Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
50 Cent
Vocals
Jonathan Rotem
Keyboards
Valerie Simpson
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nickolas Ashford
Songwriter
Valerie Simpson
Songwriter
Curtis James Jackson
Songwriter
Jonathan Rotem
Songwriter
Josephine Armstead
Songwriter
Tony Cottrell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Hi-Tek
Producer
K. Miller
Recording Engineer
Kenneth Richard
Assistant Recording Engineer
Pat Viala
Mixing Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah!
It's my tape, man
Listen to my tape
I've waited, I've waited, time went by
All I could do was cry silly, silly
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round me all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
If I was your best friend
[Verse 1]
First we get to talkin'
Then we get to touchin'
If we get past the phone games, we'll be fuckin'
I kiss like the French do
Put my tongue in your ear
Do it like the dogs do it, girl
And pull on your hair
For me a different scenery just means a different position
In the tub or on the sink, I improvise, now listen
In the chopper or on the jet, join the mile high club
I'm no fool, I know money can't buy me love
But I'm a different type of **** that make sure that you know
Instead of a rose
There's a hundred dozens of those
See, I see somethin' special when I look in your eyes
With your legs way back, I see this pussy is mines
If you ain't sure when I'm talkin', I don't tell you no lies
But there's things that you say that have me wonderin' why
When I don't say what I'm thinkin', it don't mean that I'm shy
Got on that shit that you picked out for me, that's why I'm so fly
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round me all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
If I was your best friend
[Verse 2]
While you in your bubble bath, I'll come wash on your back
When you puttin' on your lotion, I can help you with that
I sit and think of things to say that may make you smile
Or give you gifts from my heart to reflect my style
Or slang I use when we build may change how you talk
And if I'm focused while I'm strokin', I could change how you walk
That's the swagger that you come with when you come from New York
I'm a hustler, I just hustle in the things that I bought
Separate me from the rest, I feel like I'm the best
If there's a price to pay for feelin' you, I pay that twice
I'm as ghetto as it gets, girl, you know that's right
I ain't got nothin' to hide, baby, I tell you my secrets
'Fore you end up bein 'round long enough to peep shit
I get closer to you
I mean closer than close
I get into you
After I take off my clothes
Girl, I been into you
Mentally long before
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round me all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
[Chorus]
If I was your best friend
I'd want you 'round all the time (I'd want you 'round all the time)
Can I be your best friend?
If you promise you'll be mine (Girl, promise you'll be mine)
Please say he's just a friend (Uh-huh)
Now girl, let's not pretend (Come on)
Either he is or he ain't your man (Haha)
Please say he's just a friend
If I was your best friend
Written by: Curtis James Jackson, Josephine Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson