Just a Friend
Too Phat Lyrics

have you ever met a gurl that you thought was perfect
Have you ever met a girl who you thought was absolutely flawless?

you waited for her years 'cause you know she worth it
You waited years for her because you knew she was special and worth it.

here's a lil' story bout this gurl i knew
Let me tell you a little story about a girl I knew.

since wayback in pre-school sometime in '82
I've known her since we were in preschool together, around the year 1982.

she had 'em two pony tails and a front tooth missin'
She used to wear two ponytails and was missing one of her front teeth.

wit' freckles on her cheeks cause the moms caucasian
Because her mom is Caucasian, she had freckles on her cheeks.

up on a tree house is where we chilled together
We used to hang out together in a treehouse.

with carvings on the trunk saying friends forever
We carved 'friends forever' on the trunk of the treehouse.

she the type who laugh when the normally cried
She's the type of person who laughs when others would normally cry.

and when they busy playing house we playin' bonnie and clyde
While other kids were playing 'house', we were playing 'Bonnie and Clyde'.

in grade school everybody knew we partners in crime
In elementary school, everyone knew that we were partners in crime and would often bully other kids on the playground.

we usta bully kids in playgrounds like all the time
We used to bully kids on the playground all the time.

we always seen holdin' hands to the principal's office
We were always getting in trouble and being sent to the principal's office together, while still holding hands.

the naughtiest in town and could no other kid stop us
We were the naughtiest kids in town and no other kid could stop us.

in highskool she switched her desk next to mine
In high school, she switched her seat so that she sat next to me.

so we could cheat while doing pop quizzes all the time
We would cheat off each other during pop quizzes all the time.

14th of February '93
On February 14th, 1993.

little Jenny said she had a big surprise for me
Jenny said she had a big surprise for me.

gave me the very kiss and plus a ring and a card
She gave me a kiss, a ring, and a card.

and said I love you, so I gave her the rest of my heart
She said 'I love you' and I gave her the rest of my heart.

a coupla weeks later called her house at 10
A couple of weeks later, I called her house at 10 PM.

the mama said I thought you suppose to be with Jen
Her mom said that she thought I was supposed to be with Jenny.

I quickly rushed to the crib, she just got out of a van
I quickly went to her house and saw that she had just gotten out of a van.

I'm like yo who was that? oh he's just a friend.....
I asked, 'Who was that?' and she replied, 'Oh, he's just a friend.'

so I took Jenny's word for it at this time
At this point, I trusted Jenny and believed that the guy was just a friend.

I thought just having a friend it couldnt be no crime
I thought it couldn't be wrong to just have a friend of the opposite sex.

'cause even I have friends and babys that for sho
I have female friends and babysitters too, so having a friend who's a girl isn't unusual.

just like Watson, Hailee, Baby Tash and Joe
These are some of the other people who are my friends.

we never talked about that late snack with van man
We didn't talk about the late night snack with the guy from the van.

we rather talk about the future we have planned and
We preferred to talk about our future plans together.

what to name our kids, al-Tarique or Shaymar?
We talked about what to name our future children.

Ayesha, or Tisha for a gurl and maybe even bring our
We also discussed girl names such as Ayesha or Tisha, and talked about bringing our future kids to the same tree house we used to hang out in.

kids to that little tree house that we chilled at
We talked about taking our future children to the same tree house where we used to hang out together.

but then in '94 I couldnt help it but feel sad
But in 1994, I started to feel sad.

Jenny had to leave me to go get a little knowledge
Jenny had to leave me in order to pursue higher education.

100 miles away in this place they call college
She went to college in a place that was 100 miles away.

first coupla months it was cool but then it changed yo
At first, it was okay but then things changed.

she never called and really acted like a strange ho
She never called and started acting differently, like a stranger.

one day I called it was picked up by a man
One day, when I called, a man picked up the phone.

I called again, she picked it up and said hey that's just a friend
I called again and when Jenny picked up, she told me that the guy who answered before was just a friend.

You know, I know what you been up to
I know what you've been doing.

I know you know what you been up to
I know you know that I know what you've been up to.

this guy in her study group's the one who picked up the call
The guy who picked up the phone was from her study group.

helpin' her in chemistry wit cyclohexanol
He was helping her with chemistry and cyclohexanol.

I got curious and asked her who else in ya team?
I was curious and asked her who else was in her study group.

she said Ali, Hassan, Noreen and Kareem
She told me the names of some of the other people in her study group.

the next week I thought of givin' her a little surprise
The next week, I planned to surprise her.

but when in front of Jenny's dorm I cound't believe my eyes
But when I got to Jenny's dorm, I couldn't believe what I saw.

I say the same ugly van I saw in '93
I saw the same unsightly van that I had seen in 1993.

I found her room but guess what a brother had to see?
I found her room, but what I saw was something that hurt me deeply.

a fella half naked with my gurl on the couch
There was another guy with Jenny on the couch, and they were half-naked.

and baby Jenny moaning, uggg uggh aggh and ouch
Jenny was making noises like 'uggg uggh aggh and ouch'.

so please listen to the message that I sing
Please listen to the message that I am singing.

don't ever talk to a gurl who says she just has a friend
Don't ever talk to a girl who tells you that a male friend is just a friend.

a lil' casanova pimp, man I had my flings
I used to be a casanova and had my share of romantic interests.

hoodrats to goodie hoodies I was lil' playa king
I had relationships with all kinds of girls - from bad girls to the 'goodie hoodies' - and was like a little king of romance.

I'll tell ya when, my final year in '96
Let me tell you about my final year in 1996.

this hunny new in skool joined my class she really sick
A girl who had just joined my class caught my attention because she was really attractive.

she made her pinafore look like a dress from Rodeo,
She wore her school uniform in such a way that it looked like a dress from the fashionable Rodeo brand.

and clean white shoes lookin' Ferra than Gamo's,
Her white shoes looked even better than Ferra or Gamo's shoes.

and white blouse seemed whiter than everybody else's
Her white blouse looked even whiter than everyone else's white blouses.

just like them ads on tv man this hunny was the nicest
She was as beautiful as the girls in TV commercials - the nicest girl in my eyes.

I had to step up my game and I told her my name
I had to put in some effort to win her over and make her interested in me.

she said her name was Wanda I found out
She told me her name was Wanda, and I got to know her better.

that we lived on the same street she moved in 5 blocks down
I found out that we lived on the same street, but she had moved in 5 blocks down from my house.

and after 3 dates and 6 banana splits I had it locked down
After three dates and six banana splits, I had won her over and we were officially a couple.

we was tight but had this lil's problem though
We were really close, but there was a small issue that kept coming up.

'cause Wanda always acted funny when wit' Mary Joe
Wanda always acted strange whenever she was with Mary Joe.

but when I caught'em kissin it wasn't funny no more
But when I caught them kissing, it was no longer a laughing matter.

baby smiled and just said she's just a friend yo.......
Wanda smiled and said she was just a friend, but I didn't believe her.