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The 1984 Benson & Hedges Masters took place between 22–28 January 1984 at the Wembley Conference Centre. The Masters, in its 10th year, changed the format into a championship for the game's top 16 ranked players, as at the start of the 1983/84 season. The BBC extended their television coverage to show all 7 days of the event and the prize money was more than double that of the previous year.
Defending champion Cliff Thorburn lost to John Spencer in the first round, but it was fellow Canadian Kirk Stevens' maximum break against Jimmy White in the 9th frame of their semi-final, for which the tournament is perhaps best remembered. The break earned Stevens £10,000 for the 147, £1,000 for the highest break, and a gold award for breaking the tournament record. It was Stevens' second maximum break, the other being made in a practice session, and only the 3rd ever televised 147 break by any player. "I couldn't believe how I felt. I was just enthralled in it, lost in it" Stevens said. Meanwhile, White won the match 6-4 with a 119 break in the next frame and went on to win his only Masters title: In front of his home crowd he beat Welshman Terry Griffiths, playing in his 4th Masters final in 5 years, by 9 frames to 5.
James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.
White's extensive list of achievements, however, also include victory in the World Amateur Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters. He is also a former World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins, won the World Cup twice and Nations Cup once with England and was the 2010 World Seniors Champion. In 1992, he became the first left-handed player, and second overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship.
White was born in Tooting, London, England, and studied at Ernest Bevin College. He never achieved academic success, as he was often truant from school from the age of eight or nine, spending more and more time at Ted Zanicelli's snooker hall. It was around this time that he met Tony Meo with whom he would compete in money matches in many venues. His natural aptitude for snooker led to a successful amateur career. After winning the English Amateur Championship in 1979, a year later he became the youngest-ever winner of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, aged 18.
Kirk Stevens (born August 17, 1958) is a Canadian professional snooker player.
Stevens started playing young, achieving his first century break aged just 12. He turned professional aged 20, and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship aged 21. In 1984, he achieved a televised maximum 147 break in a match against Jimmy White in the Benson & Hedges Masters, which remained the only such break ever made in the competition until Ding Junhui achieved the same feat in 2007.Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry came close to repeating the feat. His stylish choice of attire and his youthful 'popstar' good looks made him a ladies' favourite.
His career ran into problems in 1985 when he met South African Silvino Francisco in the Dulux British Open final. After Stevens lost 9–12, Francisco accused him of taking stimulants during the match. Francisco was subsequently fined by the world snooker association for the comments. Stevens never failed a drug test in the entirety of his professional career; but, shortly after the comments were made public, Stevens admitted to an addiction to cocaine. Although he underwent treatment, his career never really recovered. He dropped out of the top 16 in 1986/87, but continued to play on until 1992/93, before returning home to Canada and retiring from professional tournament play on the world circuit. He returned to the game and won a place on the professional tour again in 1998/99, but never qualified for the following season. He almost returned for the 2000/01 season, but lost in the North American qualifying final to Bob Chaperon.
Masters
Fly mob, fly mob
Praise God Praise God
I am the mob!
I'm free!
So let freedom read
Been a minute since you heard from the fucking town king
I'm back now, who the fuck laid the track now
It don't matter, Tito it's a rap now
I'm a grab a bull by the horns
Like I'm lion I'm roarin
Make 'em wish they never been born
I'm flyin, matter fact I'm soarin
Ain't no telling which way I'm goin
This weed so fine, I've been blowin
This shits so fly I've been snowin
I'm gone, mane in a half full grown
Right back in the lap on the stage in the thrown
High like a bat outta hell
I've tried many times and failed
But still run into the whale
Tryin to get a sip of my cup
Hookin up my coat to feel double even enough to feelon my pair
Playa fly captain of the ship set sail
Been living like I'm in a belly of the whale
Stick to the hook, who then rules take my vitamins
Get exercise and say my prayers
I ain't got enough of me to share
Let me make it clear
Playa fly really don't care
If you come get a verse from me
Because I don't believe
Nobody out there can compare
Snatch S off supermans chest
Put it on my back with PF
Cause south parkway love
Ready like a tennessee volunteer
Playin memphis tiger bloods
Prepare or bewareof the rage
It's outta the cage and it's heading to the stage
And I'm rampage and I'm ready to pop
Like a loaded old rusty single shot 12 gauge
I'm gone I'm ahead of the herd, head of the class
I'm pulling to earth with very low class
Well I got clas but don't show it though
Cause I have more fun when I show my ass
My softer side, I have no other side
To show mo sau bout this side
You can see it in the toilet when I shit
Shit so thick shit you can even see it in my eye
Eye of the tiger drool like viper
Pls let go of the microphone sir
Ok...
(everybody know me, I promise I'll be calm... I'm calm!... mafia all day!)
[Chorus:]
M3!, everybody know me
Playa fly straight outta memphis Tenna-key
I'm mob, universal hearth throb
Ain't you rappers ain't really hard
M3!, everybody know me
Playa fly straight outta memphis Tenna-key
I'm mob, universal hearth throb
I'm mob, felt it from the bottom of my heart, M3!
Why it won't dance with a peace
And bring me to the peace
Or maybe just offer me a piece of the pie
Shit, as hard as I try
I always thought I was areal cool guy
Known I was born to survive
Even they bury me alive I'm fine
I'm still in d race
To chase of d paper
With the miniie mae maffio so fine
Hussle is my middle name last name grind
Fist full of dollars and a pocket full of iron
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
Pain make me feel so fine
Got no life lines, live my life on the line
Did a really a very long time for a really small crime
Back in d saddle of the horse is the force
Of the break with no remorse as I come from behind
Mind be blown, floors been cold
They still havent given me the propz I'm owed
I'm not a full law way, clip fully loaded
What they gonna do when I fully unload
Sit back relax and let my plan unfold
Then lay back relax n enjoy the show
If you wanna learn the ropes
You can take it from a pro, me
16 10 flats say no more, (say no more)
This for sure, I'm doin this for show
They probably won't ever ever do it no more
DC told me I gotta bump out here
They told him to let everything go
Like I just had a fit, and sent clean off a cliff
And put the feelin in d lyrics that I spit
And I spit fire, and you got lit by
And it ain't my fault you got hit by a trick
Always catch me decked in greatness
Feelin like a punk or had AIDS and 8 cysts
And I don't give a fuk if I don't make the playlist
For 13 years they loved to hate this
But one of these days I'm gonna make it
Just don't forget you hear me state this
I'm calm