作词 : Lee Oskar/Lonnie Jordan/Harold Brown/Charles Miller/Morris Dickerson/Gerald Goldstein/Jerry Goldstein/Lee Oskar Levitin/Howard Scott/LeRoy Jordan/B.B. Dickerson/Howard E. Scott/Thomas S. Allen/"Papa" Dee Allen
作曲 : Lee Oskar/Lonnie Jordan/Harold Brown/Charles Miller/Morris Dickerson/Gerald Goldstein/Jerry Goldstein/Lee Oskar Levitin/Howard Scott/LeRoy Jordan/B.B. Dickerson/Howard E. Scott/Thomas S. Allen/"Papa" Dee Allen
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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 you around for a long long time(Yean ha~)
I really remember you when you drank my wine
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'd seen you walking down in Chinatown
I called you but you did not look around
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 paid my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
The color of your skin don't matter to me(Awwo)
As long as we can live in harmony
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'd kinda' like to be the President(Ohh yaer hei)
So I can show you how your money's spent(Hoo)
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Sometimes I don't, speak, right(Alright)
But yet I know what I'm talking about
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 know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the Mafia
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?