A Friend

[Intro]

The beat was 'posed to drop right there

The beat was 'posed to drop right there

The beat was 'posed to drop right there

Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh

I send this one out to my right hand man, or mens

Or womens, the whole crew, the real fam

(Da-ra-da-ra-da-ra-ra-ra-ra)

[Chorus]

We can count the dough or kick a flow

Or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really, though

All that can end

Whether at the bar with superstars

Or cruisin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are

All I really need is a friend

[Verse 1]

If we can't have trust, then you can't hang with us

We respond to those who show respect with respect

We respond, we connect on the same deck

Same intellect, my man, never shifty, thinks quickly

If you can't understand, we boys, we boys

We could stand on the corner with a hat sellin' toys

It ain't about your Benz, I hope it ain't about mine

My man, I be dissin' in my freestyle rhyme

Gettin G's around the world, I can trust you with my girl, my man

We chillin' at the jam, what's the plan?

I'm not a yes man and none of my friends are yes men

Or women, I'm drivin', I see my peeps yo get in

Where you fit in? True friends are quick to sit in the beginning of all trouble

And when your bankroll doubles

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble

Still, I got my own space like Hubble

[Chorus]

We can count the dough or kick a flow

Or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really, though

All that can end

Whether at the bar with superstars

Or cruisin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are

All I really need is a friend

[Verse 2]

Cause don't nobody care about us, all they do is doubt us

Until we blow the spot, then they all wanna crowd us

And wanna shout us, but you my man from way back

I just gots to say that, actin' large, I don't play that

But I can't say that, where I play at isn't fast-paced

A friend can acquire the taste to become two-faced

And that's a disgrace, there ain't nothing you can say to us

When the kid you grew up with betrays your trust

When we used to ride the bus, we had trust

Now we cash checks and drive Lex, and can't show respect to one of us

Yo, the heads I hang with ain't tryin to just get what they can get

Sit quickly backstabbin' the clique

I roll thick, but only some are friends really down to the end

My right hand men and women

Mutual support, from the beginnin'

Been in, exactly what I've been in

[Chorus]

We can count the dough or kick a flow

Or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really, though

All that can end

Whether at the bar with superstars

Or cruisin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are

All I really need is a friend

[Verse 3]

Back to back, we attack corporate America

Gettin' fees that amount to G's in every area

You my man, I ain't gotta drag you along

You pull your own weight, yeah you definitely got it goin' on

I don't see nothin' wrong with a little bumpin' car system thumpin'

Between the crew, we always got somethin'

But if we had nothin', no frontin' whatever

We'd still be crew you and me, me for you together

Word, fake people ain't worth a turd

They only want to be your friend because of what they overheard

I send this record to the well respected

Friends that I've collected

I hope I am what you expected

[Interlude]

Yeah

So check it, so check it

[Chorus]

We can count the dough or kick a flow

Or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really, though

All that can end

Whether at the bar with superstars

Or cruisin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are

All I really need is a friend