Rappin’ 4-Tay, The Spinners - I'll Be Around lyrics

Lady: Ragtop records, may I help you?
Fly: Can I speak to Fo?
Lady: One moment please, he's around
4 Tay: Yo, wassup? Fly: Wassup
Fo? I know you finished that
Cut for the radio
4 Tay: As a matter of fact Fly I just
Finished it baby boy, no worry about nothin'
I'll be around

Regardless if I'm chillin' backstage
Or on tour
With my homie Young Fly even Al B sure
Never hesitate to call me after I'm done
'Cause homie I'm real and always
True to my loved ones
Too many wakes and funerals full of tears
You say there's something on your mind
Well hey I'm all ears
'Cause ain't nobody thinking about the
Funk that you're choosin' it
A lot of my homies stuck in the
Pen for life or losin' it
Call up your folks you
Keep thinkin' about home
Recorder keeps a peep and there's
A block on the phone
And all of this is enough to
Make a brother's nerves bad
Reminds me of a situation that I once had
Spent that
Spent this endless relentless tremendous
Women on my jock
And don't nobody mind their business
He say she say throwin' salt about
And chooses to talk about you cause
There's nothin' else to talk about
Talk about the show and the
Flow and all the clout
Then be real with yourself and talk
About and turned it out
It's not hard to compete when
One who's name is poppin'
A scared man can never win
That's why I stay clockin'
Sticky like a cactus and I
Practice with tight stuff
And trippin' on these suckers 'cause I
Know they ain't tight enough
Put 'em on a platter like a
Stage and they get scared
Waitin' for an intro from the
Fo and I'm well prepared
Fools be huffin' and puffin' don't wanna
See me about nothin' I'm down
And if you ever need me Fly: I'll be around

Whenever you call me: I'll be there
Whenever you want me: I'll be there
Whenever you need me: I'll be there
I'll be around

Life ain't based on peaches and cream
This new generation holds a
Whole lot of dreams
Future doctors, producers, and mothers
The list goes on but now
We killin' our brothers
And if we killin' our brothers that
Means we killin' our own kind
These kids are watchin' now it
Goes to their mind
Rat tat-a tat cause you got a gat
Then they want a gat you livin' like that?
But, I'm not surprised just
Look what's televised
It shouldn't take a bullet for
A brother to realize
We runnin' the hard heads
They runnin' the hot lead
Then visit a death bed
I feel that's enough said
Enough is enough, too much crime buildin'
No I'm not a role model
But I'm thinkin' of children
That hang out late night 'cause
They feel that's right
To watch the gunplay or bloody streetfight
So I'm a be around with a funky rap, G
I know how it is and hopefully you feel me
'Cause where I come from we
Rap to tight beats
And if you don't hustle that's
A day you don't eat
Moms ain't cookin' she worked
The week straight if anything she's the one
Deserves a hot plate the ghetto
The ghetto ain't nothin' to dream about
Tryin' to get out now that's
Somethin' to think about
Fools might disagree but I'm
A stay sucka free and I'm so black and so
Strong they can't fade me
Blacks are blacks worst enemy
There's still no remedy
You got me for a grip still
You call yourself kin of me?
Jealousy, envy, I see it in your eyes
Tell me what's wrong with seeing
A black man rise
I keep it funky it's pretty hard to miss
It now and is it not explicit
A message for the mind
And a moral for statistics
So I'm doin' what we call a roll call
Callin' out the ones who won't
Rap to take a downfall
I spit the street life and
Then I go underground you silly
It's called versatility and I'll be around


Things are gettin' crucial you
Gotta exercise your mind
Or learn about life before you're left behind
But how you gonna get it right
When you're not doin' right
When you get mad all you want is a gunfight
'Cause you ain't havin' that
But understand that
You pretty hard to talk to holding a gat
So here's a new concept for your agenda
You'll live to be old if
You control your temper
This tension causes a gang of madness
Now you want funk that results to sadness
Sadness results to a lot of revenge
And your so called friends
Really ain't your friends
So how do you know who you're able to trust
If you think about the past
Look what happened to us
I never trust no one, I only trust myself
Or I would've been a
Victim like everyone else
In friendship or hardship whenever
You need me
Just give me a call G I won't deceive thee
These fools be shakin' best
Believe they're fakin'
Just tryin' to get a grip of
All the money you're makin'
This ain't race a mind is
A terrible thing to waste
I drop the rap and J drops the bass
To the flow cause ain't nobody get with Fo
I'm a down young brother
Comin' straight outta Frisco
Droppin' a message out of love to your town
Love your brothers and sisters
And I'll be around