"[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
I'd seen ya walking down in Chinatown
I called ya but you could not look around
[Chorus]
I pay my money to the welfare line
I see ya standing in it every time
[Chorus]
The color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony
[Chorus]
I'd kinda' like to be the president
So I could show you how your money's spent
[Chorus]
Sometimes I don't speak right
But yet I know what I'm talking about
[Chorus]
I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
[Chorus: x4]
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