A Friend

The beat was supposed to drop right there

The beat was supposed to drop right there

The beat was supposed to drop right there

Yeah, yeah, uh

I send this one out to my righthand man

Or mens, or womens, the whole crew, real fair

We could count the dough or kick a blow, or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really though, all that could end, uh

Whether at the ball with superstars or crusin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are, all I really need is a friend

If we can't have trust, then you can't hang with us

We respond to those who show respect with respect

We respond, we connect, we're on the same deck

Same intellect, my man, never shifty things quickly if you can't understand

We boys, we boys, we could stand on the corner with a hat sellin' toys

It ain't about your Benz, I hope it ain't about mine, my man

I been dissin' in my freestyle rhyme

Keepin' G's around the world, I could trust you with my girl, my man

We're chillin' at the jam, what's the slam?

I'm not a yes-man and none o' my friends are yes-men or women

I'm driving, I see my peeps, yo, get in

When you fit in, true friends are quick to sit in the beginnin'

Of all trouble and when your bankroll doubles, Fred Flintstone

And Barney Rubble, still, I got my own space like Hubble

We could count the dough or kick a blow or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really though, all that could end

Whether at the ball with superstars or crusin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are, all I really need is a friend

'Cause though nobody care about us, all they do is doubt us

Until we blow the spot, then they all wanna crowd us

And wanna shout us, but you're my man from way back

I just gots ta say that, actin' large, I don't play that

But I can't say that, where I play at isn't fast paced

A friend can acquire the taste to become two-faced

And that's a disgrace, there ain't nothin' you can say to us

When the kid you grew up with betrays your trust

When we used to ride the bus we had trust, now we cash checks

And drive Lex, and can't show respect to one of us

Yo, the heads I hang with are tryin' to just get

What they can get, sit quickly, back stabbin' prick

I roll thick, but only some are only friends, really down to the end

My righthand man and women, mutual support from the beginning

Been in exactly what I been in

We could count the dough or kick a flow, or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really though, all that could end

Whether at the ball with superstars or crusin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are, all I really need is a friend

Back to back, we attack corporate America

Gettin' fees that amount to cheese in every area

You my man, I ain't gotta drag you alone, you pull your own weight

Yeah, you definitely got it goin' on

I don't see nothin' wrong with a little bumpin' car system thumpin'

Between the crew, we always got somethin'

But if we had nothin', no frontin', whatever

We'd still be crew, you and me, me for you, together

Word, fake people ain't worth a turd

They only wanna be your friend because o' what they overheard

I send this record to the well-respected, friends that I've collected

I hope that I am what you expected

Yeah, so check it, so check it

We could count the dough or kick a flow, or chill out watchin' videos

Or actin' really silly, yo, but really though, all that could end

Whether at the ball with superstars or crusin' in the trooper car

I really don't care who you are, all I really need is a friend