Released: April 7, 1998
Songwriter: Jerry Goldstein
Producer: Eric Valentine
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 1]
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you 'round for a long long time
I really, I really, I really remember when you drank my wine
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 2]
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you walking down in Chinatown
I called you, I called you, I called but you did not look around
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money to the welfare line
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you standing in it every time
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 3]
The color, the color, the color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as, as long as, long as we can live in harmony
I kind of, I kind of, I kind of, like to be the president
And I could, and I could, and I could show you how your money's spent
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't speak right
But did I know what I was talking about
I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
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[Verse 1]
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you 'round for a long long time
I really, I really, I really remember when you drank my wine
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 2]
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you walking down in Chinatown
I called you, I called you, I called but you did not look around
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money to the welfare line
I seen you, I seen you, I seen you standing in it every time
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 3]
The color, the color, the color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as, as long as, long as we can live in harmony
I kind of, I kind of, I kind of, like to be the president
And I could, and I could, and I could show you how your money's spent
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't speak right
But did I know what I was talking about
I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
[Chorus]
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
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