(phone rings)
Lady: Ragtop records
may I help you?
Fly: Can I speak to Fo?
Lady: I moment please
he's around.
4 Tay: Yo wassup?
Fly: Wassup Fo?
Man I know you finished that cut for the radio.
4 Tay: As a matter of fact Fly
I just finished it baby boy
don't worry about nothin
I'll be around.
Regardless if I'm chillin backstage
or on tour
With my homie Young Fly
even Al B. Sure
Never hesitate to call me
after I'm done
Cause homie I'm real
and I'm always true to my loved ones
Too many wakes
and funerals full of tears
You say there's something on your mind
well here I'm all ears
Cause nobody thinking about
the funk that you're choosin it
A lot of my homies
stuck in the pen for life
for losin it
Call up your folks
you keep thinkin about home
Recorder keeps repeating
and there's a block on the phone
And all of this is enough
to make a brother's nerves bad
Reminds me of a sitution
that I once had
Spent that
spent this
endless relentless
tremendous women on my jock
And don't nobody mindin business
He say she say
throwin salt about it
And choose to talk about you
cause there's nothing else to talk about
Talk about the show
and the flow and all the clout
Then be real with yourself
and talk about and turned it out
It's not hard to compete
when his name is poppin
A scared man can never win
that's why I stay clockin
Fools be huffin and puffin
don't wanna see me about nothin
I'm down
And if you ever need me Fly
I'll be around
Whenever you call me
I'll be there
Whenever you want me
(Cause I'll be around)
I'll be there
(you know I love you boy)
Whenever you need me
I'll be there
I'll be around
Life ain't based on
peaches and cream
This new generation
lost a whole lot of dreams
Future doctors,
producers and mothers
The list goes on
but now we killin our brothers
And if we killin our brothers
that means we're killin our own kind
These kids is watchin
now it goes to their mind
Rat tat a tat
cause you got a gat
Then they want a gat
you livin like that?
Moms ain't cookin
she worked the week straight
If anything
she's the one that deserves
a hot plate
The ghetto
the ghetto ain't nothin to dream about
Tryin to get out
now that's somethin to think about
Fools might disagree
but I'm a stay sucka free
Now I'm so black
and so strong
they can't fade me
Blacks are blacks worst enemy
there's still no remedy
You got me for a grip
do you call yourself kin of me?
Jealousy
envy
I see it in your eyes
Tell me what's wrong
with seeing a black man rise
I keep it funky
it's pretty hard to miss it
now is it explicit
A message for the mind
and the moral of statistics
So I'm doin what we call a roll call
Talkin about the ones
who want rap then take a downfall
I spit the street life
and then I go underground
You silly
it's called versatility
and I'll be around
Whenever you call me
I'll be there
(Yeah all you bustas)
Whenever you want me
(yeah I was down)
I'll be there
(but I'll be around)
Whenever you need me
I'll be there
I'll be around
Things are gettin crucial
you gotta exercise your mind
Or learn about life
before you're left behind
But how you gonna get it right
when you're not doin right
When you get mad
all you want is a gunfight
This tension causes
a gang of madness
Now you want funk
that results to sadness
Sadness results
to a lot of revenge
And you're so called friends
really ain't you're friends
So how do you know
who you're able to trust
If you think about the past
look what happened to us
I never trust no one
I only trust myself
Or I would've been a victim
like everyone else
In friendship or hardship
whenever you need me
Just give me a call G
I won't deceive thee
These fools be shakin
best believe they're fakin
Just tryin to get a grip
of all the money you're makin
This ain't race
a mind is a terrible thing to waste
I drop the rap
and J drops the bass
To the flow
cause ain't nobody get with Fo
I'm a down young brother
comin straight outta Frisco
Droppin a message
out of love to your town
Love your brothers and sisters
and I'll be around
Whenever you call me
I'll be there
Whenever you want me
I'll be there
Whenever you need me
I'll be there
I'll be around