Friends, Lovers, Enemies
This piece was primarily inspired by Erykah Badu and her poem, she performed at Def Jam Poetry titled Friends, Fans, Artists... This is a journey taken of being friends, lovers and enemies.
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Friends:
Hello dear, can we hang a little,
I need someone who will understand me,
There is this girl and I think she likes me,
But I’m too drilled in my game of polygamy,
What shall I do,
Because she is fine and I just wanna dine,
With her.
You are a girl, tell me what her mind thinks,
You think I should straighten up and shut the others out,
She’s a girl, all she needs is for me,
To remember her name,
And make her feel that she is my one and only,
Friend, what shall I do?
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Lovers:
Hello love, can we hang alone,
I need you to myself because,
I can’t share you, need you for my own,
What do you need in a man,
Because I can be more than that man.
I believe you the only lady for me,
Be with me and never fall away,
Like the sun sleeves away from the moon,
Gimme all you got and I will give you all of God’s work.
Your soul yearns to be nurtured,
And I want to be the water,
And the sunlight to help you blossom,
I just want to magnify you sweet lady,
I just want to be the light bulb to your heart,
Amplify and bring bass to your pulse,
Can we never fall apart?
Can you be one and me your only?
Lady, will you be with me?
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Enemies:
All I wanted was this boy to notice me,
Not me physically but read me internally,
I was transparent as they told me to be,
I laid my heart out like,
A Nando's full chicken, ready for the world to see.
Is it a crime to preach my petals of love,
The fear rushing through my veins,
I got burnt from the rush,
He could have told me that all those times together,
The laughter, smiles, arguments, flirtatious touch,
Was nothing much,
But all he did, was distance away,
And acted on this stage of Never Knowing Me.
All the memoirs were immediately a corpse,
That the maggot days and soil times deteriorated,
We no longer are friends,
And being lovers was only a pipe dream.
What did you want from me,
When you voiced friends but held lovers,
I have become nothing to you,
And to me,
We placed last,
As enemies.
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Friends:
Hello dear, can we hang a little,
I need someone who will understand me,
There is this girl and I think she likes me,
But I’m too drilled in my game of polygamy,
What shall I do,
Because she is fine and I just wanna dine,
With her.
You are a girl, tell me what her mind thinks,
You think I should straighten up and shut the others out,
She’s a girl, all she needs is for me,
To remember her name,
And make her feel that she is my one and only,
Friend, what shall I do?
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Lovers:
Hello love, can we hang alone,
I need you to myself because,
I can’t share you, need you for my own,
What do you need in a man,
Because I can be more than that man.
I believe you the only lady for me,
Be with me and never fall away,
Like the sun sleeves away from the moon,
Gimme all you got and I will give you all of God’s work.
Your soul yearns to be nurtured,
And I want to be the water,
And the sunlight to help you blossom,
I just want to magnify you sweet lady,
I just want to be the light bulb to your heart,
Amplify and bring bass to your pulse,
Can we never fall apart?
Can you be one and me your only?
Lady, will you be with me?
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
Enemies:
All I wanted was this boy to notice me,
Not me physically but read me internally,
I was transparent as they told me to be,
I laid my heart out like,
A Nando's full chicken, ready for the world to see.
Is it a crime to preach my petals of love,
The fear rushing through my veins,
I got burnt from the rush,
He could have told me that all those times together,
The laughter, smiles, arguments, flirtatious touch,
Was nothing much,
But all he did, was distance away,
And acted on this stage of Never Knowing Me.
All the memoirs were immediately a corpse,
That the maggot days and soil times deteriorated,
We no longer are friends,
And being lovers was only a pipe dream.
What did you want from me,
When you voiced friends but held lovers,
I have become nothing to you,
And to me,
We placed last,
As enemies.
Friends, Lovers, Enemies,
Which one are we,
Which one do you see.
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