[Intro (Kanye West)]
You like to ride... (uh)
(So why don`t) you and your friends (get with) me and my friends
(My friends) my friends, my friends, my friends
Would you like to ride?
(I don`t know what happened, it`s just like, heh)
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
[Kanye West]
I had that little ass Nissan at your crib showin` up
Liquor store out of Arbor Mist, we Irish Rosed it up
Then we rolled to the movies, you rocked your fake Chloes
You had Gap and Gucci, that`s still two G`s
But that`s that last year purse like it`s still too cheap
Ooh you so boozy boo you could of fooled me
Cuz five years ago you was so Fugees
Now you don`t want nothin` unless it cost a few G`s
You like the light-skinned Ania, the dark-skinned Aaliyah
The black Jennifer Lopez, a ghetto senorita
You remind me of my Jeep but not no Kia
We can talk on your cell, but not Nokia
It be goin` in and out, that`s why I barely hear ya
It be goin` in and out like a robbery ah
I`m tryin` to +take this money+ like +Robin Geeda+
Then I`ma +take you to the house+ like +Trick and Trina+
[Hook]
Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things let`s fly away
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
[Malik Yusef]
Malik Yusef, bet your baby momma know the name
The most critically acclaimed wordsmith in the game
I give you words spit with flames
Stay to myself and let nerves mix with lames
Connoisseur of Kama Sutra, do somethin` absurd with your dame
I used to love this girl who loved shoppin` and smokin` herb
But my job was to hustle `dro
Now an artist of the spoken word, I just hustle flow
Never a preety boy, always a +beautiful mind+ like Russell Crowe
Now you in places no cabs`ll take you, only the bus`ll go
I would love for you and your friends to get with me and my friends
But the problemo is your attitude be on the stank side
And I no longer like you
Fuck it, now you can`t ride but ooh, wouldn`t you like to
[Hook]
Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things let`s fly away
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
[Common]
Deep as the ocean is the motion of life
Thought you would have been the sister I chose for my wife
Not knowin` you was trife
Stiflin` a nigga`s growth
All you wanna do is shop at River Oaks
Watch soaps on the couch, take shit and smoke
I`m workin` hard like a fiend tryin` to get some dope
Thought my +real nigga quotes+ would make you truer
You ain`t gon` let me school ya, at least let me tutor
The sex is good, but you ain`t a shooter
There`s a war goin` on inside, you ain`t a trooper
I look through the mirror and see my reflection
It ain`t in your direction so I passed her like a reverend
Returned to my Bishop Juan ways goin` wild like West and Kanye
Wherever I lay my ??? is my home, goddamnit I`m grown
Broke broad I`ma leave your ass alone
You still wanna ride though
[Hook]
Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things let`s fly away
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
Would you like to ride shotgun in the Escalade
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
Like a cloud in our sky, grab your things let`s fly away
So why don`t you and your friends get with me and my friends
My friends, my friends, my friends, my friends
