Sloppin' ferry
You know we figured you out

Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a mask
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a mask
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a mask
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a mask
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a mask
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out, you wear a fake

Hey man wake up and smell the concrete
Strange to see you've changed like the LB
Could be identity crisis but I can't buy this
Reality bites but that's what life is
Pitiful you, your hideous behaviour
Hate what God gave ya, fakin' all the flava

Artificial minds seekin' out the new trends
Get in where you fit in
Quit thinkin' like a has-been
Diggin' in my culture

Let me let you punks know
I'm an old school soldier
With the funk flow
A damn shame you want to change yourself
Because you're sick of yourself

Well I'm sick of you too
Fake
You're a counterfeit
Fake
(You know we figured you out)
Well I'm sick of you too
Fake
You're a counterfeit
Fake

I wonder, I wonder
I wonder what it's like to be a clone
Doin' nothin, nothin' on my own
Alone in your misery, you're bitin' on my new style

Filed as a counterfeit
Going down in history as nothin' but a copy cat (copy cat)
So if your fakin' that you're phat you need a ball-bat
Right where your head is at
All your desperation causes separation
Now I grab the mic to intimidate
Your weakness screams from the limb on your siren
Phonies get the hint quick smacked with funk flick
Pain for the fakers, fame can't maintain
Because you're sick of yourself

Well I'm sick of you too
Fake
You're a counterfeit
Fake
(You know we figured you out)
Well I'm sick of you too
Fake
You're a counterfeit
Fake

All these phonies

You disregarded your life (disregarded your life)
You disrespected your friends (you disrespected your friends)
You've even stolen your appearance (stolen) from hangin' out with my family
But I should have never dropped my guard (shoulda never dropped my guard)
So you could stab me in the back (stab me in the back)
But you were fakin' me out (you were fakin' me out)
Just fakin' me out you wear a mask (you wear a mask)

Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
Freakin'' me out, you wear a mask called counterfeit
You're freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit

Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit
Freakin' me out you wear a mask called counterfeit

Now you're steadily startin' to change
You want to rearrange your lifestyle
Live like a wild child
With the vibe alive
You could lie to try and be so fly
A lie but you deny you're a fake

You're a phony, you know we figured you out (fake)
You know we figured you out
Figured you out, figured you out (fake)
Fake
Fake
Fake
Fake
Fake
Fake


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