Friends Jody Watley featuring Eric B. & Rakim (Andre Cymoné/Jody Watley) Have you ever been stabbed in the back By someone you thought was really cool Did they steal your heart or was it money Or was it lies they told Strangers just disguised as your friends Never again ‘cause now you know That friends will let you down Friends won’t be around When you need them most Where are your friend Friends are hard to find Friends, yours and mine I’m talkin’ ‘bout your friends Smiles they hide behind Never know what’s on their mind Could be true deception Jealousy and envy reign They never want to see you get ahead They just hold you back Friends will let you down Friends won’t be around When you need them most Where are your friend, oh, oh Friends are hard to find Friends, yours and mine I’m talkin’ ‘bout your friends Friends are hard to find, so be careful You could find an inch or mile if I pay you But some ain’t that bad, but one might back stab To get the fake tips of what one might have Bite the hand that feeds you, leave the people who need you For those who hold you back and mislead you To be a needle, don’t get lead on unleaded The wrong direction, a dead end’s next then Heed the detour, life’s like a seesaw The ups and downs, and I’ll bet there’ll be more Potholes and obstacles in our path, that’s righteous At times you need a hand to fight this Way of life, straighten up, take the door to the placid And don’t you act two-faced ‘Cause jealousy and envy, and you still act friendly You could find the end and pretend to be Friends will let you down Friends won’t be around When you need them most Where are your friends, yeah Friends are hard to find Friends, yours and mine I’m talkin’ ‘bout your friends Used to me kiss me, tell me you missed me But now you try to glaze me, play me and diss me Uh, wide awake, ready to break, so we argue What happened to the kisses, and, “Why, how are you?” Forgot about the times when I rhymed when I bathed you Dreams was the only little things that I gave you You still ain’t thankful, you’re still complainin’ Used to be a quiet storm, but now it’s rainin’ Farther than ever, I’m thinkin’ whether If we should be friends, let it end, is it better To forget or remember, your body’s tender The rhymes that I send her, makes her surrender The feeling of capture, caught in a rapture No woman can match ya, so when I’m lookin’ at ya Paint a perfect picture so you can remember me But you can find the end if you pretend to be Friends will let you down Friends won’t be around When you need them most Where are your friends, oh, oh Friends are hard to find Friends, yours and mine I’m talkin’ ‘bout your friends Friends will let you down Friends won’t be around When you need them most Where are your friends, yeah Friends are hard to find Friends, yours and mine Transcribed by: Char Star