Best Friend

[Intro: Pharrell]

Yeah, yep

Spit my gum out right now, yeah

What up, world?

Got my inspiration in the studio with me tonight, feelin' good

Got a lot to smile about

Talk to y'all niggas

Yessir, hey

[Verse 1: Pharrell]

My best friend say I'm bottled up, I need a fuckin' therapist

But I can't think of nobody I wanna share this with

Why should I open up on somebody else's carelessness?

Pop, there goes the top, nigga, so here it is

Mama workin' all day, Daddy out in the streets

Imagine ten years old, full of doubt and defeat

Growing up around criminals, with clout and deceit

My grandma Loucelle used to tell me, "You about what you weep"

She used to help me with my homework, addition, subtraction

Added faith to my life and doubt got subtracted

Wanna skip your mind from crying? Better learn something, son

You be beatin' on my couches, why don't you try hit the drums?

Look, ooh, you see me, Ma, they wish they could be me, Ma

As I got better, her body was eaten by leukaemia

Seventh grade, it was cursed and sad

But the gift within it was when I first met Chad

But even Chad could tell you that my Christmas was jinxed

'Cause Grandma Loucelle died on 12-19

I can't help but wonder what kind of black cloud I was under

'Cause fifteen years later, the other died that summer

Bummer

[Chorus: Pharrell]

My best friend told me (What?)

You be actin' tough, that's fine (Uh-huh)

But the weight of the world can really crush one's mind

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

See, you won't even know you hurt sometimes

Until you in conversations, it comes out in a line

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) My nigga, let it out

[Verse 2: Pharrell]

Ayo, 1021 Atlantis Drive, nigga was action packed

That's Atlantis Apartments, we live in half the back

That's where the 12-year-olds there, they be flashing crack

And when they shoot you, nigga, they ain't tryna pass it back

Ayo, Didi, Fleet and Marvian, can you imagine that?

The place we love the most, the hood was built to smash us flat

But I escaped 'cause I chased what made me passionate

Now I got my skate team and spit these acid raps

So many niggas will rise, so many them niggas try

So many them niggas ended up duck-taped and tied

So many them same niggas, man, they moms' eyes cry

So, they just got older, still on the corner with they pride

Well, let me tell you niggas something, I'm so glad you alive

Long as you got a breath, a pulse, nigga strive

Divine intervention this is, I heard a voice, nigga, listen to this

[Chorus: Pharrell]

My best friend told me (What?)

You be actin' tough, that's fine (Uh-huh)

But the weight of the world can really crush one's mind

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

See, you won't even know you hurt sometimes (Uh-huh)

Until you in conversations, it comes out in a line

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) My nigga, let it out (Okay)

[Verse 3: Pharrell]

Jesus will arrange it, but Jesus won't change it

Hold yourself responsible, on yourself, you blame it

You mad, nigga don't articulate in Sanskrit

I.E. we best friends, speak best friend language

I'm a happy nigga, you can't approach me in anguish

Whoever said anything worth working for would be painless?

Can't be mad at the world 'cause you and your girl ain't famous

'Cause you both on Bape, BBC and chain-less

Also you're Range-less, therefore switch lane-less

Know you brain-less dangerous 'cause you pull out the stainless

All of a sudden' you smart, now you do something heinous

First time you get caught, now your ass is famous

No longer chain-less, and the bus switching lanes is a bad look

Your girl with ya man sellin' lane-less, stop

Nigga, rewind and reverse slides three times

Reassess your thinking and trust me, it'll be fine

First, picture your goal, and repeat, "It'll be mine"

Or fuck it, nigga, just keep imagine killin' me, fine

Now you scrunching your face, tryna ace attainment

When you should be tryna find a place to base your shame, nigga

Success is tangible, don't wait for fame

I thought you would receive it better if I ain't say your name

You unsure of yourself, sit still and think

Review those actions if it fit, put your name in the blank

[Chorus: Pharrell]

My best friend told me (What?)

You be actin' tough, that's fine (Uh-huh)

But the weight of the world can really crush one's mind

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

See, you won't even know you hurt sometimes (Uh-huh)

Until you in conversations, it comes out in a line

So let it out, P (What?) Let it out, P (What?)

Let it out, P (What?) My nigga, let it out (Okay)

[Outro: Natasha Ramos]

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