When We Were Friends

Hey, hey, hey... hey... Hey, hey, hey... heeey... [Hook] Ooh ask me my nigga The only one there that'll be my nigga And I'm gon' finally be free my nigga But you don't have to follow me my nigga Oh yeah it's still love my nigga And I ain't gon' stop just because my nigga ?Daddy Paxson? always does my nigga And always remember what it was my nigga La da da da... la dadadadada... [4X] [Verse 1] When we were friends, the days would begin and end Went from boys to men, we boys 'til then We know each other real, we know each other rules And we wore each other's clothes and each other's shoes But in an instance, the days become distance Your path doesn't go in the same direction his went And can't help but be scared Of the virtually unknown up ahead (I heard what you said) But I'll be fine Whether it is favor or failure, it must be mine Well he can stand still, if that's how that man feel Cuz what can't can't and whatever can will So I'm walking toward my future with my back to it Hoping you look up and see me as a reason to do it When you get grown it's a given You damn near gotta do the same thing for a living [Hook] [Verse 2] And my cousin I love him like a son cause I was him And he think his thuggin' pleases me but it doesn't How could I applause it when I had caused it But if it's God's plan for him, I guess I ain't cost shit For what I gave him - wasn't so bad I couldn't save him Either they'll enslave him or a gun'll grave him I still believe in him but he think I'm leavin him When I be busy he think I'm bob-n-weavin him I probably sound like his daddy But over the phone, cause I ain't around - like his daddy When we talk I wanna hear you be productive Conversate for hours 'bout something constructive But it never come up With all them niggas round your neck you ain't gon' never come up Maybe I'm jealous cause you love them more Can't understand what you love them for Don't get me wrong you know I love them too But you know who I always hold above them, you And it ain't nobody business I'll just make believe that music can miraculously mend this So I'll be a sound And then you do your thing to it and we mix it down And make a song my nigga, cause even when I'm away I'll always be around [Hook]