Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Beyoncé Knowles Carter
Vocals
JAY-Z
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Beyoncé
Composer
Jahaan Sweet
Composer
Shawn Carter
Composer
Matthew Jehu Samuels
Composer
AMIR ESMAILIAN
Composer
Denisia Andrews
Composer
Brittany Coney
Composer
Tavoris Javon Hollins
Lyrics
Navraj Singh Goraya
Composer
Rupert Thomas Jr.
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Beyoncé
Producer
JAY-Z
Producer
Jahaan Sweet
Producer
SEVN Thomas
Co-Producer
Fred Ball
Co-Producer
Leslie Brathwaite
Mixing Engineer
Adrien "Chocolate" Crapanzano
Assistant Recording Engineer
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
Recording Engineer
Jack Thomason
Assistant Recording Engineer
Colin Leonard
Mastering Engineer
Matthew Jehu Samuels
Producer
Navraj Singh Goraya
Co-Producer
Stuart White
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My friends, real friends
Better than your friends
That’s how we keep
Poppin’ out that Benz, yeah
No foes, real friends
We ain’t even gotta pretend, yeah
Get bands, get bands
Spend it all on my friends
[Verse 2]
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me down
(They never let me down)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me drown
(Never let me drown)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me drown
(Never let me drown)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
I’ll never hit the ground
(Never let me drown)
(Never let me drown)
[Verse 3]
My friends, real friends
Better than your friends, yeah
That’s how we keep
Poppin’ out that Benz, yeah
Faux friends, real friends
Better than your friends, yeah
Ask them, ask them
They know all my biness’
I don’t know what I would do
Without all of my crew, yeah
I ain’t making no room, yeah
I ain’t making no new friends
I don’t make no moves, yeah
Without telling my crew, yeah
That’s just how we do, yeah
That’s just how we do
Goddamn it I love my life
(I love it)
Styrofoam cups, no ice
(Uh-huh)
Party before we go inside
Never let ‘em out my sight
(Ooh)
They’re right by my side
(Woo!)
They’re my ride or dies
(Ride)
They’re my ride or dies
[Verse 4]
My friends are goals
Your friends are foes
We fly, why cry
Our souls exposed, yeah
We smoke, we laugh
Your stress, my stress
Closer than kin
I’m blessed, you blessed
[Verse 5]
10 toes
10 toes
We was out in that road, uh
Looking for love in wrong places
We were posed to a stove, yeah
Share jewels, share clothes
That’s how deep this shit goes, yeah
Every week ya’ll got bros, yeah
All of ya’ll fake close, yeah
Ya’ll switching sides like NBA teams
Just after half time
I’m pulling up on my dog, make sure he ok
I don’t even have time
And cop me a Porsche with butterscotch seats
This ‘fore they had meals
Live better than rappers and they don’t even have deals
It’s that real
Bought Emory a BM as soon as he came home
We hopped on a plane
Headed straight to the Bay
That’s how we turned the game on
It’s game on!
Ty momma died, I was there
My nephew died, he was there
He at my house, more than I be there
More than B there
Ty Ty there
E there
Breezy there
Juan there
High here
Chaka there
Law there
They all here
Oh yeah!
Des there
Kwanna here
Shit feel like Nirvana here
Crib like the Soho house
I might stay in and grow out my hair
Tight circle, no squares
I’m geometrically opposed to you
Ya’ll like to ‘try angles’
Ya’ll like to troll, do you?
Ya’ll talk around hoes, do you?
Ya’ll don’t follow codes, do you?
We know everything you say
From **** close to you
You emotional
When I say, “Free the dogs”
I free ‘em
That’s how Meek got his freedom
Ya’ll put **** on a t-shirt
It hurts you ain’t ever meet ‘em
You got **** in the feds
You ain’t even trying to feed ‘em
I’m trying to free the world
That’s how deep I’m in
I ain’t going to nobody, nothing
If me and my wife beefin’
I don’t care if the house on fire
I’m dying ****, I ain’t leaving!
Ty Ty, take care of my kids
After he done grieving
If y’all don’t understand that
We ain’t meant to be friends
[Verse 6]
Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me down
(They never let me down)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me drown
(Never let me drown)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me down
(Never let me down)
Gon’ pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
They never let me drown
(Never let me drown)
(Never let me drown)
[Verse 7]
They pray, pray for me
They pray, pray for me
See better things for me
Want better days for me
Unselfishly
They pray, pray for me
They pray, pray for me
Whenever I’m in need
They in the backseat
With the AUX bumping, B
They ain’t no pride involved
They ain’t no pride involved
In my heart, heart, heart
You know 444
That’s my dog, dog, dog
See your dogs, dogs, dogs
Point em’ out, out, out
Point em’ out, out, out
[Verse 8]
What would I be without my friends?
(What would I be without my friends?)
I ain’t got no understanding
(I ain’t got no understanding)
‘Bout them, you might just catch these hands
We fall out and we make amends
Yeah, yeah my friends
[Verse 9]
Your friends are foes
My friends are goals
Closer than kin
Our souls exposed, yeah
Your friends are frauds
All they want is applause, yeah
And my friends, real friends
Closer than kin
[Verse 10]
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me drown
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me down
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me down
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Written by: Amir "Cash" Esmailian, Beyoncé, Brittany Coney, Denisia Andrews, Jahaan Sweet, Matthew Jehu Samuels, Navraj Singh Goraya, Rupert Thomas Jr., Shawn Carter, Tavoris Javon Hollins