Thin Line (feat. Nelly Furtado)

Yo, this is a lesson in friendship

The depths of a kinship

What women and men begin with and then slip

My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips of emotion

A fraction, seduction, attraction

Eruption of passion corrupts if a lastin' friendship's involved

Would love to cross the line, but that's why we built these walls

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

Opposites attract

When a female and male come in contact

Sticky situation in fact

Try not to let the feelings catch

But there's a thin line between both of y'all

So you respect that

An entertain an idea, but get brought back

To reality, and could you really live with that decision?

Based on intuition

You love and keep it distant

Hug and kiss then friendship

An ongoing kinship, we was people to begin with

Disrespect was not intended

But your feelings sparked a sentence

Sometimes you're too intense in your quest to invent

The perfect man, please understand

My rhyme is your repent

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

Too bad that we became friends first

And I'm not a expert on how relationships should work, but

From the minute it was known

It changed the whole tone, the way we spoke on the phone

Yo, it was cool, but I felt it wasn't enough

And I was stuck when your moms would pick it up

Over you, all my buddies would swoon

But I felt we were in tune, you let me up in your room, damn

But to me, girl, you're still off limits

No matter all the times that I hinted

Yo, what you doin' after this?

Infatuation was authentic, but, yo

I just pretended so I wouldn't lose the friendship

Maybe I should spill all my guts

Or write a letter, then tear it up

Or do a song, just to say what's up

I want just a touch

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

I love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

I can't do this anymore

See, my high just falls out when you walk in the door

Friendship turnin' to lust

Into some new tip that I can't comprehend even if I knew it

Can't do justice with these things that I'm feeling

You've got someone else

Don't wanna be caught stealing

Hell, if she knew, she would never leave us alone in a room

Yo, this was a blessing in friendship

I stress in this sentence

Should women and men be friends first and then slip?

My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips of devotion

Opposites attract

And best friends make the perfect match

If you only knew that

Once you cross, ain't no turning back

The minute you let him in it and he hit that, that's that

We was people to begin with

But you was too relentless

Jeopardizing kinship

Respect is intended

Resolve is my intent

While we got it

And I'm tryna salvage a friendship

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line

We've been friends for a long time

A very close friend of mine

Love you like you was mine

But respect the thin line

I love you like you was mine

I think about you all the time

Very close friend of mine

But respect the thin line