Deep Fried Frenz

(Before we go any further)

(Friends) As you call 'em, they call when you need something

Trees for the blunt, the Gs for the front

I found a way to get peace of mind for years and if left hell alone

Turn a deaf 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 they eyes

Bright with surprise once they finish spittin' lies

Associates is your boys, your girls, bitches, ****, homies

Close, but really don't 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 ain't so friendly

Actually, they wouldn't even've made a worthy enemy

Read the signs, "No feeding the baboons"

Seein' as how they got your back bleeding from the stab wounds

Y'all know the dance

They smile in your face, y'all know the glance

Try to put them on, they blow the chance

Never let your so-called mans know your plans

(How many of us have 'em?) A show of hands

(Friends) Is a term some people use loosely

I'm real choosy on what I choose to let crews see

You tellin' me, I try to act broke

Jealousy the number-one killer among black folk

Fellas be under some kinda spell like crack smoke

Ghetto Cinderellas, lead them right to your stack, loc

Just another way a chick will lead to your end

I checked the dictionary for the meaning of "friends"

It said, "A person one likes to socialize with

Sympathizer, helper," and that's about the size of it

Most of the time these attributes is one-sided

To bolster the crime, they apt to shoot you through your eyelid

And they can't hide it

Going wild like a **** bitch

Sometimes you need to cut **** off like a light switch

And when things get quiet

Catch 'em like a thief in the night, what a riot

I first met Mr. Fantastik at a arms deal

Don't let it get drastic, think of how your moms'll feel

When it get for real, steel get to sparkin'

Everything darken and ain't no talkin'

For something so cheap it sure buys a lot of trouble

You're better off focusin' than tryna plot to bubble

Or else it'll be a sad note to end on, the guns we got is

(One's we can depend on)

(Friends)

Some come in the form of codependence

A lot of times only end up being codefendants

Ten bucks say they tell for a lower sentence

And leave you up under a jail, beggin' for a penance

It don't make no sense, what happened to the loyalty?

Honor amongst crooks, trust amongst royalty

I'd rather go out in a blaze than give them the glory

(How many of us have) A similar story?

(Friends) Before lovers, we need to have some type of overstanding

Just so when I let her get the man thing, she know it's no strings

We could do the damn thing, but, ho, it's no rings

Just how the tramp swings, will she see him again?

That depends on how good was the skins

And could she memorize the lessons

It ain't 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)

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