I'll Be Around

Ragtop records may I help you? Can I speak to Fo? One moment please he's around Yeah wassup? Wassup Fo'? Man I know you finished that cut for the radio As a matter of fact Fly I just finished it baby boy Don't worry about nothin I'll be around Regardless if I'm chillin' backstage or on tour With my homie Young Fly even Al B. Sure Never hesitate to call me after I'm done 'Cause homie I'm real and 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 ain't 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 repeatin' there's a block on the phone And all 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 mind their business He say, she say, throwin' salt about They choose to talk about you cause there's nothin' else to talk about Talk about the show and the flow and all the clout And then be real with yourself and talk about who turned it out It's not hard to compete with one whose name is poppin' A scary man can never win that's why I stay clockin' Sticky like a cactus and I practice with tysta Ain't trippin' on these suckas 'cause I know they ain't tight enough Put 'em on a platter like a station they get scared Waitin' for a intro from the Fo' and I'm well prepared Fools be huffin' and puffin' don't wanna see me 'bout nothin' I'm down and if you ever need me Fly, I'll be around Whenever you call me, I'll be there Whenever you want me (Cause I'll be around) I'll be there (You know I love you boy) Whenever you need me, I'll be there I'll be around Life ain't based on peaches and cream This new generation holds a whole lot of dreams Future doctors, producers and mothers The list goes on but now we're killin' our brothers And if we're killin' our brothers, that mean we're killin our own kind These kids who watch now it goes to their mind Rat-ah-tat-tat 'cause you got a gat Then they want a gat, you livin' like that? But I'm not surprised, just look what's televised It shouldn't take a bullet for a brother to realize We run into hard heads that run into hot lead If this is their death bed I feel that's enough said Enough is enough, too much crime buildin' No I'm not a role-model, but I think of the children That hang out late night 'cause they feel that's right To watch the gun play or bloody street fight So I'ma be around with a funky rap G' I know how it is and hopefully you feel me 'Cause where I come from we rap to tight beats And if you don't hustle, that's the day you don't eat Mom's ain't cookin', she worked the week straight If anything she's the one deserves the hot plate The ghetto? The ghetto ain't nothin' to dream about Tryna get out, now that's somethin to think about Fools might disagree but I'm a stay sucka free Man I'm so black and so strong they can't fade me Blacks are blacks worst enemy there's still no remedy You got me for a grip, still 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 it isn't non-explicit A message for the mind and the moral for statistics So I'm doin' what we call a roll call Callin' out the ones who won't rap to take a downfall I spit the street life and then I go underground You silly, it's called versatility and I'll be around Whenever you call me, I'll be there (Yeah, all you bustas) Whenever you want me (Y'all was down) I'll be there (But I'll be around) Whenever you need me, I'll be there 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 gettin' mad all you want is a gunfight 'Cause you ain't havin' that, but understand that You're really hard to talk to holdin' a gat So here's a new concept before you agenda You'll live to be old if you control your temper 'Cause 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 tryna 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 Whenever you call me (And I'll be around) I'll be there Whenever you want me, I'll be there Whenever you need me, I'll be there I'll be around