Friends - T-Bone

[00:00.42]Friends all my homeboys how many of us have them
[00:04.65]Friends all my rouges comrades
[00:07.23]And patnas ones we can depend on
[00:10.26]Friends all my homeboys how many of us have them
[00:15.09]Friends all my rouges comrades
[00:17.07]And patnas before we go any
[00:20.34]Who can express what a playa feel
[00:22.23]So much gratitude inside of me
[00:23.67]For my patnas that done kept it real
[00:25.38]Loyal through tha hard times when nobody didn't care
[00:27.81]Everyone puttin' me down but you was still there
[00:30.33]So many come and go turn from friend to foe
[00:32.58]But trues is witcha when ya seasoned or broke wit no doe
[00:35.43]Rolling a bucket or dippin' in dropped double R's
[00:37.71]Poor wit no record deal or signed and a superstar
[00:40.41]Who can I call on when my backs up against that wall
[00:42.81]That won't judge me but love me and hug me when I trip and fall
[00:45.42]Accept my flaws and mistakes love me for who I am
[00:47.7]Stand wit me waving at fans and when I ain't tha man
[00:50.43]Picture me crying at the age of 9 so many homeys dying
[00:53.34]Locked up in pens living a life of crime slugs flying
[00:56.04]And been a witness to homicide
[00:57.6]This life taught me love all you homeys while they still alive
[01:11.13]Keep ya homeys close
[01:20.34]Cuz in this business friends turn against you
[01:22.59]Especially when you need'em tha most
[01:24.12]That's when they'll plot against you
[01:25.32]Then commence to rubbing your name in tha dirt
[01:27.6]Leaving you torn apart wit all tha pain and tha hurt
[01:30.0]Jealousy and greed twisted wit bitterness and envy
[01:32.79]Make ya friend be ya most hated enemy
[01:35.4]Seen it happen so many times before
[01:37.14]Make ya wanna leave tha game and not wanna rhyme no more
[01:40.32]Brotha against brotha and a father hating son
[01:42.69]Somebody tell me what have we done
[01:44.369995]My back got blood stains and scabs from backstabs
[01:47.4]Lived life looking for trues that I can call my comrades
[01:49.92]Or soldiers sick of them lying backstabbing
[01:52.11]Vultures in a world that's getting colder
[01:54.66]Need a shoulder that I can cry on rely on
[01:57.18]Till tha day I'm gone we share that homey love thug bond
[02:03.51]It's a friend
[02:14.28]Some call'em dogs others call'em rogues and comrades and patnas
[02:22.8]Hogs and aces whatever tha case is
[02:25.11]Ain't no replacing a true 2 life friend
[02:27.45]Soldier who been down through tha thick and tha thin
[02:29.85]From the womb to tha tomb come floods and typhoons
[02:32.37]We stuck together endured tha cuts and tha wounds
[02:34.95]Scabbed and bruised survived tha fights and tha feuds
[02:37.38]Separated we nuttin' but together we can't lose
[02:39.9]Homeboys to tha end from tha hood to tha pen
[02:42.36]My life in exchange for yours and your children
[02:45.0]Nuttin' I wouldn't do for a friend like you
[02:47.13]When I needed you tha most ya came through
[02:49.26]That's true
[02:49.89]When you hurt I feel pain when you sad I cry
[02:52.32]Allies and down homeys to tha day we die
[03:03.9]I got ya back like a chiropractor
[03:30.03]From day one throughout your life with tha final chapter
[03:46.56]We best friends playa