"Hard To Forget" lyrics - 1982

[Hook:]
It's hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye

Remember me? I was the one you used to call
When you needed a pound or you needed a ball
Man I had it all, it used to be fun
When you took it off the bag, put it on your gum
I used to put it on the bag, sell it to the slums
Made a lot of ones, drama it will come
Got me in some trouble, man I stuck around
'Cause you was the best friend that I had in town
Had a lot of friends, where are they now?
Roaches when the lights went out, look how they bounce
Shit was extra real, made a lot of loot
Lot of fake soldiers, lot of phoney troops
When the law came in, how they ran away
Put a big black cloud on my rainy day
I know it's hard to neglect ya and disrespect ya but
I had to forget you

[Hook:]
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye

My loyalty it seems it's destroying me
Friends getting me into shit, my blood boiling
Open up the newspaper look at my face
Another chase, another high profile case
If I fronted you a packing and you never paid me back just know
I ain't forget it, but you just deaded? your credit
Not a chicken wing, not a French fry, not a piece of gum
Not even a pull of a mid grey reefer blunt
Sorry for being blunt but I can''t stand a snake
Just another hand to shake
Ike Turner, Annie Mae
This betrayal to me is getting way old
All them favors y'?all ask, and I ain''t never say no
And I ain''t tryna act like I''m sitting here with a halo
But I ain''t never snaked nobody over no pesos
What goes around comes around and around again
Tell her friend, never piss in the wind

[Hook:]
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye

We was once two brothers of the same kind
Quick to holler at a shawty with the same line
Who would know you would get my man state time?
Don?'t even try to explain homie, I hate lies
Thought we was blood brothers, boys to the graves
Now I see you on the streets and I don''t even wave
Can't believe you sent my little brother to the cage
And to think I used to let you chill upon the stage
Times change but it''s sad when your friends do
And plans somehow don't come out how you meant to
'Cause he? your friend he supposed to drive a Benz too
But now he resent? you, 'cause he struggling when the rents due
Life changes in a flash so I never get gassed
I keep it real with my friends from the past
And a lot of cats out there, I wanna call your name out
But out of respect, I choose to forget

[Hook:]
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye
It''s hard to forget you, but
Hard to forget you, but, goodbye