[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