This is not a love ballad but it is a slow song
(?) tell you and'bout this girl i know well this girl i used to know
her nameand's
makeba
makeba
sweet makeba
makeba
makeba
yo how you doinand' baby itand's been a long time
havenand't seen you in a couple of years and the last i heard you lost
your mind
well how you been who you been with howand's it been goinand'
still into hip hop are you still flowinand'
oh yeah thatand's cool
we should kick back maybe have a session
i remember you tellinand' me you had to get away couldnand't stay another
day
in the life of l.a. in the city
thatand's peace
yo where you been china africa greece
least you coulda dropped me a letter or a phone call
let me know you was all right
your friends and your family and they kept tellinand' me
makeba disappeared in the night
now i know that you had big dreams makeba
but i had big dreams too
and all this time you were searchinand' makeba
did any your dreams come true
i remember i used to be down for you and you was down for me
i had your back and you had my back makeba
i wanted you to be my g
makeba
yo you know i got another girl after that right
she kinda looked like you too a little bit
sweet makeba
yo why donand't you just come to the crib you know
we could listen to some music talk about things
ooh i see youand're not a young girl anymore and youand're all grown up
and you been around the world
wanna see what lifeand's gonna offer you itand's your young world and itand's
all for
you
you probably got a man in every country that wants you
like i wanted you but you didnand't want that
remember how we used to make love makeba
and'member how you loved it when i hit it from the back
makeba
i had love for you
i had wanted you
i had needed you
i remember cominand' to your house seven in the morning
ready for school but we didnand't even go
it was right back to my house where we kissed liked kids
and we jumped in the bed and you know
i loved makinand' love to my makeba
she was like my queen of sheba
i remember how we used to smoke chiba
oh you donand't smoke no more well thatand's cool
well everybody gotta stop sometime
i remember one time when you hid my stash and saved my ass from the
one time
i remember some fools tried to jump me and you jumped up before
anybody did
we used to say if and when we get married weand'll have kid after kid
after kid
after kid
after kid after kid after kid after kid after kid
damn thatand's a lot of kids
makeba
sweet makeba
i had love for you
i had wanted you
i had needed you
how i loved makinand' love to my makeba
well remember how the whole crew used to hang tough
well everybodyand's doinand' they thang and stuff
and everybodyand's still actinand' like they know
and a few more people ainand't w/us no moand'
oh me iand'm just chillinand'
makinand' my music livinand' and buildinand'
tryinand' to make a million out this little oland' dime and this nickel
and lickinand' lickle shots for the prophets we forgot
but other than that iand'm glad you back on deck
i expect to see you in the near future
if you wanna just sit and chat talk about the good old days
good old times what was in style whatand's goinand' on now
cause it has been a while
makeba
honey girlfriend
left in a whirlwind put a brother in a tailspin
just twirlinand'
had a few laughs and kicks
but me and my clique donand't be trippinand' no tricks
i still got a piece of me to give you
you still got a piece of you to give me
you listeninand' but you donand't hear me
we can pick up right where we left at but
i gotta be me and you gotta accept that
i just wanna be homies
cause i ainand't got love like monie
cause soon as you got close you got ghost
and you tried to leave acey and'lone-y
so hook up w/me if you can cool
but you know i know what you get loose to
and if you play your cards right get your shit tight
then we might be down like we used to
makeba
