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Fabolous

Frenemies

Release date: 29th November 2019

From Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever
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About This Track

Fabolous examines the blurred line between allies and adversaries on 'Frenemies', a track built around the question of who truly has your back when the stakes rise. The song interpolates Whodini's 'Friends' and samples Barrington Levy's 'The Vibes is Right', anchoring its meditation on betrayal and false loyalty in older hip-hop touchstones. Josh K's chorus frames the central anxiety: time heals but also reveals what was never genuine, leaving the listener uncertain who will stand firm when loyalty is tested. Fabolous moves through specific scenarios of disloyalty, from industry rivals masquerading as collaborators to family members who know your secrets and weaponise them. The distinction he draws is sharp: not every hand that reaches toward you means to help, and proximity breeds a particular kind of danger. Success attracts both genuine supporters and those who benefit from your rise, making the two nearly indistinguishable until the moment they diverge. The track's power lies in this refusal to offer easy answers, instead treating friendship and enmity as states that can coexist in the same person.

"Frenemies" is a track by Fabolous, from the album Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever, released 29th November 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Frenemies

[Pre-Chorus: Josh K]

What goes up always comes down

What goes around always comes 'round

What's in the dark always comes to light

Two wrongs never make a right

Every story got two sides

One facts, one all lies

Do they love you 'cause you been official?

Or 'cause you beneficial?

[Chorus: Josh K]

Time heals but it also refills

What's fake and what's not really real?

Who gon' be the one to really pull that trigger?

Who gon' slide when it's time to slide?

Frenemies (Yeah, yeah)

How many of us have them?

Frenemies (Oh-oh)

Ones we can't depend on

Frenemies

[Verse 1: Fabolous]

Lookin' back though, I thought you was a friend of me (For real)

When enemies pose as friends, call 'em frenemies (For real)

'Cause every hand ain't helpin' that extend to me (It ain't)

And most ain't as happy for you as they pretend to be (They ain't)

Winnin' in the street, haters wanna end the streak (Losers)

Pimp the industry, hoes can't be indiscreet (Shut up)

My inner G keep that same energy

When you mix friend with foe, that's a deadly synergy (Uh)

Bitches'll dub you and bait you with the same line

Family can love you and hate you at the same time

Lovers and haters are like two of the same kind

Both of them feelings can make you do the same crime

When your shooter aimin' at you, you an easy target (Pah, pah, pah, pah)

Think you been through dark times, nigga, these your darkest (For real)

When the one who knows all the secrets get to tellin' (Damn)

Heard he went against the family, yeah, the kid rebellin' (Damn)

In them quiet rooms, heard he started yellin'

How you gon' turn your fellas into felons? (How?)

I'm with some real ones, fuck the nothin' but mes

Friends like y'all, who needs enemies?

[Pre-Chorus: Josh K]

What goes up always comes down

What goes around always comes 'round

What's in the dark always comes to light

Two wrongs never make a right

Every story got two sides

One facts, one all lies

Do they love you 'cause you been official?

Or 'cause you beneficial?

[Chorus: Josh K]

Time heals but it also refills

What's fake and what's not really real?

Who gon' be the one to really pull that trigger?

Who gon' slide when it's time to slide?

Frenemies (Yeah, yeah)

How many of us have them?

Frenemies (Oh-oh)

Ones we can't depend on

Frenemies

[Verse 2: Fabolous]

Never value the length of the relationship (Never)

Over the strength of the relationship (Word)

'Cause the one that knew you long'll still do you wrong (Word)

If you don't know, you better go and get your Google on

Better ask somebody, set up by a nasty thotty (For real)

Lil' bastards probably waitin' with a mask in lobbies

I got the scoop for ice and cream, they wanna Baskin Rob' me (All these flavors)

Take me out this world, try to astronaut me (Woo)

I notice a lot of you niggas say you out on bail

Found out a lot of you niggas really out on tell

Girlfriend you hanging 'round sayin', "Fuck your man"

Same girlfriend'll turn around and fuck your man

You found out from your so-called friend (Oh, word?)

Who knew the night it happened, but no phone call then, nah

You can't be my bitch and be a groupie (You can't)

You can't be my bro and be a goofy (You can't)

A hurt female and a ho friend is a bad team (The worst)

You sleep on that, I guarantee you have a bad dream (For real)

I'm with some day ones, fuck the nothin' but mes

Friends like y'all, who needs enemies?

[Pre-Chorus: Josh K]

What goes up always comes down

What goes around always comes 'round

What's in the dark always comes to light

Two wrongs never make a right

Every story got two sides

One facts, one all lies

Do they love you 'cause you been official?

Or 'cause you beneficial?

[Chorus: Josh K]

Time heals but it also refills

What's fake and what's not really real?

Who gon' be the one to really pull that trigger?

Who gon' slide when it's time to slide?

Frenemies (Yeah, yeah)

How many of us have them?

Frenemies (Oh-oh)

Ones we can't depend on

Frenemies

[Outro: Barrington Levy]

Dealing war, backwards stay far

We're dealing with truths and rights

Come some more into my sight

Guess the vibes is nice

So nice, so nice, so nice, so nice

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Track details

From Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever

2019
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Album
Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever
Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever
Fabolous
Release year
2019
  1. —Insecure
  2. —Gone for the Summer
  3. —Us vs. The World
  4. —Frenemies
  5. —Too Late
  6. —Ooh Yea
  7. —Cap
  8. —My Mind
  9. —Options
  10. —Bae Dreaming
  11. —Cold Summer
  12. —Time
  13. —Seasons Change
  14. —B.O.M.B.S.
  15. —Talk to Me Nicely

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Writer
Barrington Levy, Fabolous, Josh K, Mally The Martian, Omar Grand
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