Madlib
Strangers & Friends
[Intro: Manny Bravo]
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[Verse: Manny Bravo]
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
It is what it is
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
The cycle never ends
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
I still wish you the best
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
It is what it is
[Verse: Big Nature]
Your words of encouragement
Slowly turn to fecal matter
Guess the matter of the situation
Shattered
That means your words of flattery
Splatter on the wall like a blood scene
Yeah
I can see the fakeness
Your words mеant to be sweeter
Cake battеr
But they have a tone that's bitter sweet
Essence of the clatter that we put ourselves in
I was trying to pay attention to prevent
The imminent ending of story
New testament
I never wanted this to end
I thought that we would win
Wimbledon
I was never in my zen
‘Til you tested all my patience
And you truly ran me thin like Jake
In Adventure Time
You was out of line
Trying to please everybody
You could give a ish about me
Get the cricken at my neck
Tried to keep my wits about me
I can see that we have splitted
And the difference in maturity is showing
Tectonic plates shifting
There's a distance
But
To be honest
I don't like to flex
But I'm
Miles way ahead of you
You'd lose in a duel
Put ‘em up
Red Dead
Had to flee the mission homie
Just to finish main story
Had to leave your ass behind
You was capping on the front
And
I used to be yo stunt man
Now I'm main actor
Had to move on
And become the main factor
Bitch n***a
[Hook: Manny Bravo]
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
It is what it is
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
The cycle never ends
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
I still wish you the best
Strangers to friends to strangers
Again
It is what it is
[Verse: K.C. Rome]
Write off
All of this tension
Fuck your intentions
Thirst for attention
I just bit off
More than I could chew
Thought I could hold you
Ready to eschew
All these titles
That were put on me
All these preconceptions hanging off the edge of a tree
Feeling every inch
I am the prince
Coming straight out of Florence
My militant mind is coming back from deployment
A flash in the pan
Against a shot in the darkness
I'm fresher than ever
But I still feel rotten
I've been haunted
I've been flaunting
Feeling restless
Seeking something
Je ne sais quoi
Tu ne peux pas me dire
So really
What exactly are we doing here
Searching for emotion in a lake of beer
Want to find a way to overcome my fears
Marching onwards to the beat of my anthem
Better be prepared
‘Cause I'm finna throw a tantrum
Tapping buried passion
Gearing up for war
Tally up your tithes
Because I'm settling the score