This is not a love ballad but it is a slow song   Fitten to tell you 'bout this girl I know   Well, this girl I used to know   Her name's      Makeba, Makeba   Sweet Makeba, Makeba      Makeba   Yo, how you doin', baby, it's been a long time   Haven't seen you in a couple of years   And the last I heard, you lost your mind      Well, how you been, who you been with, how's it been goin'?   Still into hip hop, are you still flowin'?   Oh, yeah, that's cool   We should kick back, maybe have a session      I remember you tellin' me you had to get away   Couldn't stay another day in the life of L.A.   In the city that's peace   Yo, where you been, China, Africa, Greece?      Least you coulda dropped me a letter or a phone call   Let me know you was all right   Your friends and your family and they kept tellin' me   Makeba disappeared in the night      Now I know that you had big dreams, Makeba   But I had big dreams, too   And all this time, you were searchin', Makeba   Did any your dreams come true?      I remember I used to be down for you   And you was down for me   I had your back and you had my back, Makeba   I wanted you to be my g      Makeba   Yo, you know I got another girl after that right   She kinda looked like you, too, a little bit   Sweet Makeba      Yo, why don't you just come to the crib you know?   We could listen to some music   Talk about things   Ooh, I see, you're not a young girl anymore      And you're all grown up   And you been around the world   Wanna see what life's gonna offer you   It's your young world and it's all for you      You probably got a man in every country that wants you   Like I wanted you but you didn't want that   Remember how we used to make love, Makeba?   'Member how you loved it when I hit it from the back?      Makeba   I had love for you   I had wanted you   I had needed you      I remember comin' to your house, seven in the morning   Ready for school but we didn't even go   It was right back to my house where we kissed liked kids   And we jumped in the bed and you know      I loved makin' love to my Makeba   She was like my queen of Sheba   I remember how we used to smoke chiba   Oh, you don't smoke no more, well, that's cool      Well, everybody gotta stop sometime   I remember one time when you hid my stash   And saved my ass from the one time   I remember some fools tried to jump me   And you jumped up before anybody did      We used to say if and when we get married   We'll have kid, after kid, after kid, after kid   After kid, after kid, after kid, after kid, after kid   Damn, that's a lot of kids      Makeba, sweet Makeba   I had love for you   I had wanted you   I had needed you   How I loved makin' love to my Makeba      Well, remember how the whole crew used to hang tough   Well, everybody's doin' they thang and stuff   And everybody's still actin' like they know   And a few more people ain't with us no mo'      Oh, me, I'm just chillin'   Makin' my music livin' and buildin'   Tryin' to make a million, out this little ol' dime and this nickel   And lickin' lickle shots for the prophets we forgot      But other than that, I'm glad you back on deck   I expect to see you in the near future   If you wanna just sit and chat, talk about the good old days   Good old times, what was in style, what's goin' on now      'Cause it has been a while   Makeba, honey, girlfriend   Left in a whirlwind, put a brother in a tailspin   Just twirlin', had a few laughs and kicks      But me and my clique don't be trippin' no tricks   I still got a piece of me to give you   You still got a piece of you to give me   You listenin' but you don't hear me      We can pick up right where we left at but   I gotta be me and you gotta accept that   I just wanna be homies   'Cause I ain't got love like monie      'Cause soon as you got close, you got ghost   And you tried to leave Acey 'loney   So hook up with me if you can cool   But you know, I know what you get loose to      And if you play your cards right   Get your shit tight   Then we might be down like we used to   Makeba