(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? 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.
(4-Tay)
Regardless if I`m chillin backstage or on tour
With my homie Young Fly even Al B. Sure
Never hesitate to call me whenever 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 a peep 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 chooses to talk about you cause there`s no one 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
(chorus- sampled from the Spinners 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
(talking)
Cause I`ll be around you know I love you boy
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 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 won`t 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
(chorus)
(Talking)
Yeah all you bustas yeah I was down but 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
(chorus)
