[ti:Friend Or Foe]
[ar:8Ball & MJG]
[al:On Top Of The World]
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[00:00.00]Friend Or Foe - 8Ball & MJG
[00:07.98]Anyway it doesn't matter much how you feel
[00:10.58]You know what you got to do
[00:12.37]I'm here to do it
[00:13.50]How about you
[00:14.30]Our age five-years-old
[00:15.44]We were young bucks
[00:16.13]Scrubbin' each others backs in the bathtub
[00:17.48]Babysitter would send you to bed
[00:18.38]But she would make me stay up
[00:19.39]So she could give the young playa
[00:20.65]Some viscious head uh
[00:21.83]Early symptoms of
[00:23.60]Time of nightway
[00:25.24]Gigantic factor from the
[00:26.73]Caukenis b**ch tamer
[00:28.73]Some had it all though
[00:30.40]But less unfortunate
[00:32.14]You had an alloy spoke Mongoose
[00:34.20]And I had a Huffy
[00:35.91]You owned a green machine
[00:37.51]Three different lunch pails
[00:39.40]I had a go-cart that I built
[00:41.22]From a bunch of used nails
[00:43.05]We grew up in the church together ni**a
[00:45.20]Sunday school
[00:46.45]Now I heard you off into jackin ni**a
[00:48.46]That ain't even cool
[00:50.08]I used to be conned
[00:51.62]Racked f**ked around
[00:52.63]And ripped bad
[00:53.57]Barking up on the wrong tree
[00:54.72]Talking about runnin up in my past
[00:56.57]Niggas have hateful thoughts
[00:57.85]But they stop me from strivin
[00:59.67]Suckas be shakin salt
[01:01.27]All in his gameful so find
[01:03.19]Some fools be gettin crossed
[01:04.81]Victims of 40-ness
[01:06.40]Man all that drama you come with
[01:08.48]I swear you on some sh*t
[01:10.26]Whether it's M******e or coc*ine
[01:12.19]Doja or doggfood
[01:14.03]They had these marks for Tre and Max
[01:15.73]F**kin off my high breakin rules
[01:17.36]You got ya P's mixed up
[01:19.12]You ain't no pimp
[01:20.10]You's a phony
[01:20.96]I spit for major mix
[01:22.49]While you make tapes for ya homie
[01:24.36]And then you work up tha nerve
[01:26.61]To speak fair words
[01:27.98]The pimp a traitor we instigators
[01:29.53]That's why I wrote this verse
[01:31.36]For every youngster with his mind on his meal
[01:34.40]Young playa just chill
[01:35.59]And take a look at what
[01:37.14]These fakers call real ni**a
[01:38.96]I trust no man
[01:40.04]'Cause man will let you down every time
[01:42.09]That's why I take it upon myself
[01:43.89]To thank god in every rhyme
[01:45.52]'Cause I've seen better times
[01:47.16]And I've seen worser days
[01:48.95]When some of my so called friends
[01:50.51]Wasn't around when I ain't have a verse to say
[01:53.34]I quench my thirst today
[01:55.30]With righteous thoughts of mine
[01:56.86]'Cause righteous thought of mine will leave mark
[01:59.29]A** niggas far behind
[02:00.63]I seen it every time
[02:02.16]They come and go
[02:03.35]That's why I drop to my knees
[02:04.67]And ask god to distinguish friend from foe
[02:06.65]And what do you know
[02:08.09]By the time morning comes I can see the light
[02:11.03]And then I'm thanking god once again
[02:13.13]For making everything all right
[02:15.20]He made it tight and now I'm back up on the scene
[02:18.41]Countin' greens
[02:19.32]Straight from H-town to New Orleans
[02:21.62]New human beings puttin it down like a mic or not
[02:25.22]Replace the slot open up shop
[02:27.14]We 'bout to make it hot
[02:28.61]Stop
[02:29.65]With ya devilish doins
[02:31.44]Because ya devilish doins will only bring forth ya ruin
[02:36.49]Friend or foe you just will never know
[02:43.14]Who can you trust in a world that's oh so cold
[02:50.44]Playa hatin is everywhere I go
[02:57.30]Friend or foe you just will never know
[03:03.52]Listen
[03:03.97]I'm tryin to tell you my ni**a to watch cha back
[03:06.41]And trust few
[03:07.44]Cause ain't no ni**a gon watch ya
[03:09.13]Back for you like you
[03:11.06]When someone is broke and down
[03:12.61]And out without no clout it's rough
[03:14.53]At least you know who you can
[03:16.40]And who you cannot trust
[03:18.12]See let me explain myself
[03:19.58]And clear up the point I'm tryin to make
[03:21.63]Don't want no bustas around me
[03:23.39]Playa hatin or actin fake
[03:25.15]Don't ever be wantin nobody to get to close
[03:27.55]I don't know if it's effects of
[03:29.31]From the m*******a that got me more than trippin
[03:32.21]See nowadays tha ni**a be
[03:33.82]Rollin' thick with hella loot
[03:35.35]But if my loot was gone would I be all alone
[03:38.66]See my partners who used to ride with me
[03:40.73]And smoke that dank
[03:41.77]And f**k with hoes
[03:42.68]Would they be them same niggas
[03:44.19]If I didn't have sh*t to roll
[03:46.18]Maybe they will
[03:46.93]Maybe they won't
[03:47.83]Who is to say what a ni**a will do
[03:49.56]Who is to say if you help someone
[03:51.36]It's guaranteed that they'll help you
[03:53.09]See what I'm sayin
[03:54.00]Listen to me and see if you can dig this
[03:56.61]Smilin' faces replaces friends
[03:58.71]When people recieve ends
[04:00.47]Now all of a sudden
[04:01.46]I'm actin funny because my moneys loaned
[04:04.01]But there was no drama
[04:05.01]When I was livin' at my momma's home
[04:07.39]But I'm not tellin' a ni**a nothin
[04:09.54]You don't already know
[04:10.80]Personal business
[04:11.69]You got to watch who you friends is
[04:14.01]I'm thinking about hard times
[04:15.14]Freeing my mind
[04:16.14]Who in the f**k goin be my crutch
[04:17.92]Holdin me up helpin me out
[04:19.62]Makin sure that I stay in touch
[04:21.47]Where do I sleep who do I turn to
[04:23.53]When I be low on my cash
[04:25.22]Who am I down with when fifty niggas
[04:26.99]Be talkin bout kickin my a**
[04:28.58]Who is my friends who is my foes
[04:30.24]Who do I ask
[04:31.09]When I want to know
[04:32.09]Somethin about somethin
[04:32.75]But I don't know nothin
[04:33.72]My ignorance be keepin me out in the cold
[04:35.60]Who do I call when I'm in need of a ride
[04:37.63]In somebody elses car
[04:38.99]How do I get from point
[04:40.32]A to B if B is just to far
[04:42.55]Where can I get a loan
[04:44.00]Where can I use the phone
[04:45.19]Who's goin to give me
[04:46.36]The permission to make a decision
[04:47.88]To come up in they house and live
[04:49.65]When will I drive a BMer
[04:50.98]Takin my clothes to the cleaner
[04:52.04]How can I know
[04:53.16]Will I forever be payin my dues
[04:54.85]Will I forever be singing the blues
[04:56.70]Where will I find a shoulder
[04:58.06]When I be wantin to lean
[04:59.19]Know what I mean
[05:00.15]When I be needin some justification
[05:02.02]Stuck in the f**kin same location
[05:03.75]Who is the friend that is helpin me
[05:05.43]Who is the busta thats hurtin me
[05:06.63]Who can I trust
[05:07.27]Will you be there when the goin is tough
[05:08.93]Will I be hangin with dick in the dust
[05:10.74]Who wanna share my load
[05:12.08]When it's too heavy to carry
[05:13.46]Or will I go crazy pullin the load alone
[05:16.02]Constantly gettin my hustle on
[05:17.86]When will I finally see kinda suspect
[05:20.05]Or even actually know
[05:21.42]Who is my real friend thick and the thin
[05:23.56]And who in the f**k is the foe
[05:25.89]Friend or foe you just will never know
[05:32.84]Who can you trust
[05:35.12]In a world that's oh so cold
[05:39.83]Playa hatin is everywhere I go
[05:46.89]Friend or foe you just will never know
[05:53.95]Friend or foe you just will never know
[06:00.98]Who can you trust
[06:03.32]In a world that's oh so cold
[06:08.08]Playa hatin is everywhere I go
[06:15.14]Friend or foe you just will never know