Lyrics Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes

Forever

[Intro:]

This one right here goes out to everybody

And it doesn't matter who your are

Cuz I know that everybody has a friend

[Verse 1:]

What defines a friend, the meaning

Where does it lye

In the mind, in the money, in the face, in the eyes

In the days, in the nights, well what is a friend

Do you love it and leave it again and again

So now our story begins of two little friends

You would have thought they were twins

Would have thought they were kiddin

Wouldn't think they can bend

Because all the time they would spend

For each other they would fend

For they friends to the end

Their mothers know mothers

Sisters know brothers

Mothers know fathers

Sons know they daughters

They blood thicka then water

If one had fifty cents they'd both have a quarter

That only makes sense, adjusting levels and all

They grew up together from pre-k to high school

Winters in the snow, summers in the pool

He's an athlete, she's an actress

But hormones would lead them to the mattress

[Chorus:]

You have been there, through thick and thin

Always beside me, you are my friend

More than money, fortune, or fame

Forever and ever, we will remain

We will remain friends

[Verse 2:]

Not furious just curious

She saw himself fit

Who better than the boy the girl grew up with

How bout the walks in the park

On the phone all night

Dreams like that she saw in plain sight

To his friends he's urgent

Simple fact she's a virgin

To her he'll be urging sexually let's merge

As you can see there's two different dreams

Her thoughts are so pure, his low as the floor

She's looking, he's balking

Now walking and talking

Bout a new stage and phase

That they should embark in

So it came to that length

No dinner, no candlelight

The female exhales

Something doesn't feel right

She said it polite, honey please not tonight

Cuz he didn't get any, he got real malignant

Hit her, it hurt, her breath got suspended

Then he looked at his work not feelin' so splendid

[Chorus:]

You have been there, through thick and thin

Always beside me, you are my friend

More than money, fortune, or fame

Forever and ever, we will remain

We will remain friends

[Verse 3:]

Their meeting had ended

Feeling offended, he went and attended

To a counseling session

Now life is a lesson

Full of questions

Why be drowned down

Rather than manifested

Went to his friend right from the beginning

With tears in his eyes he said I apologize

She much obliged, made amends

Once again, they're friends to the end

Yea, it was true love again

As transparent as lens

Apparent as kin

What defines a friend

Where does it lye

In the mind, in the money, in the face, in the eyes

In the days, in the nights, what is a friend

Did you love it and leave it again and again

In time in the sadness in the hurt in the pride

It's the person dispersing through the hands of time

[Chorus:]

You have been there, through thick and thin

Always beside me, you are my friend

More than money, fortune, or fame

Forever and ever, we will remain

You have been there, through thick and thin

Always beside me, you are my friend

More than money, fortune, or fame

Forever and ever, we will remain

We will remain friends