Verse 1:
Ever since I can recall cowards have lived in content
The righteous have died for a cause
Because we are not islands existing apart
Though some of our hearts are past the horizon
I see from afar the brother that weeps
Weak, he struggles to sleep, weeks he’s hustled to eat
Whose feet now buckles and bleeds
He pleads for an oasis awaiting relief but nobody sees
All are too busy so nobody grieves
His eulogy reads nothing that you wanna see
It’s usually you, he used to be me
He used to believe but now he’s consumed by his needs
I know how you feel ‘specially because that used to be me
So see

Chorus:
He is my friend
(yes he’s a friend, yes he’s a friend of mine
He is a friend, he is a friend of mine)
She is my friend
(and yes she’s a friend, yes she’s a friend of mine
She is a friend, she is a friend of mine)

Verse 2:
Now who’s gonna weep for the child whose mother is poor
Yet for her baby she forces a smile
‘cause now feeling so hopeless they gave her the notice
Her baby don’t notice, they soon to be homeless
Assuming the worst ‘cause food’s now harder to find
It’s hard but she’s tryin’, these terrible thoughts in her mind
She’s cryin’ but nobody listens, she’s close to eviction
She could’ve sold what she’s given but didn’t
She chose her convictions, decisions decisions
Her man is in prison, he tried to provide
Selling that crack now he in the system
And the cycle repeats, I’m wailing the plight of the streets
For those who would hear, these are the tears I write to a beat
Because
Chorus:
He is my friend
(yes he’s a friend, yes he’s a friend of mine
He is a friend, he is a friend of mine)
She is my friend
(and yes she’s a friend, yes she’s a friend of mine
She is a friend, she is a friend of mine)

Verse 3:
Oh won’t you drink of my juice, so sour the taste
Especially now as I think of my youth
My mother on dope, broke plus daddy was gone
Always she used to complain
Claim she glad he was gone
But see where I live, everyone struggles with bills
Buildings replace all the trees
Now trees we throw on our hills
Plus learn to conceal pain, some learn how to kill
While chasing a dream, which is just that
Once it gets revealed resisting the ills
Say the solution is study in class
I’m hungry and sad
Just saw the news, my buddy just passed
He died in a fire caused by electrical wires
Supplying the heater that killed him
Too poor to afford the right one and he
Chorus:
He is my friend
(he was my friend, he was a friend of mine
He was my friend, he was a friend of mine)
She is my friend
(he was my friend, he was a friend of mine
He was my friend, he was a friend of mine)

(*musical segue*)

Chorus:
He is my friend
(yes he’s a friend, yes he’s a friend of mine
He is a friend, he is a friend of mine)
She is my friend
(and yes she’s a friend, yes she’s a friend of mine
She is a friend, she is a friend of mine)