Ma$e

Released: October 28, 1997

Songwriter: Ma$e

Producer: Ma$e Diddy Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie

This Mase, what up?
Yo Mase I'mma make this short and to the point
I'm a fan of yours, you know, my kids like you, they dance to you
You know we like what's goin on wit you
All I'm sayin is don't give my girl your number no more
What?
Don't give my girl your number no more man
Who your girl B?
Listen man listen
You wild easy to get son, you know what I'm saying
I've been to jail twice man and I'm not scared
And I love and I want go back
You understand what I'm saying?
So, don't give my girl your number no more man
Come on B wit all that yo
When the smoke clears man, Puff Daddy
And all them niggas you runnin with man
They ain't gonna be there man and niether will you man
So I'mma close it off like that bee you know what I'm sayin
Whatever B
I'mma leave it like that son
Aight man

Mase is a Harlem rapper best known for his string of hits with Bad Boy Records in the late 1990s, including the top 10 pop hits “Feel So Good,” “What You Want,” and “Lookin' At Me.” He also appeared on Puff Daddy’s #1 hit “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s #1 hit “Mo Money, Mo Problems” in 1997.

Born Mason Betha in 1975, Mase moved back and forth between Harlem and Florida for much of his childhood. He started rapping as a teenager under the name “Murda Mase,” getting his first taste of the spotlight as a member of Children of the Corn, a group that also included well-known rapper Big L and Mase’s childhood friend, Cam'Ron.

In 1996, Mase signed with Bad Boy as a solo artist after his manager Cudda Love—who was also a road manager for The Notorious B.I.G.—introduced him to Puff Daddy. Within a week of signing, he appeared alongside the label’s superstar Biggie in the music video for 112’s platinum single “Only You (Remix).” He dropped the “Murda” from his name and was credited simply as “Mase.”

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