Grand Puba - Back Stabbers(1995)

[00:05.18] Yeah, aight
[00:07.94] 2000 representatives comin' to ya
[00:11.51] Yeah, here to talk about a situation you know
[00:15.17] That makes the world go round, check it
[00:16.92] It's on that love and hate tape, yaknahmsayin'?
[00:20.52] Be damned if you do, damned if you don't
[00:24.14] But I'ma rap on it a taste, yaknahmsayin'?
[00:26.96] I'ma let honey take it away, check it
[00:28.77] It's a thin line between love and hate
[00:37.79] It's a thin line, it's a thin line
[00:39.58] (Yeah, uhh)
[00:40.43] If you feel the vibe, yeah, no doubt
[00:44.02] It's time to set 'em straight
[00:48.68] No doubt, check it
[00:50.48] Well, it's four O'clock, in the mornin'
[00:53.10] Just gettin' in, baby love's askin', baby where you been?
[00:56.70] Tryin' to get mine but I've been sittin' waitin' all this time
[01:03.06] I got to grab this cream, while I got the chance
[01:04.93] Romance, without finance, you know the rest, baby
[01:07.66] It's just a nuisance, I'm sayin', act like you know
[01:10.32] Nuttin' can't grow if the dough don't flow
[01:12.15] But I'm just tryin' to get a-wit you
[01:15.75] Baby, I ain't tryin' to bullshit you
[01:19.38] Why we gotta beef on the same old shit?
[01:22.07] Because your friends you'd rather be with
[01:24.86] But when I'm with my friends, I don't go through that
[01:27.57] So you can pack your bags, they already packed
[01:30.26] Well, you ain't really my skin
[01:32.92] And your friends ain't really your friends
[01:35.61] They smile in your face
[01:38.35] All the time, they wanna take your place
[01:42.04] The back-stabbers, pocket-grabbers
[01:47.48] They smile in your face
[01:50.15] All the time, they wanna take your place
[01:53.79] The back-stabbers, pocket-grabbers
[01:58.22] I told my man that I gave my girl the outs
[02:01.98] Crib to the head, king size bed
[02:04.63] That love shit is dead, so let's call some chicken-heads
[02:07.38] Tell 'em do the spread while we bein hand-fed
[02:10.05] We had it goin' for the first two weeks
[02:12.73] I bumped into my ex, and she asked, "Could we speak?"
[02:15.48] I told her, made it quick
[02:17.27] And this is what she kicked, dig it
[02:20.96] Hey baby, how you doin'? Fine
[02:24.56] I heard that you and your friends be havin' good times
[02:27.26] No doubt, he come through in the clutch
[02:29.05] That nigga ain't really your friend, what?
[02:31.76] I wish you wouldn't trust him so much
[02:35.32] You got a problem?
[02:36.29] I think you really trust him too much
[02:40.83] 'Cause he's the best friend, I got, no, he's not!
[02:43.55] The last time you went out of town, yeah
[02:48.94] Guess who came creepin' around? Yeah
[02:52.58] Whatchu sayin'? He started sayin' that you're no good for me
[02:58.03] But all that drama wasn't tryin' to see
[03:03.42] Talkin' 'bout all the other girls you got
[03:10.64] Oh, the nigga went out like that? Oh shit!
[03:12.40] Steppin' to me, tryin' to blow up the spot
[03:16.18] Tell me boy, is that your friend? No, no, no, damn
[03:28.77] It's a thin line, between love and hate
[03:36.02] Love and hate, love and hate
[03:40.53] If you feel the vibe boy, it's time to set him straight
[03:48.62] Oh, I'ma set that nigga straight
[03:49.51] It's a thin line boy, between love and hate
[04:00.49] If you take your time, it'll be worth your wait
[04:22.11] Boy, I tell you these days
[04:24.83] You don't even know who to trust, yaknahmsayin'?
[04:28.47] That's how love do, that's how hate do, knahmsayin'?
[04:33.95] It's all connected, it's all injected, knahmsayin'?
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