(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) IF YOU WANNA SEE NO MORE CARONA
YOUNG AND THE OLDER, BASIC OR BOLD (MASK UP!)
I wanna live in the future but man bump it mask on
I know you wanna chill with ya friends and that ain’t wrong
But we gotta take this thang more serious
People dying everyday and they still ain’t hearin us when we say
Back up 6ft trust and believe
Take the necessary precautions and we can be
Back to the normal, no more paranoia
I’m just here to warn ya, I ain’t tryna annoy ya
But this is coming from a person with respiratory problems
I ain’t tryna die, I wanna give my momma mo flowers
Some of y’all really out here bein’ some cowards
Talkin bout a new conspiracy every hour
Yeah yeah they could be forging all the numbers
But that don’t change the fact of what’s really amongst us
6ft back turns into 6 ft deep
Pull that mask up homie, don’t breathe on me
(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) IF YOU WANNA SEE NO MORE CARONA
YOUNG AND THE OLDER, BASIC OR BOLD (MASK UP!)
See we been maskin’ for a long time
Pretty pretty on the second-line, people mask for
More than just their own bloodline, Now we’re masking
Up to put the COVID on that decline (what)
It’s a community thang, if you can hang, it’s just a
“People come together to make a good thing a better thang.”
In this case, it’s just a matter of arithmetic,
Some say they really don’t get it
But everybody can over stand what I put out, it sticks
Which on the quick (uh) can make a problem not easily fixed
‘Cause if it’s poisoned then guess. what?. Now. so are you.
I wear the mask just-to-keep these cooties to myself, dude.
I may not get you on the first try
But in a numbers game of live or die
I’d rather not play at all
I’m not that small
When all I gotta do is
Tie this rag around my face, tell
Everybody in the place to
(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) EVERYBODY WANNA MASK LIKE NOLA
(MASK UP!) IF YOU WANNA SEE NO MORE CARONA
YOUNG AND THE OLDER, BASIC OR BOLD (MASK UP!)
(Mask Up!) When your gone on your way to the dome
(Mask Up!) Anytime you wanna leave your home
(Mask Up!) When you’re chillin’ up in Cafe Du Monde
(Mask Up!) When you just wanna have some fun
(Mask Up!) If you care about the people around you
(Mask Up!) For the city that’s always behind you
(Mask Up!) When you’re workin’, (Mask Up!) when you’re twerkin’
Together we can defeat this
All you gotta do is Mask Up!
Mayor cantrell gon tell’em mask up
Drew brees gon tell’em mask up
Zion williamson gon tell’em mask up
Mike thomas gon tell’em mask up
Lil wayne gon tell’em mask up
Master p gon tell’em mask up
Lonzo gon tell’em mask up
Cam jordan gon tell’em mask up”
(uptown) every ward
(9th ward) every corner
(downtown) every hood
(in the gard)you gotta wanna
(westbank) every ward
(eastbank) every corner
(southside) every hood
(by the lake) you gotta wanna
(uptown) do better
(9th ward) feel better
(downtown) think better
(in the guard) be better
(westbank) do better
(eastbank) feel better
(southside) think better
(by the lake) be better
Practice radical decency
Livin’ in higher frequencies (2x)
(Mask Up!) When your gone on your way to the dome
(Mask Up!) Anytime you wanna leave your home
(Mask Up!) When you’re chillin’ up in Cafe Du Monde
(Mask Up!) When you just wanna have some fun
(Mask Up!) If you care about the people around you
(Mask Up!) For the city that’s always behind you
(Mask Up!) When you’re workin’, (Mask Up!) when you’re twerkin’
Together we can defeat this
All you gotta do is Mask Up!
I wanna live in the future but man bump it mask on
I know you wanna chill with ya friends and that ain’t wrong
But we gotta take this thang more serious
People dying everyday and they still ain’t hearin us when we say
Back up 6ft trust and believe
Take the necessary precautions and we can be
Back to the normal, no more paranoia
I’m just here to warn ya, I ain’t tryna annoy ya
But this is coming from a person with respiratory problems
I ain’t tryna die, I wanna give my momma mo flowers
Some of y’all really out here bein’ some cowards
Talkin bout a new conspiracy every hour
Yeah yeah they could be forging all the numbers
But that don’t change the fact of what’s really amongst us
6ft back turns into 6 ft deep
Pull that mask up homie, don’t breathe on me
(Mask Up!) When your gone on your way to the dome
(Mask Up!) Anytime you wanna leave your home
(Mask Up!) When you’re chillin’ up in Cafe Du Monde
(Mask Up!) When you just wanna have some fun
(Mask Up!) If you care about the people around you
(Mask Up!) For the city that’s always behind you
(Mask Up!) When you’re workin’, (Mask Up!) when you’re twerkin’
Together we can defeat this
All you gotta do is Mask Up!
See we been maskin’ for a long time
Pretty pretty on the second-line, people mask for
More than just their own bloodline, Now we’re masking
Up to put the COVID on that decline (what)
It’s a community thang, if you can hang, it’s just a
“People come together to make a good thing a better thang.”
In this case, it’s just a matter of arithmetic,
Some say they really don’t get it
But everybody can over stand what I put out, it sticks
Which on the quick (uh) can make a problem not easily fixed
‘Cause if it’s poisoned then guess. what?. Now. so are you.
I wear the mask just-to-keep these cooties to myself, dude.
I may not get you on the first try
But in a numbers game of live or die
I’d rather not play at all
I’m not that small
When all I gotta do is
Tie this rag around my face, tell
Everybody in the place to
(Mask Up!) When your gone on your way to the dome
(Mask Up!) Anytime you wanna leave your home
(Mask Up!) When you’re chillin’ up in Cafe Du Monde
(Mask Up!) When you just wanna have some fun
(Mask Up!) If you care about the people around you
(Mask Up!) For the city that’s always behind you
(Mask Up!) When you’re workin’, (Mask Up!) when you’re twerkin’
Together we can defeat this
All you gotta do is Mask Up!
Mayor cantrell gon tell’em mask up
Drew brees gon tell’em mask up
Zion williamson gon tell’em mask up
Mike thomas gon tell’em mask up
Lil wayne gon tell’em mask up
Master p gon tell’em mask up
Lonzo gon tell’em mask up
Cam jordan gon tell’em mask up”
(uptown) every ward
(9th ward) every corner
(downtown) every hood
(in the gard)you gotta wanna
(westbank) every ward
(eastbank) every corner
(southside) every hood
(by the lake) you gotta wanna
(uptown) do better
(9th ward) feel better
(downtown) think better
(in the guard) be better
(westbank) do better
(eastbank) feel better
(southside) think better
(by the lake) be better
Practice radical decency
Livin’ in higher frequencies (2x)
about
Proceeds from the sale of this New Orleans party style Mask Up! for COVID-19 anthem benefit Masks for America (masks4america.org), and organization that has delivered over 250,000 FDA-certified KN95 + N95 masks to frontline essential workers in the areas hardest hit by COVID19 like New York City, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
credits
released August 7, 2020
Artists:
Lilli Lewis
Corey J The Rapper
Band: Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove
Kirk Joseph, sousaphone
Tom Fitzpatrick, tenor sax
Matthew Thomas, bari sax
Mark McGrain, trombone
Takeshi Shimmura, guitar
Jaz Butler, drums
Special Guests:
James Andrews, trumpet
Glen David Andrews, trombone
Megan Brunious, trumpet
Erica Falls
Roland Guerin
Dr. MarkAlain Dery
Producer/Engineering/Mastering:
David Villalta for Studio 55 Productions
Additional recording by Lu Rojas for Oak Street Studios
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