rick James (James), thirty-three chains (thirty-three)
Ocean air (air), cruisin' Biscayne
Top off (ya), that's a liability (big foreigns)
Hit the gas (gas), boostin' my adrenaline (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Rep the set (ye), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye, ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Four-door Maybach (four-door), I drive anything (ye)
Buy my range (ye), make 'em go insane (ye)
(Oh my Lord, praise him be)
My guillotine, drank Promethazine (drank Prometh')
TEC and beams (ya), go to those extremes (let's go, let's go)
Parliament (parliament), calamari Wednesday (ya)
Parlay in Vegas, we was in attendance (let's go, let's go)
Before the business (yeah), Theodore lenses
Theo-dur prescriptions (ya), focus on the missions (fo' my)
Intermission (hol' up), never take a break (we can pull up)
Switch states, touch down, foreign plates (speech)
Ain't no way, ain't no fuckin' way (no)
We call the play, we didn't come to play (no)
Rob the bank, we gon' rob the game (gang)
They gang, we gang (gang)
But they are not the same (Freebandz)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Rep the set (ye), gotta rep the set (gang, gang)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Mask on (off) (ye), fuck it, mask off (mask) (big foreigns)
Percocets (ye), molly, Percocets (big foreigns)
Chase a check (chase it) (ye, ye), never chase a bitch (I don't chase no bitches)
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Mask on, fuck it, mask off
Gas gone, never nod off
(Cold chills, prison cells)
(Oh my Lord, praise him be)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Mask Off Lyrics as written by Nayvadius Wilburn Leland Tyler Wayne
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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@sokorny just to correct you rep the set is NOT a workout term. Your set is a gang term meaning your clique, your squad, your crew for instance the bloods have many sets sex money murder, piru, mob etc.... why does someone write something if they're not sure what they're talking about