Lyrics:

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Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends

I seen ya around for a long long time
I really remember you when you drank my wine

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I'd seen ya walking down in Chinatown
I called ya but you could not look around

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I pay my money to the welfare line
I see ya standing in it every time

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The color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony

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I'd kinda' like to be the president
So I could show you how your money's spent

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Sometimes I don't speak right
But yet I know what I'm talking about

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I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the mafia

[Chorus: x4]