What About Your Friends Lyrics
What, what about your friends?
What about
What about your friends?
What about your
What about your
What about your
[Verse 1: T-Boz]
Every now and then, I get a little crazy
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Sometimes my vision is a little hazy
I can't tell who I should trust or just who I let trust me, yeah
People try to say I act a little funny
But that's just a figure of speech to me
They tell me I changed because I got money
But if you were there before, then you're still down with me, yeah
[Chorus: All]
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground?
Will they let you down again?
What about your friends?
Are they gonna be low down?
Will they ever be around
Or will they turn their backs on you?
Well, is it me, or can it be I'm a little too
Friendly so to speak, hypothetically say?
I supply creativity to what others
Must take as a form of self-hate
Only to make an enemy
Which results in unfortunate destiny
They dog me out then be next to me
Just 'cause I am what some choose to envy
[Verse 2: T-Boz, with Chilli]
Every now and then, I get a little easy
I let a lot of people depend on me
I never thought they would ever deceive me
Don't you know when times got rough
I was standing on my own
I'll never let another get that close to me
You see, I've grown a lot smarter now
Sometimes you have to choose and then you'll see
If your friend is true, they'll be there with you
Through the thick and thin
[Chorus: All]
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Will they stand their ground?
Will they let you down again? (Oh-oh, whoa)
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Are they gonna be low down (Be low down)
Will they ever be around (Be around)
Or will they turn their backs on you?
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Will they stand their ground? (Stand their ground)
Will they let you down again? (Oh)
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Are they gonna be low down? (Be low down)
Will they ever be around (Be around)
(Oh) Or will they turn their backs on you?
Yo, is it me? Here we go
Or can it be I am a little too friendly?
So to speak hypothetically say?
I supply creativity to what others must take as a form of self-hate
Only to make an enemy, which results in unfortunate destiny
They dog me out then be next to me
Just cause I am what some choose to envy
[Chorus: All]
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground?
Will they let you down again? (Whoa)
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Are they gonna be low down? (Be low down)
Will they ever be around (Be around)
Or will they turn their backs on you?
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground? (Will they stand their ground?)
Will they let you down again? (Oh, oh, oh)
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Are they gonna be low down? (Be low down)
Will they ever be around (Be around)
(Oh) Or will they turn their backs on you?
[Bridge: Chilli]
People say I act a little funny
I wouldn't change, not for no money
I'll be a friend as long as you're a friend to me
Yeah, yeah (What about your friends?)
Even though I might be easy
It don't give you no cause to deceive me
It's not the way that I want my friends to ever be
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground?
Will they let you down again? (Whoa)
What about your friends? (What about your friends?)
Are they gonna be low down? (Be low down)
Will they ever be around (Will they ever be around)
Or will they turn their backs on you? (Or will they turn their backs on you?)
What about your friends?
Will they stand their ground? (Stand their ground)
Will they let you down again?
What about your friends?
About
“What About Your Friends” is the third single released from TLC’s debut album. It takes a closer look at one’s friendships and asking if they will truly be there for you when you need them the most, or are they just merely acquaintances trying to take advantage of you.
The gold single peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and topped the US Rhythmic chart. A remix of the song featured the first appearances of André and Big Boi of OutKast.
Dallas Austin’s track is built around the guitar sample from the intro of James Brown’s “Blues and Pants”:
Q&A
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In a 1992 interview, T-Boz said:
Friends is a touchy situation. There’s a lot of people out there that you can’t trust these days and basically the song is saying, it’s someone who’s always with you, they’ll be with you to the end. Basically a lot of people I guess get their… friend turn their backs on them and you get stabbed in the back. But a friend is truly a friend, they’ll always be by you through thick and thin"
- 1.Intro
- 7.What About Your Friends
- 8.His Story
- 10.Bad By Myself
- 12.Baby-Baby-Baby
- 14.Depend On Myself
- 15.Conclusion