A Friend Lyrics - Krs One

The beat was sposed to drop right there 

The beat was sposed to drop right there 

The beat was sposed to drop right there 

Yeah yeah yeah, uhh 

I send this one out, to my right hand man 

Or mens, or women's, the whole crew 

The real fam 

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We can count the dough or kick a flow 

Or chill out watchin videos 

Or actin really silly yo but really doe 

All that can end 

Whether at the bar with superstars 

Or cruisin 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 on the same deck 

Same intellect, my man, never shifty, thinks 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 be dissin in my freestyle rhyme 

Gettin G's around the world, I can trust you with my girl 

My man, we chillin at the jam, what's the plan? 

I'm not a yes man and none of my friends are yes men 

Or women, I'm drivin, I see my peeps yo get in 

Where you fit in? True friends are quick to sit 

In the beginning of all trouble, and when your bankroll doubles 

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble 

Still I got my own space like Hubble 

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Cause don't nobody care about us, all they do is doubt us 

Until we blow the spot then they all want to crowd us 

And want to shout us, but you my man from way back 

I just gots to 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 nothing 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 ain't tryin to just get 

What they can get, sit quickly backstabbin the click 

I roll thick, but only some are friends really 

Down to the end, my right hand men and women 

Mutual support, from the beginning 

Been in, exactly what I've been in 

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Back to back we attack corporate America 

Gettin fees that amount to G's in every area 

You my man I ain't gotta drag you along 

You pull your own weight, yeah you definitely got it goin on 

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

Thumpin, between the crew we always got sump'un 

But if we had nuttin 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 want to be your friend because of what they overheard 

I send this record to the well respected 

Friends that I've collected, I hope I am what you expected 

Yeah, so check it, so check it 

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