I dedicate this record the carnival to all you brothers takin' long trips   Down south, Virginia, Baltimore all round the world   And your girl gets this message that you ain't comin' back   She sittin' back in her room, da lights is off   She's cryin', and then my voice comes in pow   And in the middle of the night and this is what I tell her for you      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 9 to 5   So I'll be gone till November      Said I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   You tell my girl I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   I'll be gone 'til November, you tell my girl yo I'll be gone till November      January, February, March, April, May   I see you cryin' but girl I can't stay   I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   And give a kiss to my motha      When I come back there be no time to clock   I'll have enough money to buy out the glocks   Tell my brotha go to school in September   So he won't mess up in summer school in da summer      Tell my cousin Jerry wear his condom   If you don't wear condom you see a red line   Oh, you sucka M.C's you got no flow   I heard ya style you 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 9 to 5   So I'll be gone till November      Said I'll be gone till November I'll be gone till November   You tell my girl I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   I'll be gone 'til November, you tell my girl yo I'll be gone till November      January, February, March, April, May   I see you cryin' but girl I can't stay   I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   And give a kiss to my motha      I had to flick nothin' and turn it in to somethin'   Hip-Hop turns to the future of rock when I smash a pumpkin   Commit treason now I have a reason   To hunt you down it's only right its rappers season, yeah you      With the loud voice posin' like your top choice   I make a hertz out of ya 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 9 to 5   So I'll be gone till November      Said I'll be gone till November I'll be gone till November   You tell my girl I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   I'll be gone 'til November, you tell my girl yo I'll be gone till November      January, February, March, April, May   I see you cryin' but girl I can't stay   I'll be gone till November, I'll be gone till November   And give a kiss to my motha   I know the hustle?s hard, but we gotta enterprise, the carnival