Watley, Jody - Friends Lyrics
Have you ever been stabbed in the back
By someone you thought was really cool
Did they steal your lover or was it money
Or was it lies they told
Strangers just disguised as your friends
That friends will let you down
Friends won't be around
When you need them most of all, your friends
Friends are hard to find
Friends, yours and mine
I'm talkin' 'bout your friends
Smiles they hide behind
Never know what's on their mind
Jealousy and envy reign
They never want to see you get ahead
They just hold you back
Friends will let you down
Friends won't be around
When you need them most of all, your friends
Oh, friends are hard to find
Friends, yours and mine
I'm talkin' 'bout your friends
[Rakim:]
Friends are hard to find, so be careful
You could be flyin' an inch or mile if I pay you
But some ain't that bad, but one might back stab
To get the fake tips of what one might have
Bite the hand that feeds you, leave the people who need you
For those who hold you back and mislead you
To be a leader, don't get lead on unleaded
The wrong direction, a dead ends next then so
Heed the detour, life's like a seesaw
The ups and downs, and I'll bet there'll be more
Potholes and obstacles in our path, that's righteous
At times you need a hand to fight this
Way of life, straighten up, take the door to the placid
And don't you act two-faced
'Cause jealousy and envy, and you still act friendly
You could find the end if you pretend to be
Friends will let you down
Friends won't be around
When you need them most of all, your friends
Yeah, friends are hard to find
Friends, yours and mine
I'm talkin' 'bout your friends
[Rakim:]
Used to kiss me, tell me you missed me
But now you try to glaze me, play me and diss me
I'm wide awake, ready to break, so we argue
What happened to the kisses, and, why, how are you
Forgot about the times when I rhymed you and bathed you
Rings were the only little things that I gave you
Still ain't thankful, your still complaining
Used be a bright sun but now it's raining
Harder than ever, I'm thinking whether
You should be friends let it end is a bad
So you forget to remember your body's so tender
The vibe that I send her make you surrender
The feelings you capture, caught in a rapture
No women can match you so I'm looking at ya
Paint a perfect picture so you can remember me
But you could find the end if you pretend to be
Friends will let you down
Friends wont be around
When you need them most of all, your friends
Oh, friends are hard to find
Friends, yours and mine
I'm talkin' 'bout your friends...
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Watley, Jody Friends Comments
friends
Great message!
Rakim kicked the shit out of this track. Played it over and over and over again growing up. True rap, not some babbling bullshit like they do today. So smooth.
I think chaka kahn was 1st
Oh MYYY... for once i thought it's "Queen Of The Damned"!
Now i know where did they got the look of Aaliyah in "Queen of the Damned" Movie....
She's a great live performer- don't miss her.
SALUTE JODY 4 HAVING THE GODS ON THE TRACK, MY DUDES SHINING ALL 4 TIME THE LORD RAKIM THE SUPREME MIND REPPING THE SUPREME DIVINE NO DOUBT LOVE U GOD!!! [999]
Life lesson kids pay attention
There are only two real friends you'll have in this life, and that's God and your dog! It's no coincidence that they are spelled the opposite of each other! A very poignant song!
Those Iconic earrings! They set the rest of you off!
Love her xxx
The Voice...Jody !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAKIM KICKS KNOWLEDGE every time in our time he was the best and will always be to Me!!! The god
This the truth--- I love this song***$$$!!!%%***
Unfortunately, it is quite true
Still 🔊🔊🔊2019 5/11/‘19
who's listening to Jody for 2019
She was always a trend setter
WOW TLC...😃
Good times
Video inspired Madonna “Vogue”, Truth Hurts “Addictive”, Tupac “How Do You Want It”, Michael Jackson “Remember the Time”
JODI WHATELEY AND RAKIM ARE ICONS!
2 legends
Dam jus make me wanna cry so many Memorys I miss those days.Peace to God & miss Watley.God Rasheem Brooklyn's finest.
so we gonna act like Chaka Khan didnt put Melle Mel on a song 5 yrs earlier...?
Jody Watley was like the golden era's Erykah Badu. Eccentric without all the neo soul earthiness. This was also a rare radio joint considering Rakim did very few collabos. Tell me he didn't murder his verse tho. Dope song from Jody and Rakim
Jody was and is still fierce
Bollywood before it got big!!!!
Jody l love you!!!!.Eres maravillosa. 👏👏👏💚❤🎵🎵🎶🎶
Aaliyah had that's hair in queen of damned
Elaine Elite @0:52
Jody Watley > Madonna
This is when music was fun. Now it’s all dark and evil.
6th grade all over again miss my youth when music was the best gosh where have the years gone
I Love You ,Jody Watley 💘💘💘😍😍😍😍🌺🌺🌺Women Beautiful
Madonna ripped this off
She is one of the Best!!!
懐かしすぎ笑
The message in this track still resonates today
A little trivia, this is the first collaboration Hip-Hop & R&B song! Classic!
Yes . Some really pretend well. Theres nothing like a good friend that's real and not fake
Friends.
thank to Jody for her beautiful sexy and great great talent that she shear with us all thank you darling I pray you will make a big comeback one love fr Jamaica w.i
Where TLC get it from!!!
I am actually floored that no one saw how , or maybe it was just me ,how similar the "truth hurts" contagious, video is to this. Which also featured taking if I'm not mistaken. Right?
Jody Watley, my dream woman & some of the best voice. last but not least E & R best.
AHHHH! They used the Hank Shocklee 12" remix, for the Video!! FANNNTASTIC!!
OK, trivia TIME: Rakim did a UHF interview LOOONG ago ('89), and discussed this video; He knew Jody was going to have something 'big budget', and thought he may be flown out to Paris (like the 'Still A Thrill; Video), or an exotic locale, and was anticipating the video shoot. NO ONE told him about the motif, so he just went along, thinking it was gonna be a 'stone gas, honey'...
He resided in Harlem at the time, and they picked him up in a Limousine (the one in this video) in his neighborhood....and drove him ONE BLOCK, to a warehouse, filled with Drag Queens (LOVE the one with the 'tired' sign at 1:46!), downtown Club Kids, Bodybuilders in loincloths, gay black boys voguing, and the Elvis impersonator!! ...Rakim was NOT READY for that! he said, 'I thought I was gonna leave my 'hood for one night, and they drove me ONE BLOCK!'....ha-HAAA!!
Jody was NO WHERE to be found, and only showed up when he had to the rap part on the stage! ..he said he wanted OUTTA THERE, but knew this would take him (and Eric B.) to new heights as 'street' rappers, reaching for a broader audience....BOY, did it EVER; they were RAW at the time, and this opened the door for Mariah / ODB, Rhianna / Drake, Beyonce / Jay Z, and MANY, MANY others...THIS was the template, all, so RESPECT Miss Watley, PLEASE!
Jody Watley should be recognized for trendsetting style and. music she doesn't get the RESPECT SHE DESERVES.Alot of artist stole from her style and dance moves.Her fashion styles are classic they would not be out of style today just a little updating but not much.
I always wanted Jody and Sade to do a photo shoot. That would have been epic.
Very philosophical.
She ain't never lie
Oh shit!! I 4got about the breakdown (3:53)! Git it Jody!!
Her younger sister mitchel watley is a porn actress.talk about family strokes 😊
This song still rocks me ages later
She didn't have a powerful voice, but she delivered a sweet lilting vocal ability, "Everything" is a gorgeous melancholy track!
One of my favorite songs from Jody Watley - STILL ACE - EVER GREEN
💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Song is deep af! First time paying attention to the words.
Jody was serving these fools fashion ,style and they all copied her , especially Madonna
Been looking for this song for a while!
THE BEAUTIFUL JODY WATLEY!
Jody Watley & Rakim
Perfection 💛
We were getting our groove on off of this song at Victoria's Station in Universal City back in 1989.
Remember? 😁
I love the bridge
I'm waiting to make this into a whole track to go ham on it.
Voguing and Aaliyah-Akashka looking headdress/outfit...superb video and probably top 5 collaboration EVER...
She was slightly ahead of everyone. The voguing and to feature rap artists in songs and video.
Yep! She was ahead of the curve.
Jody watley was sooo COOL!!.
I love it when rap (A-K-A Hip Hop) and R&B are blended together!
Peace!!
Where are you, Sweet days??!!!
She must be dissing Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel's in this song lol.
Her career was so iconic shalamar and her solo success she was killing new York's radio. Stations
Great..
classic
She's so right, and yet we all have been the "friend" to let down others as well! I speak from experience, so I've apologized to my buddies and family members I've wronged over the years. Hey, even Whodini says that the dictionary doesn't know the meaning of friend!!
Jody’s vocals remind me a lot of Ciara’s vocals
THE 1st RnB / Rap COLAB!!
this is where madonna stole vogue
sekmet09 LOUDER!
This really a True (Song??🤔
Awesome video, Rakim is the worlds best rapper!
One of the if not the first rap artist and r&b collaborations.....Rakim has alot of first!!
It was the first.
Just rediscovering her. Talented lady.
That looks was smth about me at the time of my teenage
So good.🔊🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
I was 13 years old when this came out, when I heard that “My Melody” break in the song I almost sh*t my soul out my a$$. First r&b collabo to do that
Friends are really hard 2 find in reality, which is why u trust nobody
Friends will let you down friends won't be around u need them most of all your friends
Jodie Watley was one of the best from this era, Shalamar lead singer to boot
It was 1989 and I was about to open my nightclub. This song inspired me. I named my club Electric Lady- Jody Watley made me feel so cool-and alive-the memory is magical-I love you Jody-thank you!
Eric B is the coolest dude who ever lived. So much swagger in this video and he doesn't even speak.
Good music 😙
Sick chune from time!
back in the days ....
Rakim great Lyrics him and Big daddy Kane best ever when it comes to lyrics
Genius collaboration! Jody, is and will always be a goddess. Rakim is a lyrical beast!
She is just awsome. Check her playboy layout, she was 35 at the time and the best model they ever posed of all time. Real real talk
Ahead of its time.
Ronald Williams, for all times - so much fake/Jealous people around more than ever.
Summer of '89❤️♒️💗
Never want to see you get ahead...
Rae Smith Jody Watley and Rahim are both Aquarians and icons ♒️
Erick B..... and Rakin ......! Paid in Full
This is where she got it from I remember when Madonna first came out everybody thought she was black Borderline was being played all over black radio back then The video came out and everybody was shocked lol