Neneh Cherry

Featuring: The Notorious B.I.G.

Songwriter: Booga Bear Jerry Barnes Katreese Barnes Neneh Cherry

Producer: Neneh Cherry Jonny Dollar Booga Bear Falcon & Fabian

[Intro: Neneh Cherry]
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[Verse 1: Neneh Cherry]
Call yourself a family man
Talking about your family's plans
To bring the sweet talk deep and down
Works better than an average pickup line
You put your woman out to pasture
On the promises you gave her last year
Peace and love is on your head
The grass is greener playin' around
Your family seed is what you spread

[Chorus: Neneh Cherry]
Buddy, my friend
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And what about your woman, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy? Buddy, my friend

[Verse 2: Neneh Cherry]
I don't care what you do
But there's a hypocrite that lives in you
'Cause if your woman gave her love in the same way that you do
You'd feel a way, you know you would

[Chorus: Neneh Cherry]
Buddy, my friend
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And what about your woman, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy? Buddy, my friend

[Bridge: Neneh Cherry]
Treat her that way
And you'll be X'ed soon, Buddy, X'ed soon
Treat her that way
And you'll be X'ed soon, Buddy, X'ed soon
It's better to be safe than sorry
But you gonna be sorry when it's too late
Buddy
Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy, yeah
What's up?

[Verse 4: Notorious B.I.G.]
First of all, you got me mixed up with
Somebody you done slept with, done crept with
Butt's too smooth to fall but I stick and move
Stick and move I'm in the power moves the shower moves
Butt nekkid, you know you love it when I lick it
Some honeys says I'm lovely, but Nenah says I'm wicked
Look at you, you ain't no better
Walking around in your tight sweater, your long leather
You and your friends always together
No time for the B.I.G., so I'm O-U-T
The sex was great but the headaches I can't take
I think I made a very big mistake

[Chorus: Neneh Cherry]
Buddy, my friend
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And what about your woman, Buddy, my friend?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you think you fooling, Buddy? Buddy, my friend

[Outro: Neneh Cherry]
Romeo, Romeo

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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