Before we go any further, friends
As you call? em they call you when they need somethin.
Trees for the blunt, two Gs for the frontin
I found a way to get peace of mind for years and left the hell alone
Turn a deaf ear to the cellular phone
Send me a letter or better, we could see each other in real life
Just so you could feel me like a steel knife
At least so you could see the white of their eyes
Bright with surprise once they finish spittin lies
Associates, is your boys, your girls, bitches, niggaz, homies?
Close, but really dont know me
Mom, dad, comrade, peeps, brothers, sisters, duns, dunnies
Some come around when they need some money
Others make us laugh like the Sunday funnies
Fam be around whether you paid or bummy
You could either ignore this advice or take it from me
Be too nice and people take you for a dummy
So nowadays he aint so friendly
Actually they wouldnt even made a worthy enemy
Read the signs, no feeding the baboon
Seein as how they got your back bleeding from the stab wounds
Yall know the dance, they smile in your face, yall know the glance
Try ta put em on, they blow the chance
Never let your so-called mans know your plans
How many of us have them? A show of hands
Friends is a term some people use loosely
Im real choosy on what I choose to let crews see
You telling me, I try to act broke
Jealousy, the number one killer among black folk
Fellas be under some type of spell like crack smoke
Ghetto Cinderellas, lead em right to your stack, loc
Just another way a chickll lead to your end
I check the dictionary for the meanin of Friends
It said, person, one who likes to socialize with
Sympathize and help her and thats about the size of it
Most of the time these attributes is one-sided
To bolster the crime they opt to shoot you through your eyelid
And they cant hide it goin wild like a white bitch
Sometimes you need to cut niggaz off like a light switch
Click, and when things get quiet
Catch em like a thief in the night, bow what a riot
I first met Mister Fantastik at a arms deal
Dont let it get drastic, think of how your moms will feel
When it get for real the steel get to sparkin
Everything darken and aint no talkin
For somethin so cheap it sure buys a lot of trouble
You better off focusing than tryin to plot the bubble
Or else itd be a sad note to end on, the guns we got
Ones we can depend on, friends
Some come in the form of co-dependence
A lotta times only end up bein co-defendants
Ten bucks say theyll tell for a lower sentence
And leave you up under the jail beggin for a penance
It dont make no sense, what happened to the loyalty?
Honor amongst crooks, trust amongst royalty
Id rather go out in a blaze, than give em the glory
How many of us have a similar story,
Before lovers we used to have some type of over standing
Just so when I let her get the man-thing she know its no strings
We could do the damn thing but, hoe, its no rings
Just how the tramp swings, will she see em again?
That depends on how good was the skins
And could she memorize the lessons
It aint no need to pretend
Even though she let em stab it, she know they just, friends
Friends, how many of us have them?
Friends, ones we can depend on?
Friends, how many of us have them?
Friends, before we go any further