this is not a love ballad but it is a slow song
(?) tell you `bout this girl i know well this girl i used to know
her name`s
makeba
makeba
sweet makeba
makeba
makeba
yo how you doin` baby it`s been a long time
haven`t seen you in a couple of years and the last i heard you lost
your mind
well how you been who you been with how`s it been goin`
still into hip hop are you still flowin`
oh yeah that`s cool
we should kick back maybe have a session
i remember you tellin` me you had to get away couldn`t stay another
day
in the life of L.A. in the city
that`s peace
yo where you been China Africa Greece
least you coulda dropped me a letter or a phone call
let me know you was all right
your friends and your family and they kept tellin` me
makeba disappeared in the night
now i know that you had big dreams makeba
but i had big dreams too
and all this time you were searchin` makeba
did any your dreams come true
i remember i used to be down for you and you was down for me
i had your back and you had my back makeba
i wanted you to be my g
makeba
yo you know i got another girl after that right
she kinda looked like you too a little bit
sweet makeba
yo why don`t you just come to the crib you know
we could listen to some music talk about things
ooh i see you`re not a young girl anymore and you`re all grown up
and you been around the world
wanna see what life`s gonna offer you it`s your young world and it`s
all for
you
you probably got a man in every country that wants you
like i wanted you but you didn`t want that
remember how we used to make love makeba
`member how you loved it when i hit it from the back
makeba
i had love for you
i had wanted you
i had needed you
i remember comin` to your house seven in the morning
ready for school but we didn`t even go
it was right back to my house where we kissed liked kids
and we jumped in the bed and you know
i loved makin` love to my makeba
she was like my queen of Sheba
i remember how we used to smoke chiba
oh you don`t smoke no more well that`s cool
well everybody gotta stop sometime
i remember one time when you hid my stash and saved my ass from the
one time
i remember some fools tried to jump me and you jumped up before
anybody did
we used to say if and when we get married we`ll have kid after kid
after kid
after kid
after kid after kid after kid after kid after kid
damn that`s a lot of kids
makeba
sweet makeba
i had love for you
i had wanted you
i had needed you
how i loved makin` love to my makeba
well remember how the whole crew used to hang tough
well everybody`s doin` they thang and stuff
and everybody`s still actin` like they know
and a few more people ain`t w/us no mo`
oh me i`m just chillin`
makin` my music livin` and buildin`
tryin` to make a million out this little ol` dime and this nickel
and lickin` lickle shots for the prophets we forgot
but other than that i`m glad you back on deck
i expect to see you in the near future
if you wanna just sit and chat talk about the good old days
good old times what was in style what`s goin` on now
cause it has been a while
makeba
honey girlfriend
left in a whirlwind put a brother in a tailspin
just twirlin`
had a few laughs and kicks
but me and my clique don`t be trippin` no tricks
i still got a piece of me to give you
you still got a piece of you to give me
you listenin` but you don`t hear me
we can pick up right where we left at but
i gotta be me and you gotta accept that
i just wanna be homies
cause i ain`t got love like Monie
cause soon as you got close you got ghost
and you tried to leave Acey `lone-y
so hook up w/me if you can cool
but you know i know what you get loose to
and if you play your cards right get your shit tight
then we might be down like we used to
makeba
