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SAMPLED ?VOCAL ?INTRO? CHORUS ?1 ?? ?SAMPLE?

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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 ?&?
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? & ?you?
A ?nuh ?every ?path ?you ?cross?
Lead ?to ?somebody ?whe ?true?
Of? the ?many ?that ?are ?called?
Only ?chosen ?is ?a? few? ?? CHORUS ?2 ?? ?JR. GONG?


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? looser ?or ?two?
Got ?my ?number?
Still ?they? think ?they ?real?
But ?they ?just ?really ?awfully ?bitter?
Salty ?niggaz?
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 ?niggaz?
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 ?niggaz?
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**king ?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? take ?paper ?down?
What ? I? took ?was ?more?
Because ?of ?hatred?
Opportunity ?wasted? ?

CHORUS ?3 ?? ?JR. GONG?

Your ?real ?friends ?will? serve? you ?long?
Your ?car ?and ?cloths ?will ?fade?
Your ?real ?friend? wont? do ?you ?wrong?
Real ?friend? don?t ?change? Eh? ? ? ?

VERSE ?3 ?? ?JR. GONG?


Your ?real ?friend ?won?t ?run ?in ?war?
Nuh? care ?what ?the ?cost ?is?
You? real ?friends? are ?in ?for ?all ?the ?wins ?and ?the ?losses?
Fi ?Real!?
No ?question ?at ?all?
Them ?ready ?fi ?ri e? the ?tallest?
Take ?to ?the ?enemies?
All ?for ?one?
And? one? for? all ?this?
Real ?friend ?will ?hear ?you ?out?
No ?secret ?feelings?
Real ?friends ?won?t? sell ?you? out?
No ?bargain ?pleading?
For ?real!?
Always ?looking ?out?
A ?meal!??
When? outside? a ?drought?
Your ?real!?
Friend? won?t ?hide ?you ?out?
No? ?

CHORUS? 4? ?? JR. GONG?


Your? real ?friends ?will ?serve? you ?long?
When ?all ?else ?fails?
Your ?real ?friend ?wont ?do ?you ?wrong?
Real ?friend? don?t? change?
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VERSE? 4 ? ?? NAS

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May ?laughter?
From ?backstabbers?
Turn ?to ?tears ?faster?
I ?wish ?for ?you?
No? snake? shall ?slither ?past ?ya?
You ?have ?to??
Keep ?your ?vision ?clear?
Cause? only ?a ?coward ?lives ?in ?fear?
My ?surroundings?
Got? only ?real ?powerful ?niggaz ?here?
Real ?men ?we ?have ?a ?code ?of ?ethics?
No? question?
No ?jealousies?
No ?feminine ?tendencies?
We ?expecting?
No? gossip??
No? phony? logic?
No ?counting ?your? homey ?pocket?
Spare ?no ?expense? for ?legal ?defense?
If? your ?homey ?locked ?up?
No? keeping ?tabs??
On ?who ?was ?the ?last ?who? looked? out?
Selfishness??
That?s ?a ?character ?flaw?
No? holding ?out?
Yo? what ?happened ?to ?the ?honor??
You?re ?dealing ?with?
Sensitive?? Pre?Madonna? drama?
Teflon ?love?
For ?my ?dudes ?who ?solid? ?

CHORUS? 5? ? ?JR. GONG?

Your ?real ?friends ?will ?serve ?you ?long?
Your ?memories ?might? fade?
Your ?real ?friends ?will ?serve ?you? long?
Sunshine ?or ?rain, ?eh??
Your? real? friends ?will ?serve ?you ?long, ?woe ?ya ?woe?
When ?all ?else ?fails?
Your ?real ?friends ?wont ?do ?you ?wrong?
Real ?friend? don?t? change? ?

VERSE ?5 ?(bridge) ?? ?JR. GONG?
Now ?plentiful?
Or? scantily?
My ?cup ?be ?full??
Or ?emptily?
With ?arm? in ?arms??
We?ll ?all ?trod ?on??
Through? destiny?
A? friend ?that?s ?true??
Is ?there ?for ?me?
Respect ?is ?due?
They ?care ?for ?me?
Should I ?be ?down?
? Or ?even ?out?
They?re ?next ?to ?me?
Hey? ?

CHORUS ?OUT ?? ?JR. GONG?


Your ?real ?friends ?will ?serve ?you ?long?
Your ?memories ?might ?fade?
Your? real? friends ?will ?serve ?you ?long?
Sunshine ?or ?rain, ?hey?
Your ?real ?friends ?will ?serve? you ?long, ?woe ?ya ?woe?
When ?all ?else ?fails?
Real ?friends? won?t? do? you ?wrong?
Real? friend ?don?t ?change?
Real ?friend? don?t? change?
Real ?friend ?don?t ?change?
Real? friend ?don?t? change?
Real ?friend ?don?t ?change?