[00:00.130] The beat was sposed to drop right there [00:03.700] 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 [00:56.800] 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 [01:31.470] 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 [02:06.470] 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 [03:49.750] Whether at the bar with superstars [03:50.255] Or cruisin in the trooper car [03:52.550] 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