(?) tell you 'bout this girl i know well this girl i used to know
 her name's
 makeba
 makeba
 sweet makeba
 makeba
 makeba
 yo how you doin' baby it's been a long time
 haven't seen you in a couple of years and the last i heard you lost
 your mind
 well how you been who you been with how's it been goin'
 still into hip hop are you still flowin'
 oh yeah that's cool
 we should kick back maybe have a session
 i remember you tellin' me you had to get away couldn't stay another
 day
 in the life of L.A. in the city
 that's peace
 yo where you been China Africa Greece
 least you coulda dropped me a letter or a phone call
 let me know you was all right
 your friends and your family and they kept tellin' me
 makeba disappeared in the night
 now i know that you had big dreams makeba
 but i had big dreams too
 and all this time you were searchin' makeba
 did any your dreams come true
 i remember i used to be down for you and you was down for me
 i had your back and you had my back makeba
 i wanted you to be my g
 makeba
 yo you know i got another girl after that right
 she kinda looked like you too a little bit
 sweet makeba
 yo why don't you just come to the crib you know
 we could listen to some music talk about things
 ooh i see you're not a young girl anymore and you're all grown up
 and you been around the world
 wanna see what life's gonna offer you it's your young world and it's
 all for
 you
 you probably got a man in every country that wants you
 like i wanted you but you didn't want that
 remember how we used to make love makeba
 'member how you loved it when i hit it from the back
 makeba
 i had love for you
 i had wanted you
 i had needed you
 i remember comin' to your house seven in the morning
 ready for school but we didn't even go
 it was right back to my house where we kissed liked kids
 and we jumped in the bed and you know
 i loved makin' love to my makeba
 she was like my queen of Sheba
 i remember how we used to smoke chiba
 oh you don't smoke no more well that's cool
 well everybody gotta stop sometime
 i remember one time when you hid my stash and saved my ass from the
 one time
 i remember some fools tried to jump me and you jumped up before
 anybody did
 we used to say if and when we get married we'll have kid after kid
 after kid
 after kid
 after kid after kid after kid after kid after kid
 damn that's a lot of kids
 makeba
 sweet makeba
 i had love for you
 i had wanted you
 i had needed you
 how i loved makin' love to my makeba
 well remember how the whole crew used to hang tough
 well everybody's doin' they thang and stuff
 and everybody's still actin' like they know
 and a few more people ain't w/us no mo'
 oh me i'm just chillin'
 makin' my music livin' and buildin'
 tryin' to make a million out this little ol' dime and this nickel
 and lickin' lickle shots for the prophets we forgot
 but other than that i'm glad you back on deck
 i expect to see you in the near future
 if you wanna just sit and chat talk about the good old days
 good old times what was in style what's goin' on now
 cause it has been a while
 makeba
 honey girlfriend
 left in a whirlwind put a brother in a tailspin
 just twirlin'
 had a few laughs and kicks
 but me and my clique don't be trippin' no tricks
 i still got a piece of me to give you
 you still got a piece of you to give me
 you listenin' but you don't hear me
 we can pick up right where we left at but
 i gotta be me and you gotta accept that
 i just wanna be homies
 cause i ain't got love like Monie
 cause soon as you got close you got ghost
 and you tried to leave Acey 'lone-y
 so hook up w/me if you can cool
 but you know i know what you get loose to
 and if you play your cards right get your shit tight
 then we might be down like we used to
 makeba