Shalamar

Released: January 29, 1982

Songwriter: Nidra Beard Glen Barbee William Shelby

Producer: Leon Sylvers III

Friends
I've got friends
Friends
I've got friends
Don't you be ashamed of how you feel when someone
Lends you a helping hand
Because the bottom line is bein' for real in
Every way that you can
Ask yourself, after all that you've learned
Would you do the same thing if the tables were turned
Well, my answer is, "Yes"
'Cause I've been through the test, now I'll never forget my
Friends (You can bet)
I've got friends (My values are with my)
Friends (So glad that I)
I've got friends (And not the fair weather kind)
Whenever I am feelin' down and out, they help me
Get through the rainy day
They lift my spirits and erase my doubts then
Chase those gray clouds away
If I had a dollar for every time
That they have stood by my side helping things turn out right
I would be a millionaire
And my wealth they would share 'cause I'd be nowhere without my
Friends (I'm so glad)
I've got friends (My values are with my)
Friends (I'll tell you I)
I've got friends (And not the fair weather kind)
We share the good and the bad times
Friends, ooh, ooh
Hangin' out, it's no problem, my
Friends, ooh, ooh
And we take up for each other, look out for each other, yes, we do
Ooh, ooh
Said we take up for each other, look out for each other, the way friends do
Ooh, ooh
Hangin' out
Hangin' out
And we take up for each other, look out for each other, yes, we do
Ooh, ooh
Said we take up for each other, look out for each other, the way friends do
Ooh, ooh
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah
Don't you be ashamed of how you feel when someone
Lends you a helping hand
Because the bottom line is bein' for real in
Every way that you can
Ask yourself, after all that you've learned
Would you do the same thing if the tables were turned
Well, my answer is, "Yes"
'Cause I've been through the test, now I'll never forget my
Friends (You can bet)
I've got friends (My values are with my)
Friends (Oh, I'm so go glad that I)
I've got friends (And not the fair weather kinda)
Friends (Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah)
I've got friends
Friends (Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah)
I've got friends
Friends
I've got friends
Friends (Yeah, yeah)
I've got friends
Friends
I've got friends
Friends

Shalamar is an American R&B and soul music vocal group, active in the mid-1970s and throughout the 1980s. Their original lineup consisted of Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, and Gary Mumford. The group went through various lineup changes throughout the years, with Mumford replaced by Gerald Brown, and again by Howard Hewett. The lineup of Daniel, Hewett, and Watley was the most successful, selling two Platinum albums (Three For Love, Friends) and one Gold album (Big Fun).

Despite more lineup changes in the ‘80s, the group still churned out hits such as “Dancing in the Sheets” and “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills”, which won them a Grammy.

Daniel, Hewett, and Watley eventually reunited several times in the ‘90s and as recently as 2015, playing in the UK where they’ve had the most success.

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