My Friend Lyrics

[Intro]
A man is defined by his (Boing!)
Catch my drift
I got to keep it raw
The most anticipated
I got to keep it raw

[Verse 1]
Yo, my (friend) is there for me, we like brothers
Over the years we've grown close, just like one another
I got a lot of friends, none as loyal as him
I give a lot of love, none as spoiled as him
The one friend you always wanna be nice to
Besides, you kept me out of trouble in high school
Close and distant and hard in most positions
He knows, and listens and needs no description
Hangin' with two nuts that can always depend
On each other when one them's feelin' used up
Born at the same time in the same place
Twins with the same mom, but not the same face
Fatigues from the same game, we gotta equally maintain
We feed from the same brain
We grew together and I considered you all mine
You delivered in hard times, I love my (Friend!)

[Chorus]
(*scratching*) It's the longest waited
The most anticipated
(*scratching*) I gotta keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)
My (Friend!) (*scratching*) It's the longest waited
(*scratching*) The most an-an-ticipated
(*scratching*) I got to keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)
[Verse 2]
My (Friend!), I never leave home without you with me
Here for the hoes just out to get me
Even when it's sticky you're still with me
You stick with me, you must be my (Friend!)
A handy-tool, you never lay around the house
A family jewel, too priceless to count him out
The power to keep you grinnin', a thug mentality like me
'Cept he only beats with women
I need him for the health, I guess I'm a bit abusive
I choke him up and beat him when he's thinkin' for himself
Somethin' I really don' love doin'
'Cause I feel guilty and try to make it up to him
My (Friend!), down for him, he's down for me
And even when he's runnin' his mouth, you hear sounds from me
I speak for the two of us everyday
What's mines is his, we share everyday
And if you wearin' lipstick, wear the same stick
You look like a rainbow whenever you change it

The power to beg and always were a hat
And a raincoat when it's damp and shower's ahead

He adores me, that's all it was
That's why he do things without me like fall in love
The gator is ready to test the sharks
But he's too vicious, that's why he never left my heart
It's too late, he grown now
The two of them probably wouldn't even get along now
'Cause of the time, ladies wanna get it on now 'cause of the rhyme
And we can take 'em, one at a time, in front of the line
I can rub it in his face, he'll never rub it in mines
Besides, it ain't because of the fives, it's because of the nines, my
(Friend!)

[Chorus]
(*scratching*) It's the longest waited
The most anticipated
(*scratching*) I gotta keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)
My (Friend!) (*scratching*) It's the longest waited
(*scratching*) The most an-an-ticipated
(*scratching*) I got to keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)

The most anticipated
(*scratching*) I gotta keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)
My (Friend!) (*scratching*) It's the longest waited
(*scratching*) The most an-an-ticipated
(*scratching*) I got to keep it raw
The bitches up on it
Betta believe that (*scratching*)

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Genius Annotation

“My Friend” is about Royce’s genitals, told in a clever and personified way. This is the fourth track on his debut album Rock City, and is one of the tracks on the album to be produced by DJ Premier, the other being the single “Boom”—also seen on Rock City.

In an interview with Complex, Royce recalled originally coming up with this song:

That was one of the rare instances where I had a concept before I even had music. I got on the phone with Premier and told him about the concept. I told him I wanted the beat to be a little more quirky than his usual self. Nothing dark, just try to make something around this concept.

I told him what I wanted to rap about and he was like, ‘Man, you a fucking fool.’ Once I got to the studio and heard the beat, I wrote it relatively fast and laid it down up at D&D Studios.

I don’t know why [I love rapping about my dick]. I get so many jokes cracked on me by my friends—mainly Slaughterhouse—that I don’t even do it no more. I definitely went through a phase where I did a lot of rapping about my guns and my dick.

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What did Royce da 5'9" say about "My Friend"?
Genius Answer

Royce da 5'9" via Complex

I don’t know how I came up with it, but that was one of the rare instances where I had a concept before I even had music. I got on the phone with Premier and told him about the concept. I told him I wanted the beat to be a little more quirky than his usual self. Nothing dark, just try to make something around this concept.

I told him what I wanted to rap about and he was like, ‘Man, you a fucking fool.’ He went in with the concept, made that beat, and I think it fit. Once I got to the studio and heard the beat, I wrote it relatively fast and laid it down up at D&D studios.

I don’t know why [I love rapping about my dick]. I get so many jokes cracked on me by my friends—mainly Slaughterhouse—that I don’t even do it no more. I definitely went through a phase where I did a lot of rapping about my guns and my dick. But that’s kinda like an ongoing joke within my crew now.

Joey and Joell man, those dudes are really funny. They didn’t say it like it was a bad thing, they just joked on me. I’m not usually the butt of the jokes, I’m usually the one joking on people. So whenever someone’s got a good joke on me that people are laughing at, I usually try to fix it.

I think the first time that came up was when we were in Phoenix shooting the ‘Microphone’ video. We went to the studio and we were listening to a beat Sha Money gave us. We did the song and I think [my manager] Kino might’ve been like, ‘I ain’t heard the song yet, but I’m guessing Joey made a sports reference, Joell said something about some food, and Royce said something either about a gun or his dick.’ Everybody just cracked up laughing so it was like, ‘Alright, maybe I’m doing this a little bit too much.’

I’m the kind of person that I won’t know that I’m driving something to the ground, I just do it. Someone will have to pull my coattail and let me know that I’m overdoing it, then I’ll stop. I think I unconsciously do it, but now I’m more conscious to not do it. I [rapped about my dick] on the Bad Meets Evil EP, but I was kinda poking fun at myself when I did it. I didn’t do it seriously, like I used to do before.

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Recorded At
D&D Studios (New York City)
Release Date
January 10, 2002
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