Friends (feat. Eric B. & Rakim)

Have you ever been stabbed in the back

By someone you thought was really cool

Did they steal your heart or was it money

Or was it lies they told

Strangers just disguised as your friends

Never again? Cause now you know

That friends will let you down

Friends won't be around

When you need them most

Where are your friend

Friends are hard to find

Friends, yours and mine

I'm talkin'? Bout your friends

Smiles they hide behind

Never know what's on their mind

Could be true deception

Jealousy and envy reign

They never want to see you get ahead

They just hold you back

Friends will let you down

Friends won't be around

When you need them most

Where are your friend, oh, oh

Friends are hard to find

Friends, yours and mine

I'm talkin'? Bout your friends

Friends are hard to find, so be careful

You could find an inch or mile if I pay you

But some ain't that bad, but one might back stab

To get the fake tips of what one might have

Bite the hand that feeds you, leave the people who need you

For those who hold you back and mislead you

To be a needle, don't get lead on unleaded

The wrong direction, a dead end's next then

Heed the detour, life's like a seesaw

The ups and downs, and I'll bet there'll be more

Potholes and obstacles in our path, that's righteous

At times you need a hand to fight this

Way of life, straighten up, take the door to the placid

And don't you act two-faced?

Cause jealousy and envy, and you still act friendly

You could find the end and pretend to be

Friends will let you down

Friends won't be around

When you need them most

Where are your friends, yeah

Friends are hard to find

Friends, yours and mine

I'm talkin'?bout your friends

Used to me kiss me, tell me you missed me

But now you try to glaze me, play me and diss me

Uh, wide awake, ready to break, so we argue

What happened to the kisses, and, "why, how are you?"

Forgot about the times when I rhymed when I bathed you

Dreams was the only little things that I gave you

You still ain't thankful, you're still complainin'

Used to be a quiet storm, but now it's rainin'

Farther than ever, I'm thinkin' whether

If we should be friends, let it end, is it better

To forget or remember, your body's tender

The rhymes that I send her, makes her surrender

The feeling of capture, caught in a rapture

No woman can match ya, so when I'm lookin' at ya

Paint a perfect picture so you can remember me

But you can find the end if you pretend to be

Friends will let you down

Friends won't be around

When you need them most

Where are your friends, oh, oh

Friends are hard to find

Friends, yours and mine

I'm talkin'?bout your friends

Friends will let you down

Friends won't be around

When you need them most

Where are your friends, yeah

Friends are hard to find

Friends, yours and mine