Friend Or Foe - 8Ball & MJG

Anyway it doesn't matter much how you feel

You know what you got to do

I'm here to do it

How about you

Our age five-years-old

We were young bucks

Scrubbin' each others backs in the bathtub

Babysitter would send you to bed

But she would make me stay up

So she could give the young playa

Some viscious head uh

Early symptoms of

Time of nightway

Gigantic factor from the

Caukenis b**ch tamer

Some had it all though

But less unfortunate

You had an alloy spoke Mongoose

And I had a Huffy

You owned a green machine

Three different lunch pails

I had a go-cart that I built

From a bunch of used nails

We grew up in the church together ni**a

Sunday school

Now I heard you off into jackin ni**a

That ain't even cool

I used to be conned

Racked f**ked around

And ripped bad

Barking up on the wrong tree

Talking about runnin up in my past

Niggas have hateful thoughts

But they stop me from strivin

Suckas be shakin salt

All in his gameful so find

Some fools be gettin crossed

Victims of 40-ness

Man all that drama you come with

I swear you on some sh*t

Whether it's M******e or coc*ine

Doja or doggfood

They had these marks for Tre and Max

F**kin off my high breakin rules

You got ya P's mixed up

You ain't no pimp

You's a phony

I spit for major mix

While you make tapes for ya homie

And then you work up tha nerve

To speak fair words

The pimp a traitor we instigators

That's why I wrote this verse

For every youngster with his mind on his meal

Young playa just chill

And take a look at what

These fakers call real ni**a

I trust no man

'Cause man will let you down every time

That's why I take it upon myself

To thank god in every rhyme

'Cause I've seen better times

And I've seen worser days

When some of my so called friends

Wasn't around when I ain't have a verse to say

I quench my thirst today

With righteous thoughts of mine

'Cause righteous thought of mine will leave mark

A** niggas far behind

I seen it every time

They come and go

That's why I drop to my knees

And ask god to distinguish friend from foe

And what do you know

By the time morning comes I can see the light

And then I'm thanking god once again

For making everything all right

He made it tight and now I'm back up on the scene

Countin' greens

Straight from H-town to New Orleans

New human beings puttin it down like a mic or not

Replace the slot open up shop

We 'bout to make it hot

Stop

With ya devilish doins

Because ya devilish doins will only bring forth ya ruin

Friend or foe you just will never know

Who can you trust in a world that's oh so cold

Playa hatin is everywhere I go

Friend or foe you just will never know

Listen

I'm tryin to tell you my ni**a to watch cha back

And trust few

Cause ain't no ni**a gon watch ya

Back for you like you

When someone is broke and down

And out without no clout it's rough

At least you know who you can

And who you cannot trust

See let me explain myself

And clear up the point I'm tryin to make

Don't want no bustas around me

Playa hatin or actin fake

Don't ever be wantin nobody to get to close

I don't know if it's effects of

From the m*******a that got me more than trippin

See nowadays tha ni**a be

Rollin' thick with hella loot

But if my loot was gone would I be all alone

See my partners who used to ride with me

And smoke that dank

And f**k with hoes

Would they be them same niggas

If I didn't have sh*t to roll

Maybe they will

Maybe they won't

Who is to say what a ni**a will do

Who is to say if you help someone

It's guaranteed that they'll help you

See what I'm sayin

Listen to me and see if you can dig this

Smilin' faces replaces friends

When people recieve ends

Now all of a sudden

I'm actin funny because my moneys loaned

But there was no drama

When I was livin' at my momma's home

But I'm not tellin' a ni**a nothin

You don't already know

Personal business

You got to watch who you friends is

I'm thinking about hard times

Freeing my mind

Who in the f**k goin be my crutch

Holdin me up helpin me out

Makin sure that I stay in touch

Where do I sleep who do I turn to

When I be low on my cash

Who am I down with when fifty niggas

Be talkin bout kickin my a**

Who is my friends who is my foes

Who do I ask

When I want to know

Somethin about somethin

But I don't know nothin

My ignorance be keepin me out in the cold

Who do I call when I'm in need of a ride

In somebody elses car

How do I get from point

A to B if B is just to far

Where can I get a loan

Where can I use the phone

Who's goin to give me

The permission to make a decision

To come up in they house and live

When will I drive a BMer

Takin my clothes to the cleaner

How can I know

Will I forever be payin my dues

Will I forever be singing the blues

Where will I find a shoulder

When I be wantin to lean

Know what I mean

When I be needin some justification

Stuck in the f**kin same location

Who is the friend that is helpin me

Who is the busta thats hurtin me

Who can I trust

Will you be there when the goin is tough

Will I be hangin with dick in the dust

Who wanna share my load

When it's too heavy to carry

Or will I go crazy pullin the load alone

Constantly gettin my hustle on

When will I finally see kinda suspect

Or even actually know

Who is my real friend thick and the thin

And who in the f**k is the foe

Friend or foe you just will never know

Who can you trust

In a world that's oh so cold

Playa hatin is everywhere I go

Friend or foe you just will never know

Friend or foe you just will never know

Who can you trust

In a world that's oh so cold

Playa hatin is everywhere I go

Friend or foe you just will never know