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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gang Starr
Gang Starr
Performer
M.O.P.
M.O.P.
Vocals
Guru
Guru
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Composer
J. Grinnage
J. Grinnage
Composer
E. Murray
E. Murray
Composer
Keith Elam
Keith Elam
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Producer
Guru
Guru
Producer

Lyrics

Friends
Business
Friends
Business
Friends
Business
Son, you're supposed to be my man
But you ain't wise enough to realize this is B.I.
See I wanna taste the whole cake
Some things in this industry, shit be so fake
Make no mistake, if you're my man you'd understand about the plan
To stack hundreds of grands (That's right!)
And how to stand, on much more acres of land
And to expand from the days of goin' hand to hand
So like I was CEO, I do my thing, son
And turn this underground rap thing to my kingdom
Release a fistful, of rhymes for the fiscal year
MC's are wishful, fuckin' with this here
They stuck with the tear, for fear they foresake a brother's love
It's clear, I'd have to be the better man, I'm thinkin'
The 7th Letter Man ain't got no time for petty speakin' (Uh)
And so we go our seperate ways, I see the fork in the road
I know I blessed you with a portion of gold
And some good fortune to hold, so keep that!
While I keep it movin, just like truckloads
Of interstate cargo, taxin' **** like U.S. embargoes
You my man, like I said so all the best
You shoulda known we do shit differently than all of the rest
Can't afford to let a link be, loose in the chain
It's time for us to get mad more, juice in the game
You're buggin' son (That's right)
That's word to Billy and Fame
So I'ma stay the game, that we play to win (Yeah!)
So I don't care what you say to her or say to him
The object son, is to excel and lead
And **** be bluffin', fallin' for nothin' but greed
If it's animosity
Let me know
If you plottin' to stop my dough
Time to go!
GangStarr, M.O.P., ****
Tryin' to blow!
If you my man you could understand!
If it's animosity
Let me know
If you plottin' to stop my dough
Time to go!
GangStarr, M.O.P., ****
Tryin to blow!
If you my man you could understand!
I'm true to myself y'all, and I'm a down ass ****!
So don't fool yourself, clown ass, ****!
I always been the type of cat that'll put it on ya
Since back in the days when Laze snatched me off the corner
And every since then, the whole game changed
Everybody's against, Lil' ass Fame
They wanna see me stretched out with my back smokin'
Left for dead in the street with my back opened
So I don't keep friends, I just roll with
**** I was raised with, went out in a blaze with
In the penile, to B-Ville, down to Grayson
And we thick together, in these last days, kid
So I don't have what you call friends
'Cause when it's on then they gone in the end!
But I'ma handle my business indeed
'Cause **** be bluffin', fallin' for nothin' but greed!
If it's animosity
Let me know
If you plottin' to stop my dough
Time to go!
GangStarr, M.O.P., ****
Tryin to blow!
If you my man you could understand!
If it's animosity
Let me know
If you plottin' to stop my dough
Time to go!
GangStarr, M.O.P., ****
Tryin' to blow!
If you my man, you could understand!
Ayo, what happened to the love soldier?
It never crossed my mind that you would doubt my love inside and test my pride
I divide, anything that I got with my M.O.P. staff, we all that we have
To the First Family loyalty, is no game
We them type of **** that, money won't change (Won't change)
We all aim, for the big picture, but to me it don't mean shit if your dogs ain't witcha
I sacrifice my main arteries (Why, ****?)
Ain't nobody never loved me like my ****
See my business is my friendship and my friendship is my business
Can I get a witness?! (Preach on ****!)
Ayo, we went through all out wars, half-assed tours
Travelled 'cross this land with heavy contraband (See, you my man!)
And you ain't never got to second guess or question the love of William Danze (Sho' nuff!)
I am invaluable, to my ****, 'cause they all rest there in thirty-two, better than nothin'
Think of William when they start bustin', I hold you down
(When them body parts pop up cousin) I'll be around!
Friends
Business
Friends
Business
Friends
Business
Friends
Business
Written by: Chris Martin, E. Murray, J. Grinnage, Keith Elam
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