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 tonight yo i wanna get ill after the show
and there she is
5 sumthin short hair damn she live
the girls get thicker further down 95
i expressed to her
sought of confessed to her
i wanted to get next to her
so i suggested to her
we roll
to suite 110
sweet ones in
my room
jeff in one eleven with a friend

then boom boom boom who that open the door why they do that
threw back
by the noise
some dude and his boys
you know them
your boyfriend
more like an annoyed friend
peep through the peep hole peeped him and all his people
that's when charlie creep through
boy you wanna see who
don't nobody wanna meet you
damn here come the beef stew
my beef ain't with you uh ah
my beef's with will
so see mack
ease back
'fore your cat get peeled
charlie said any beef with will is
plenty beef with me and
whenever charlie get mad
he step to the streets he see
the end of the story
you wonder who survived
get my he's the dj album check track five