[00:27.81] Yo, this is a lesson in friendship, the depths of a kinship
[00:32.87] What women and men begin with, and then slip
[00:35.80] My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips of emotion
[00:40.25] A fraction, seduction, attraction, eruption of passion
[00:44.34] Corrupts if a lasted friendship's involved
[00:47.05] But love to cross the line but that's why we built these walls
[00:49.67] We been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[00:52.77] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[00:55.34] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[00:58.17] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[01:01.27] Opposites attract when the female and male come in contact
[01:04.98] Sticky situation in fact, tryin' not to let the feelin's catch
[01:08.53] But there's a thin line between both of y'all so you respect that
[01:12.03] And entertain the idea, but get brought back to reality
[01:15.88] And could you really live with that? decision, based on intuition
[01:19.86] You love and keep your distance, hug and kiss in friendship
[01:22.62] An ongoin' kinship, we was people to begin with
[01:25.17] Disrespect was not intended but your feelin's sparked the sentence
[01:27.92] Sometimes you're too intense in your quest to invent
[01:30.76] The perfect man, please understand, my rhyme is your repent
[01:33.30] I been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[01:36.37] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[01:38.93] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[01:41.76] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[01:44.16] We been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[01:47.11] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[01:49.89] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[01:52.63] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[01:55.02] Man, too bad that we became friends first
[01:57.97] And I'm not an expert on how relationships should work
[02:00.52] But from the minute it as known
[02:03.53] It changed the whole tone on how we spoke on the phone
[02:06.04] Yo, it was cool but I felt it wasn't enough
[02:09.33] And I was stuck when your moms would pick it up
[02:12.19] Over you, all my buddies would swoon
[02:14.19] But I felt we were in tune, you let me up in your room, damn
[02:17.59] But to me girl, you're still off limits
[02:20.56] No matter all the times that I hit it (yo, whatchu doin' after this?)
[02:23.67] Infatuation was authentic, but yo I just pretended
[02:26.43] So I wouldn't lose the friendship
[02:28.44] Maybe, I should spill all my guts
[02:31.15] Or write a letter, then tear it up
[02:33.82] Or do a song, just to say, "What's up?
[02:35.97] I want just a touch"
[02:38.78] I been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[02:41.80] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[02:44.44] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[02:47.20] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[02:49.67] We been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[02:52.76] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[02:55.37] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[02:58.17] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[03:04.10] 
[03:06.53] I can't do this anymore, see my heart just spills out
[03:09.90] When you walk in the door, friendship turns into lust
[03:12.73] And this only tip that I can't comprehend even if I knew it
[03:17.40] Can't do justice to these things that I'm feelin'
[03:19.82] You got someone else, don't wanna be caught stealin'
[03:22.53] Hell, if she knew, she would never leave us alone in the room
[03:27.14] Yo, this was a lesson in friendship, I stress in this sentence
[03:32.74] Should women and men be friends first and then slip?
[03:35.81] My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips of devotion
[03:39.56] Opposites attract and best friends make a perfect match
[03:43.28] If you only knew that once you cross, ain't no turnin' back
[03:46.96] The minute you let him in it and he hit that, that's that
[03:50.39] We was people to begin with, but you was too relentless
[03:53.37] Jeopardizin' kinship, respect is intended, resolve is my intent
[03:58.15] While we got it in, I'm tryin' to salvage a friendship
[04:00.68] We've been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[04:03.64] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[04:06.22] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[04:09.02] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
[04:11.48] We've been friends for a long time, a very close friend of mine
[04:14.47] Love you like you was mine, but respect a thin line
[04:17.14] I love you like you was mine, I think about you all the time
[04:19.96] Very close friend of mine, but respect a thin line
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