A Friend (LP Version)-KRS-One

[00:00.130]The beat was sposed to drop right there [00:03.70]The beat was sposed to drop right there [00:05.810]The beat was sposed to drop right there [00:08.750]Yeah yeah yeah uhh [00:12.520]I send this one out to my right hand man [00:15.500]Or mens or womens the whole crew [00:19.560]The real fam [00:22.390]We can count the dough or kick a flow [00:24.270]Or chill out watchin videos [00:25.110]Or actin really silly yo but really doe [00:27.630]All that can end [00:33.670]Whether at the bar with superstars [00:35.210]Or cruisin in the trooper car [00:36.500]I really don't care who you are [00:37.880]All I really need is a friend [00:44.820]If we can't have trust then you can't hang with us [00:47.580]We respond to those who show respect with respect [00:50.460]We respond we connect on the same deck [00:52.910]Same intellect my man never shifty thinks quickly [00:56.80]If you can't understand we boys we boys [00:58.710]We could stand on the corner with a hat sellin toys [01:01.720]It ain't about your Benz I hope it ain't about mine [01:04.490]My man I be dissin in my freestyle rhyme [01:07.230]Gettin G's around the world I can trust you with my girl [01:10.290]My man we chillin at the jam what's the plan [01:12.960]I'm not a yes man and none of my friends are yes men [01:15.540]Or women I'm drivin I see my peeps yo get in [01:18.740]Where you fit in True friends are quick to sit [01:21.220]In the beginning of all trouble and when your bankroll doubles [01:23.820]Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble [01:26.237]Still I got my own space like Hubble [01:29.407]We can count the dough or kick a flow [01:31.47]Or chill out watchin videos [01:32.397]Or actin really silly yo but really doe [01:34.237]All that can end [01:40.607]Whether at the bar with superstars [01:41.727]Or cruisin in the trooper car [01:43.277]I really don't care who you are [01:44.577]All I really need is a friend [01:51.817]Cause don't nobody care about us all they do is doubt us [01:54.867]Until we blow the spot then they all wanna crowd us [01:57.657]And wanna shout us but you my man from way back [02:00.257]I just gots to say that actin large I don't play that [02:03.147]But I can't say that where I play at isn't fast-paced [02:06.47]A friend can acquire the taste to become two-faced [02:08.787]And that's a disgrace there ain't nothing you can say to us [02:11.617]When the kid you grew up with betrays your trust [02:13.947]When we used to ride the bus we had trust [02:16.117]Now we cash checks and drive Lex and can't show respect to one of us [02:20.187]Yo the heads I hang with ain't tryin to just get [02:22.587]What they can get sit quickly backstabbin the click [02:24.837]I roll thick but only some are friends really [02:27.977]Down to the end my right hand men and women [02:30.737]Mutual support from the beginning [02:33.517]Been in exactly what I've been in [02:36.447]We can count the dough or kick a flow [02:38.387]Or chill out watchin videos [02:39.257]Or actin really silly yo but really doe [02:41.477]All that can end [02:47.627]Whether at the bar with superstars [02:48.967]Or cruisin in the trooper car [02:50.547]I really don't care who you are [02:52.137]All I really need is a friend [02:59.137]Back to back we attack corporate America [03:01.927]Gettin fees that amount to G's in every area [03:04.617]You my man I ain't gotta drag you along [03:07.167]You pull your own weight yeah you definitely got it goin on [03:10.307]I don't see nothin wrong wit a little bumpin car system [03:13.427]Thumpin between the crew we always got sump'un [03:16.237]But if we had nuttin no frontin whatever [03:18.267]We'd still be crew you and me me for you together [03:21.177]Word fake people ain't worth a turd [03:23.727]They only want to be your friend because of what they overheard [03:26.826]I send this record to the well respected [03:28.966]Friends that I've collected I hope I am what you expected [03:34.636]Yeah so check it so check it [03:38.305]We can count the dough or kick a flow [03:39.955]Or chill out watchin videos [03:40.785]Or actin really silly yo but really doe [03:42.415]All that can end [03:49.75]Whether at the bar with superstars [03:50.255]Or cruisin in the trooper car [03:52.55]I really don't care who you are [03:53.365]All I really need is a friend [03:58.185]A Friend -KRS-One