[Verse 1 ‐ JR. Gong] These later days in Babylon As I watch your children grow And the years them carry on And I miss you even more Still I send them go to school And tell them What dem fi know All of mi friend dem mi salute Daddi gon and Lenny Screw Another year has come and past Man a drop like morning dew Uncle Warrick sick and gone When him couldn’t catch a flew Picka T you a mi don Respect long and overdue When nothing never did a gwan You still have on somethin’ new Our friendship ever last All when one minus from few Yes we surely had a blast We’re like family Me and you A nuh every path you cross Lead to somebody whe true Of the many that are called Only chosen is a few
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Of the real friends that serve you long Your memories might fade Your real friends will serve you long Sunshine or rain Your real friends will serve you long Acquaintances will fade Your real friends wont do you wrong Real friend don’t change
[Verse 2 – Nas] Only talking with winners A loser or two Got my number Still they think they real But they just really awfully bitter Salty n-ggaz Hate the smarter ones These are the doubters Who s our ‘bout my run I barely made it out the slums My value high Cause I do more than Rap about a gun I made money for n-ggaz Ya’ll never looking out for none I helped millionaires get to that very position Some real millionaires see that’s ill Cause look at statistics Real millionaires And I ain’t talking ghetto riches Thorough business You mistreating n-ggaz Heard your folks bleed in prison You ain’t a G And if you was I don’t recall Who would roll with ya’ll Bunch a f-cking know it alls Who’s dough is small Look what’s it come to Our rapport’s good no more We was good before Till I saw what type a dude you took me for We had a chance to t