This here is a record I wrote About friendship The kind that X and Jaleel were talking about When they wrote Friends How many of us have them I'm talking about Friends Ones we can depend on I'm talking about a Friend to the end If I lose or I win If my lou getting thin (Jazzy Jeff: whats up) You still my friend (JJ: hell yeah) Down forever (uh ha) Tougher than leather (uh ha) Like Run and D you and me together forever (that's right) Lets say we balling (uh ha) Somebody calling (uh ha) Me out my name (whats up) We gonna be brawling (hell yeah) Lets say we out (uh ha) Somethin go down (uh ha) Five o around (uh oh) You still around (true dat) Ever since I was younger (uh ha) Kind a always had a hunger (uh ha) For a fairy tale friend (that's right) Kind a like a brother (uh ha) Everytime I go out (uh ha) Everytime I turn around (uh ha) Ain't gotta wonder about (uh uh) What the brother doing now (uh ha) You been my friend from the beginning to end We flowing to where we going cause Lord know we done been through the storm before the calm Life could drop a bomb Cause Jazzy we got a bond Like we was in Vietnam Truss it (word up)
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
Are you my lady? (Jada: uh ha) Are you my baby? (uh ha) No ifs or maybes? (uh uh) Till pushing daisies (that's right) You on my arm (uh ha) Keep you from harm (uh ha) Won't break that bond (uh uh) Word to my mum (no doubt) Tell me you love me (I love you) Tell me you swear (I swear) And if I need you (just call) You gonna be there (right here) Death do us part (uh ha) Through thick and thin (uh ha) You got my heart (back at cha) Girl when the nights cold I'm warm holding the fact That I got you holding my back With my feelings stealing the blue of the sky leaving them grey Girl you the sun to brighten up my day When it seem like the hill to steep and my vision getting blurry Call on you my dove be there in a hurry When all is gone wrong and I can't go on you my angel immortalised in song baby forever
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
A-ight what we about to do right now We about to take the partners oath So wherever you at put your right hand in the air We gonna pledge allegiance to our partners right now
Y'all my peoples (uh ha) Y'all my dogs (uh ha) In the sun (uh ha) Through the fog (uh ha) If I'm wrong (uh ha) Tell me the truth (uh ha) But if they wrong (uh ha) We blow the roof (ooh yeah) Share smiles (uh ha) Share tears (uh ha) Lean on you (uh ha) Ease my fears (uh ha) To the end (uh ha) From the start (uh ha) Minus the cream (oh yeah) Cross ya heart (oh yeah) Me for you (no doubt) You for me (no doubt) That's the way (no doubt) Its gonna be (no doubt) Inseparable (no doubt) Never sever (no doubt) Us forever (no doubt) We's together (wooh) However far (uh ha) We be apart (uh ha) One vision (uh ha) One heart (uh ha) To my friends (uh ha) To my dove (uh ha) To my fam (uh ha) One love (wooh)
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down for the good times But also down through the bad times
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side Not only down through the good times But also down through the bad times
Interlude
So dad, like did you like have real good friends and potnas when you was growing up Will's dad: I had two real good friends all the way through high school Who you had? Thomas Jones and Jacob Curtis Jones Were they like brothers? Well they weren't brothers they just had the same last name as Jones And everybody thought that I was a Jones too but I wasn't, of course I was a Smith Right But they thought I was a Jones, they called us the Jones boys we were so tight Matter of fact I had a call from one of them Hey Dad listen, check this record out
It was a dark night I had just sparked the mic Brought the light To the crowd In Hampton It was amped when I finished with Brand New Funk They were screaming out, "Do Summertime" Some of them was drunk, some of the time I like to chill after the show But to