*GangStarr's "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" plays in the background*      [Guru]   It's like, a friendship, and a business partnership   And, we have to always be concious of the difference   between em; because y'know, some things can happen   that'll ruin one or the other, so   we alwa-we always stay concious of those things   Those obstacles that can, y'know trip us up   because we ain't trying to go out like that      *Primo scratching fades in gradually*   "friends" "business" (repeat 3X)      ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRAHHAHHH!!!   C'mon! Motherfucker! Yeah! ...   GangStarr! GangStarr! M.O.P.   Ghetto people!      [Guru]   Son you're supposed to be my man, but you ain't wise enough to realize   this is B.I., see I wanna taste the whole cake   Some things in this industry, shit be so fake   Make no mistake, if you're my man you'd understand   about the plan, to stack hundreds of grands (That's right!)   And how to stand, on much more acres of land   And to expand from the days of goin hand to hand   So like I was CEO I do my thing son   and turn this underground rap thing to my kingdom   Release a fistful, of rhymes for the fiscal year   MC's are wishful fuckin with this here   They stuck with the tear, for fear they foresake a brother's love   it's clear -- I'd have to be the better man I'm thinkin   The 7th Letter Man ain't got no time for petty speakin (uhh)   So we go our seperate ways I see the fork in the road   I know I blessed you with a portion of gold   and some good fortune to hold, so KEEP THAT   while I keep it movin, just like truckloads   of interstate cargo, taxin niggaz like U.S. embargoes   You my man like I said so all the best   You shoulda known we do shit differently than all of the rest   Can't afford to let a link be, loose in the chain   It's time for us to get mad more, juice in the game   You're buggin son (that's right) that's word to Billy and Fame   So I'ma stay the game, that we play to win (Yeah!)   So I don't care what you say to her or say to him   The object son, is to excel and lead   And niggaz be bluffin fallin for nothin but greed      Chorus: M.O.P. and Guru      [M.O.P.] If it's animosity   [Guru] Let me know   [M.O.P.] If you plottin to stop my dough   [Lil' Fame] Time to go!   [M.O.P.] GangStarr, M.O.P. nigga   [Billy Danze] Tryin to blow!   [M.O.P.] If you my man you could understand!   *repeat 2X*      [Lil' Fame]   I'm true to myself y'all, and I'm a down ass nigga!   So don't fool yourself, clown ass nigga!   I always been the type of cat that'll put it on ya   since back in the days when Laze snatched me off the corner   And every since then, the whole game changed   Everybody's against, Lil' ass Fame   They wanna see me stretched out with my back smokin   Left for dead in the street with my back opened   So I don't keep friends I just roll with   niggaz I was RAISED WITH, went out in a BLAZE WITH   In the penile, to B.ville, down to Grayson   And we thick together, in these last days kid   So I don't have what you call friends   cause when it's on then they gone in the end!   But I'ma handle my business indeed   Cause niggaz be bluffin fallin for nothin but greed!      Chorus      [Billy Danze]   Hey yo what happened to the love soldier? It never crossed my mind   that you would doubt my love inside and test my pride   I divide, anything that I got   with my M.O.P. staff -- WE ALL AND WE OUT!   To the First Family loyalty, is no game   We them type of niggaz that, money won't change   We all aim, for the big picture   but to me it don't mean shit if your dogs ain't witcha   I sacrifice my main arteries -- WHY NIGGA?!   Ain't nobody never loved me, like my niggaz   See my business is my friendship and my friendship is my business   Can I get a witness?! (Preach on nigga!)   Hey yo we went through all out wars, half-assed tours   Travelled 'cross this land with heavy contraband   (See you my man!) And you ain't never got to   second guess or question the love of William Danze (Sho' nuff!)   I am invaluable, to my niggaz   cause they all rest there in thirty-two -- BETTER THAN NOTHIN!   Think of William when they start bustin, I hold you down   (When them body parts pop up cousin) I'll be around!      "friends" "business" (repeat 6X to fade)