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, I seen ya, I seen ya
'round for a long long time
I really, I really, I really
Remember 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 seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya
Walkin' down in Chinatown
I called ya, I called ya, I called
but you did not look around
I pay my, I pay my, I pay my
Money to the welfare line
I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya
Standing in it everytime

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, The color, The color
Of your skin
Don't matter to me
As long as, As long as
Long as we can live
In harmony
I kinda, I kinda, I kinda
Like to be
The president
And I could
And I could
And I could show you
How your money's spent

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
But did I know
What I was talking about
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
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