B.I.Vs.Friendship (-Gang Starr/M.O.P. Written by:Keith Elam It's like a friendship and a business partnership And we have to always be concious of the difference Between em because y'know some things can happen That'll ruin one or the other so We alwa we always stay concious of those things Those obstacles that can y'know trip us up Because we ain't out like that Friends business Friends business Friends business C'mon motherf**ker yeah Gangstarr gangstarr MOP Ghetto people Son you're supposed to be my man but you ain't wise enough to realize This is B I see I wanna taste the whole cake Some things in this industry sh*t be so fake Make no mistake if you're my man you'd understand About the plan to stack hundreds of grands that's right And how to stand on much more acres of land And to expand from the days of going hand to hand So like I was CEO I do my thing son And turn this underground rap thing to my kingdom Release a fistful of rhymes for the fiscal year MC's are wishful f**king with this here They stuck with the tear for fear they foresake a brother's love It's clear I'd have to be the better man I'm thinking The 7th letter man ain't got no time for petty speaking uhh So we go our seperate ways I see the fork in the road I know I blessed you with a portion of gold And some good fortune to hold so keep that While I keep it moving just like truckloads Of interstate cargo taxing niggaz like US embargoes You my man like I said so all the best You shoulda known we do sh*t differently than all of the rest Can't afford to let a link be loose in the chain It's time for us to get mad more juice in the game You're bugging son that's right that's word to billy and fame So I'ma stay the game that we play to win yeah So I don't care what you say to her or say to him The object son is to excel and lead And niggaz be bluffing falling for nothing but greed If it's animosity Let me know If you plotting to stop my dough Time to go Gangstarr M O P ni**a Trying to blow If you my man you could understand If it's animosity Let me know If you plotting to stop my dough Time to go Gangstarr M O P ni**a Trying to blow If you my man you could understand I'm true to myself y'all and I'm a down a**ni**a So don't fool yourself clown a**ni**a I always been the type of cat that'll put it on ya Since back in the days when laze snatched me off the corner And every since then the whole game changed Everybody's against Lil'a**fame They wanna see me stretched out with my back smoking Left for dead in the street with my back opened So I don't keep friends I just roll with Niggaz I was raised with went out in a blaze with In the penile to B Ville down to Grayson And we thick together in these last days kid So I don't have what you call friends Cause when it's on then they gone in the end But I'ma handle my business indeed Cause niggaz be bluffing falling for nothing but greed If it's animosity Let me know If you plotting to stop my dough Time to go Gangstarr M O P ni**a Trying to blow If you my man you could understand If it's animosity Let me know If you plotting to stop my dough Time to go Gangstarr M O P ni**a Trying to blow If you my man you could understand Hey yo what happened to the love soldier it never crossed my mind That you would doubt my love inside and test my pride I divide anything that I got With my M O P staff we all and we out To the first family loyalty is no game We them type of niggaz that money won't change We all aim for the big picture But to me it don't mean sh*t if your dogs ain't witcha I sacrifice my main arteries why ni**a Ain't nobody never loved me like my niggaz See my business is my friendship and my friendship is my business Can I get a witness preach on ni**a Hey yo we went through all out wars half assed tours Travelled'cross this land with heavy contraband See you my man and you ain't never got to Second guess or question the love of William danze sho'nuff I am invaluable to my niggaz Cause they all rest there in thirty two better than nothing Think of William when they start busting I hold you down When them body parts pop up cousin I'll be around Friends business Friends business Friends business Friends business Friends business