[Chorus 1: Beyoncé]
My friends, real friends
Better than your friends
That's how we keep
Poppin' out that Benz, yeah
No foes, real friends
We ain't even got to pretend, yeah
Get bands, get bands
Spend it all on my friends, yeah
[Refrain: Beyoncé]
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
And never let me down (They never let me down)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
And never let me drown (Never let me drown)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
And never let me drown (Never let me drown)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
I'll never hit the ground (Never let me drown, never let me drown)
[Chorus 2: Beyoncé]
My friends, real friends
Better than your friends, yeah
That's how we keep
Popping out that Benz, yeah
Faux friends, real friends
Better than your friends, yeah
Ask them, ask them
They know all my business
[Verse 1: Beyoncé & JAY-Z]
I don't know what I would do
Without all of my crew, yeah
I ain't makin' no room, yeah
I ain't makin' no new friends
I don't make no moves, yeah
Without tellin' my crew, yeah
That just how we do, yeah
That's just how we do, oh
Goddammit it, I love my life (I love it)
Styrofoam cups, no ice (Uh-huh)
Party 'fore we go inside
Never let them out my sight (Ooh)
They're right by my side (Woo)
Them my ride-or-dies (Ride)
Them my ride-or-dies (Ride)
My friends are goals
Your friends are foes
We fly, why cry?
Our souls exposed, yeah
We smoke, we laugh
Your stress, my stress (Yeah, yeah)
Closer than kin (Yeah-yeah)
I'm blessed, you blessed (Yeah, uh, blessed)
[Verse 2: JAY-Z]
Ten toes, ten toes
We was out in that road, uh
Lookin' for love in wrong places
We proposed to a stove, yeah
Share jewels, share clothes
That's how deep this shit goes, yeah
Every week, y'all got bros, yeah
All of y'all are fake close
Y'all switchin' sides like NBA teams
Just after halftime
I'm pullin' up on my dog, make sure he okay
I don't even have time
Then copped me a Porsche with butterscotch seats
This 'fore they had mils
Live better than rappers and they don't even have bills
It's that real
Bought Emory a BM as soon as he came home
We hopped on a plane
Headed straight to the Bay, that's how we turn the game on
It's game on
Ty mama died, I was there
My nephew died, he was there
He in my house more than I be there
More than Bey there
Ty Ty there, E there
Breezy there, Juan there
High here, Chaka there
Law there, they all here, oh yeah
Dez there, Kawanna here
Shit feel like Nirvana here
Crib like the Soho House
I might stay in and grow out my hair
Tight circle, no squares
I'm geometrically opposed to you
Y'all like to try angles
Y'all like to troll, do you?
Y'all talk around hoes, do you?
Y'all don't follow codes, do you?
We know everything you say from niggas close to you
You emotional
When I say, "Free the dogs," I free 'em
That's how Meek got his freedom
Y'all put niggas on a t-shirt
It hurts you ain't never meet 'em
You got niggas in the feds
You ain't even tryna feed 'em
I'm tryna free the world
That's how deep I'm in
I ain't goin' to nobody nothin'
If me and my wife beefin'
I don't care if the house on fire
I'm dyin', nigga, I ain't leavin'
Ty-Ty take care of my kids
After he done grievin'
If y'all don't understand that
We ain't meant to be friends
[Refrain: Beyoncé]
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
And never let me down (They never let me down)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
And never let me drown (Never let me drown)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
And never let me drown (Never let me drown)
Gon' pull me up, pull me up, pull me up (Pull me up, pull me up, pull me up)
I'll never hit the ground (Never let me drown, never let me drown)
[Verse 3: Beyoncé]
They pray, pray for me
They pray, pray for me
See better things for me
Want better days for me, unexceptionally
They pray, pray for me
They pray, pray for me
Whenever I'm in need
They in the backseat with the aux bumpin' B, ayy
Uh, ain't no pride involved
Ain't no pride involved
In my heart, heart, heart
You know 4-4-4
That's my dog, dog, dog
See your dogs, dogs, dogs
Point 'em out, out, out
Point 'em out, out, out
What would I be without my friends?
(What would I be without my friends?)
I ain't got no understanding
(I ain't got no understanding)
'Bout them, you might just catch these hands
We fall out and we make amends
Yeah, yeah, my friends
[Chorus 4: Beyoncé]
Your friends are foes
My friends are goals
Closer than kin
Our souls exposed, yeah
Your friends are frauds
All they want is applause, yeah
And my friends real friends
Closer than kin
[Outro: Beyoncé]
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me drown
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me down
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them never let me down
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
Them pull me up, pull me up, pull me up
