*GangStarr`s Who`s Gonna Take the Weight? plays in the background*
[Guru]
It`s like, a friendship, and a business partnership
And, we have to always be concious of the difference
between em; because y`know, some things can happen
that`ll ruin one or the other, so
we alwa-we always stay concious of those things
Those obstacles that can, y`know trip us up
because we ain`t trying to go out like that
*Primo scratching fades in gradually*
friends business (repeat 3X)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRAHHAHHH!!!
C`mon! Motherfucker! Yeah! ...
GangStarr! GangStarr! M.O.P.
Ghetto people!
[Guru]
Son you`re supposed to be my man, but you ain`t wise enough to realize
this is B.I., see I wanna taste the whole cake
Some things in this industry, shit be so fake
Make no mistake, if you`re my man you`d understand
about the plan, to stack hundreds of grands (That`s right!)
And how to stand, on much more acres of land
And to expand from the days of goin hand to hand
So like I was CEO I do my thing son
and turn this underground rap thing to my kingdom
Release a fistful, of rhymes for the fiscal year
MC`s are wishful fuckin with this here
They stuck with the tear, for fear they foresake a brother`s love
it`s clear -- I`d have to be the better man I`m thinkin
The 7th Letter Man ain`t got no time for petty speakin (uhh)
So we go our seperate ways I see the fork in the road
I know I blessed you with a portion of gold
and some good fortune to hold, so KEEP THAT
while I keep it movin, just like truckloads
of interstate cargo, taxin niggaz like U.S. embargoes
You my man like I said so all the best
You shoulda known we do shit differently than all of the rest
Can`t afford to let a link be, loose in the chain
It`s time for us to get mad more, juice in the game
You`re buggin son (that`s right) that`s word to Billy and Fame
So I`ma stay the game, that we play to win (Yeah!)
So I don`t care what you say to her or say to him
The object son, is to excel and lead
And niggaz be bluffin fallin for nothin but greed
Chorus: M.O.P. and Guru
[M.O.P.] If it`s animosity
[Guru] Let me know
[M.O.P.] If you plottin to stop my dough
[Lil` Fame] Time to go!
[M.O.P.] GangStarr, M.O.P. nigga
[Billy Danze] Tryin to blow!
[M.O.P.] If you my man you could understand!
*repeat 2X*
[Lil` Fame]
I`m true to myself y`all, and I`m a down ass nigga!
So don`t fool yourself, clown ass nigga!
I always been the type of cat that`ll put it on ya
since back in the days when Laze snatched me off the corner
And every since then, the whole game changed
Everybody`s against, Lil` ass Fame
They wanna see me stretched out with my back smokin
Left for dead in the street with my back opened
So I don`t keep friends I just roll with
niggaz I was RAISED WITH, went out in a BLAZE WITH
In the penile, to B.ville, down to Grayson
And we thick together, in these last days kid
So I don`t have what you call friends
cause when it`s on then they gone in the end!
But I`ma handle my business indeed
Cause niggaz be bluffin fallin for nothin but greed!
Chorus
[Billy Danze]
Hey yo what happened to the love soldier? It never crossed my mind
that you would doubt my love inside and test my pride
I divide, anything that I got
with my M.O.P. staff -- WE ALL AND WE OUT!
To the First Family loyalty, is no game
We them type of niggaz that, money won`t change
We all aim, for the big picture
but to me it don`t mean shit if your dogs ain`t witcha
I sacrifice my main arteries -- WHY NIGGA?!
Ain`t nobody never loved me, like my niggaz
See my business is my friendship and my friendship is my business
Can I get a witness?! (Preach on nigga!)
Hey yo we went through all out wars, half-assed tours
Travelled `cross this land with heavy contraband
(See you my man!) And you ain`t never got to
second guess or question the love of William Danze (Sho` nuff!)
I am invaluable, to my niggaz
cause they all rest there in thirty-two -- BETTER THAN NOTHIN!
Think of William when they start bustin, I hold you down
(When them body parts pop up cousin) I`ll be around!
friends business (repeat 6X to fade)
