CHALI   Yo, this is a lesson in friendship   The depths of a kinship   Where women and men begin with, and then slip   My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts   On thin strips of emotion   A fraction, seduction, attraction,   Eruption of passion corrupts it   Life lasting friendships involved   Would love to cross the line   But that's why we built these walls      CHORUS (Akil)   We've been friends for a long time   A very close friend of mine   Love you like you was mine   But respect the thin line   Love you like you was mine   Think about you all the time   Very close friend of mine   But respect the thin line      AKIL   Opposites attract   When the female and male come in contact   Sticky situation in fact   Trying not to let the feelings catch   But there's a thin line between both of ya'll   So you respect that   And entertain an idea but get brought   Back to reality   And could you really live with that   Decision, based on intuition   You love and keep it distant   Hug and kiss the friendship      MARC 7   An ongoing friendship   We was people to begin with   Disrespect was not intended   But your feelings sparked a sentence   Sometimes you're too intense   In your quest to invent   The perfect man   Please understand my rhyme is your repent      CHORUS (Akil/Nelly) X2   SOUP   Too bad that we became friends first   And I'm not an expert on how relationships work   But, from the minute it was known   It changed the whole tone   The way we spoke on the phone   Yo, it was cool but I felt it wasn't enough   And I was stuck when your moms would pick it up   Over you all my buddies would swoon   But I felt we were in tune   You let me up in your room (damn)   But to me girl you're still off limits   No matter all the times that I hinted   Infatuation was authentic   But yo I just pretended   So I wouldn't lose the friendship   Maybe I should spill all my guts   Or write a letter, then tear it up   Or do a song just to say what's up   I want just a touch      CHORUS      NELLY   I can't do this anymore   See my heart just falls out when you walk in the door   Friendship turned into love   On some weak tip   See I can't comprehend even if I knew it   Can't do justice with these things that I'm feeling   You've got someone else don't want to be caught stealing   Hell, if she knew she would never leave us alone in the room      CHALI   Yo, this was a lesson in friendship   I stress in this sentence   Should women and men be friends first   And then slip   My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin strips of emotion      AKIL   Opposites attract   And best friends make a perfect match   If you only knew that   Once you cross ain't no turning back   The minute you let him in it and he hit that   That's that      MARC 7   We was people to begin with   But you was too relentless   Jeopardizing kinship   Respect is intended   Resolve is my intent   While we've got an in   I'm trying to salvage a friendship      CHORUS