I'll Be Around

(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