Why Can’t We Be Friends?
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Why Can't We Be Friends? by War
Release Date
Performed by
WarProduced by
Jerry Goldstein & Howard Scott & Lonnie JordanWrited by
Jerry Goldstein & Howard Scott & Lee Oskar & Charles Miller & Lonnie Jordan & B. B. Dickerson & Papa Dee Allen & Harold BrownAbout
“Why Can’t We Be Friends?” is a song by the funk band War, from their June 1975 studio album of the same name. The song is unique, as various members of the band exchange vocal duties from verse to verse; furthermore, it was played in outer space when NASA beamed it to the linking of Soviet cosmonau...
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Lyrics
[Intro]
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
La, la, la, la, la, laa
La, la, la, la, la, la
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 1: Harold Brown]
I've seen you 'round for a long long time
I remembered you when you drank my wine
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 2]
I've seen you walking down in Chinatown
I called you, but you could not look around
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 3]
I paid my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 4]
The color of your skin don't matter to me (Ow!)
As long as we can live in harmony
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 5]
I'd kind of like to be the President (Oh yeah!)
So I can show you how your money's spent, hoo!
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 6: Lee Oskar]
Sometimes, I don't speak right
But yet, I know what I'm talking about
[Chorus: All]
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
[Verse 7]
I know you're working for the CIA
They wouldn't have you in the Mafi-A
[Outro]
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Why Can’t We Be Friends? Q&A
Who wrote Why Can’t We Be Friends?'s ?
Why Can’t We Be Friends? was written by Jerry Goldstein & Howard Scott & Lee Oskar & Charles Miller & Lonnie Jordan & B. B. Dickerson & Papa Dee Allen & Harold Brown.
Who produced Why Can’t We Be Friends?'s ?
Why Can’t We Be Friends? was produced by Jerry Goldstein & Howard Scott & Lonnie Jordan.
When did War release Why Can’t We Be Friends??
War released Why Can’t We Be Friends? on Mon Jun 16 1975.