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Why Can't We Be Friends Lyrics

Artist: War
Album: Why Can't We Be Friends?

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 you 'round for a long long time
I really 'membered you when you drink my wine

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 you walkin' down in Chinatown
I called you but you could not look around

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 bring my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

The color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony

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'd kinda like to be the President
so I can show you how your money's spent

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Sometimes I don't speak too bright
but yet I know what I'm talking about

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 know you're working for the CIA
they wouldn't have you in the Mafia

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?

Comments/Interpretations

by little steven on 5/9/2008 9:30pm
sweet
by LOLer of the world on 5/11/2008 11:38am
We can't be friends 'cause I don't know you. LOL
by Bella on 5/11/2008 6:25pm
the 2nd verse is "i see u walkin down in Chinatown u see me smilin & then u frown" not the squinkelpuss rubbish u put im looking 4 a good song 2 sing but i gess itz not going 2 b this 1
by Joey on 5/12/2008 7:32pm
I'm really into history, espacially with the civil rights movement and the Civil War. I know this sounds kind of wierd, but I read the American Girl books for Addie, a slave. They're actually pretty cool, all about how she escapes slavery in 1964 and then tries to find her family when slavery ends. Sometimes I wish that I lived on a plantation back then so I could tell people off for being mean to my slaves. Maybe, if I'd lived been a teenager in the sixties, I could even be in the boycotts and everything! Even though Martin Luther King Jr. died, it's nice to think that his followers still respected his no-violence attitude. After all, why try to treat the bad people the way they treated the African-Americans? And you have to admire them- even through the 200+ years slavery was practiced, they stayed strong and kept on fighting. Now they blend right in. I think this song just says that all and more. (Although I don't quite know whose point of view it's from.)
by TAYLOR on 5/13/2008 7:47pm
HI MAKE MORE MUSIC i LOV YOU
by fer on 5/14/2008 1:39pm
This song is cool,thanks for put the lyrics
by Sean on 5/15/2008 2:02pm
Sorry, Bella...but you're wrong.
by Clueless on 5/16/2008 10:53am
What is this song about!???
by Smiley on 5/17/2008 12:58pm
aww i love this song!
by sarah on 5/18/2008 3:45pm
me and the kids sing this song together to chill out its so cool
by brandon on 5/24/2008 10:20pm
people fucking sayyy this song is gay i shoot them!
by jamespman on 5/26/2008 11:53am
check out the jacob miller and the inner circle version...nasty!
by abel antonio on 5/26/2008 9:11pm
tà buena la cancion
by renata on 5/29/2008 10:36am
cool =]
by Kathy on 5/30/2008 9:57am
This should be Mrs. Clintons campain song
by samira on 6/1/2008 10:47pm
why can't we?
by Macus Garvey on 6/6/2008 12:57pm
This song was playing by Jacob Miller
by olisa on 6/7/2008 9:36am
i love this
by .o on 6/13/2008 4:30pm
puto el que lee
by Steph on 6/16/2008 5:52pm
dude! The song rocks!
by Paul on 6/17/2008 5:33am
Super kruto! It's Cucumber!
by Ru on 6/18/2008 12:54am
Big Thanks. kakashka.
by ruth on 6/20/2008 10:11pm
this song rocks
by fuck you on 6/23/2008 1:59am
this song is fucking bullshit. i swear, its so gay.
by [-RAGE-]_Zn1p3r.05 on 6/28/2008 12:50pm
this is the best song ever
by lily on 7/1/2008 4:21pm
u rock keep writing your #1
by queen on 7/2/2008 3:57pm
I LOVE THIS SONG ITS PRETTY COOL IN THE ACOUSTIC VERSION THANKS
by autumn on 7/3/2008 1:19pm
I kno all the words now. its easy once u learn em.
by Jeno on 7/9/2008 10:00am
Tha singer its not war..Smash Mouth Rocks!
by karlitos on 7/29/2008 7:04pm
muy pillo me enamore de la cancion wacho . el gil q la imbento es lo + pillin q hay. vientos no se q mas decir jojojojojojo.
by karlitos on 7/29/2008 7:15pm
Vientos es fabulosa y muy copada .Chalay nose q decir jojojojojojojojojojojojojojojojojo
by nae on 8/2/2008 8:25pm
love the version in the movie bridge to terabithia
by amber on 8/16/2008 11:32pm
eh joey, i'd be thankful for living today because you never know how different things could be if you lived then.
by shey on 8/19/2008 3:18pm
sorry bout that but every 1 has there own oppinion so jst like let every1 b themself
by Saprina on 9/1/2008 9:29am
oh my god i!!!!!!!! realy love this song it so great, i think all hostile people should learn that song, people like u,i write it down so i can learn it but i'm very friendly.
by JP on 9/17/2008 2:52am
K so I def heard this song the first time at the end of Lethal Weapon 4 or smthng way long ago and I member one time one of my bfs got into a fight with me and another of our bfs, so we called her and sang her this song using three-way. she def cracked up and started talkin to us agin x)
by narja on 9/19/2008 2:52pm
i think that this is a great song because its tryin to settel war. and its very catchy
by TBV on 9/20/2008 1:06pm
YEAHH!!! WHY the fuk can we be friends!!! xD
by T Rex on 9/30/2008 7:11pm
Check Bella's comment a little bit below mine and listen to the song.... What, is Bella on Crack? or does she have a very serious hearing defect?
by eloisa on 10/1/2008 2:59am
it's a beautiful song.
by +=X=+ on 10/2/2008 5:19am
all over the world why can't we be friends
by hannah on 10/3/2008 1:09pm
iss is a maggiiiiccc song :D
by Racquel on 10/13/2008 10:31am
I love this song sooo much. I also love it in bridge to terabithia. It really makes me cry as well.I really don't consider this song as rock. But what evs
by fuck your ass on 10/14/2008 10:41am
ud malparidos q viven en el sotano d sus papas maricones agan algo.
by VICTOR on 10/27/2008 10:11pm
GRACAIS ESTA CANCION ME LEVANTO EL DIA
by edson on 10/29/2008 9:39pm
i'd be better if it'd have better verses. i don't mean its bad but it's just advice
by AcidJazz210 on 11/6/2008 10:00pm
Sean you are correct, Bella was wrong about the lyrics. I'd also like to add a correction.. It's not "sometimes i don't speak too bright". the correct lyrics are "sometimes i don't speak right, but yet i know what i'm talkin' about". Trust me, i knew the drummer =]. Peace everyone!
by Charly on 11/9/2008 7:30pm
Is Simple, is fantastic, is wonderful, this song is very good!!
by hadisa on 11/16/2008 9:21am
i like this song in brige to terabithia that film made me cry when i watched it.itz a good song
by Kati on 11/21/2008 5:51am
hey bellea ur wrong u know this isthe right song
by jared meloche on 11/22/2008 2:07pm
all u guys r dumb
by jared on 11/22/2008 2:07pm
all u guys r dumb
by highroller on 11/24/2008 11:02am
this song sucks ass its just random two liners with an over used chant. Theres only 14 lines of song thats not chorus. Fuckin a
by alexander (a girl) on 12/2/2008 9:01pm
so awesome
by bob on 12/6/2008 2:06pm
know what i do i put the song in the backround on a difrent website then i sing the words from this website its cool
by i lov nick on 12/10/2008 1:53am
I love this song and i love nick
by gfzsgzSGdghhhh and camden on 12/13/2008 5:58pm
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by samantha on 12/22/2008 7:53pm
i love you guys
by oh my lord on 1/4/2009 7:31pm
this song is about just chillin out because people get over anxious and over angry about stuff much like the kids who are commenting on this page also it was recorded in 1974 and it was originally by war. smash mouth did a shitty cover if yuore looking for a good cover listen to the one by sublime
by X I V . on 1/9/2009 8:23pm
fuck a $crap ! & pinChe$ leva$ maaayn .
by sheepssss123 on 1/13/2009 8:46pm
this is sooo good but it can use more words why cant we be friends shows up to much
by noone on 1/15/2009 6:35am
i just heard this song in the movie Bridge to Terabithia.
by stu-dog on 1/21/2009 6:54pm
appropiate
by ♥♪☼§ on 1/27/2009 12:56pm
I ♥ ♥ ♥ (LOVE) this song!
by booboo on 1/30/2009 11:00pm
sup nigga
by Simon on 1/31/2009 9:56am
Same I heard it in the movie Bridge to Terabithia. AWESOME MOVIE!
by hi on 1/31/2009 1:21pm
hey, they sing this song in bridge to terabithia ... that movie rocks and so does this song!!!
by sexy LEGS on 2/6/2009 11:01pm
HI!!
by bob on 2/27/2009 12:28pm
I heard this on the radio today, it kind of fits in well with Obama's nationality and his agenda.
by Spaz on 3/4/2009 4:43pm
i love this song i sing it all the tim and im going to be the next american idol
by Bonequiqui Blandon Johnson on 3/11/2009 11:33am
this daymnn songg iss stupidd ass hell...
by madison on 3/20/2009 9:47pm
me and my friends sing this song all the time, we luv it!!!!!!!!
by bob on 3/23/2009 8:54pm
its cool it reminds me of romeo and Juliet
by MistyAmber on 3/25/2009 6:33pm
I love this song the message is clear!!! Why can't we be friends? lol have a great day!
by Barack Obama on 3/29/2009 7:24pm
I wrote that song with Al Gore back in the day. Prophetic, wasn't it?
by lolage on 4/14/2009 1:40pm
i think that song is soo amazin
by Kevin Freed on 5/4/2009 1:27pm
Why can't you suck my dick? Why can't you suck my dick?
by Elligoat on 5/9/2009 9:19pm
It's too repetitive. It says Why can't we be friends WAY TO MANY TIMES!!!
by Janet on 5/16/2009 4:30am
People on this are sick. Its alright. 3/5
by Chickaa04 on 5/23/2009 2:58pm
Hahah, tha song is about Racism yah idiots! :D
by nathan on 5/25/2009 1:17am
that song makes my girlfriend crazy and now l love it too
by samm on 6/7/2009 8:01pm
hi im 12 and i love this song and what it stands for. i think smash mouths cover was horrible. i nmean i love smash mouth but come on. i like how zoey deschanel sang it in the bridge to terabithia. lol
by what da hell is squinkelpuss on 6/24/2009 7:17pm
what the hell does squinkelpuss mean r u some british drug addict bella lol get the bloody hell of of the internet this is a good song not "rubbish"
by Temira on 7/31/2009 8:24am
i heard this song in bridge to terabithia. its such a great and sad movie. i think i might learn this song on my guitar or keyboard. P.S. Scene Kids Rule :D
by TORY on 9/4/2009 12:54pm
I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by _-i!Greig!i-_ on 9/5/2009 8:21pm
This Songs In The New Final Destination :L Perfectly Timed In The Film.
by Sonso on 10/27/2009 10:38pm
Hey Joey the slaves were freed by Abe Lincoln in 1865 so I think u mean she escaped in 1864 and martin Luther king jr. Died after he acheved equal rights so his followers would have no reason for violence anyway they already won and also if u lived back then in the time of slaves you would have been killed if u spoke out agaist slavery in the south besides u would have been brought up thinking slavery was good not how u people think now so u probably would have no problem with slavery lastly wat does this have to do with this song?
by kozma on 11/7/2009 6:11pm
I think it is a beautiful song and those who do not like should mind there own business. it is a song u do not here every day
by scout on 11/24/2009 10:05pm
i love this song
by he who must not be named on 12/7/2009 5:47pm
ello poppit my name billybobhuntersonpocketkeru i come from land of sector 7, i have a crush on darth vader and a odd fear of blueberry muffins... got a promblem?... i think not!
by ... on 12/7/2009 8:28pm
this song is kinda crappy cuz all the majority of lyrics is "why cant we be friends" its like somebody from elementary making a song just to pass and go on to the next level... in the same sense as making a trash song to be just heard... i think they should had reduced the amount of "why cant we be friends" lines with more better and sensible lyrics...
by Chris Brown on 12/16/2009 3:44pm
i love this song all time favorite..... i ain't kidding!! =P
by joan on 12/20/2009 7:47am
i like this song,originally i heard it from the movie "bridge to tarabithia". :)
by David on 12/21/2009 4:34am
LOLer....you are a fu**ing n00b. This song is verry special for a bilion of people....:|
by joan on 12/22/2009 7:11am
then rest my case...
by Shro on 12/31/2009 1:50am
Yeah, why CAN'T we be friends?
by weird on 1/2/2010 10:34am
LOLer of the world is wrong you got the song right
by martial on 1/10/2010 11:16am
At the end of LETHAL WEAPON 4 it's the end's song
by gelenda on 1/13/2010 4:02pm
I love this song iwill never stop singing this song.
by amy mcbride234 on 1/24/2010 4:15pm
everyone who thinks this song is supid can go to freaking hell!!
by Cooldude on 1/28/2010 12:24pm
this song ftw!!
by madison on 1/31/2010 5:54pm
this is from bridge to terabithia i LOVE THIS SONG
by Abigail on 2/8/2010 2:53pm
great song
by mime on 2/23/2010 8:31am
two words... smash mouth :)
by getto fabolous on 2/24/2010 8:27pm
this is my jammmmmmmmmm
by iamthewalrus on 3/25/2010 3:24pm
this is my feel good song
by whocares on 4/2/2010 1:35pm
if you show a person in Welfare line how the money is spent - you are really showiing how MY money is spent.
by awesomness on 4/21/2010 7:50pm
u know wat this song rocks and u r an ass shut up
by amazing but retarted on 4/21/2010 7:58pm
listen! all of u r doosh bags! and u people r prissy! especially bella and josh!wat r u two smoking! u r all lame for even being on here! wat is my excuse? i feel like it! got a problem with lets take care of it!
by Tim on 5/5/2010 9:26pm
Okay. There are two different versions of this song. This version happens to be by War. The original. Smash Mouth did this song a couple of years AFTER War.
by kulababa on 5/6/2010 11:17am
i luv this song its awesue
by dan on 5/14/2010 11:48am
then what
by pie dog moo!?...,XD on 6/17/2010 9:27pm
yeh i think its kool... i like all ppl in this world
by pie dog mooo!?...,XD on 6/17/2010 9:33pm
Yo... i lovwe this world and all the people in it
by sw1234 on 7/6/2010 12:36pm
I really like it how you have thought about eachother just ahd a go at singing it lol its great to know you are there for eachother and also ignore the other horrible comments other people have put ( the mean ones ) xx it was brilliant xx i am 10 yeaers old bye the way and i love ya song bye bye xx
by Syadi on 7/10/2010 9:15pm
i love this song.. so cool..
by I like pie. on 7/29/2010 2:31am
I like pie.
by I like pie. on 7/29/2010 2:33am
Especially meat pie, and rhubarb pie. YUM. ;-)
by jordan on 7/29/2010 5:17pm
if u gay u can not singn this song lol :-B
by Eminem on 8/1/2010 4:42pm
this song is the shitttt!!!!
by hel on 8/5/2010 9:45pm
why?
by cassidy on 8/8/2010 10:27pm
this is my most faveret song
by Carmelita on 8/22/2010 3:12am
lawl this song is stuck in my head so i thought i might just sing and play it for my music class :)
by redneck on 8/25/2010 9:49pm
go fuck yourselves you bunch of tree hugging hippies, and fuck you about you slavery and shit, it was better when we had slaves working in our fuckin gardens
by cabz on 9/4/2010 12:18am
love this cuz of terabithia!
by Derek on 9/10/2010 11:36pm
Well i'm no hippie, and i'm against slavery, but this is a good song..not the best...and far from the worst....the lyrics are right and i think that more people should be writting songs like this one...songs that have more depth than what they did last week with they're friends at a party or whatever it is that all theese song writters are writting about.
by Jared Pickett on 9/23/2010 7:05pm
I love this song. Good for a sesh
by SLY on 10/16/2010 5:18pm
This song is actually about racism and how they want equality...
by by Norma on 10/26 / 2010 on 10/26/2010 6:06pm
Does anyone knows when was it written?
by austin on 10/28/2010 11:25am
i wasn't born when this song came out, but i still can't get enough of it...just a great song
by gabe on 11/18/2010 8:25am
i hate this song so much at i will get into a fight the next person play this song and the song is crap!!!!lol
by poopy on 11/19/2010 10:19am
thank u for put the lyrics
by John on 12/9/2010 7:52pm
the song has simple lyrics but they're meaningful. The lyrics aren't just about racism. it was made with the cold war in mind; when it first came out it was broadcasted simultaneously to American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts.
by H.A.N on 1/8/2011 5:52am
I like why can't we be friends song
by maliya on 1/22/2011 10:36am
@ the end thats alot of why cant we be friends but i luv this song so much.
by morgan on 2/13/2011 10:40am
Where do I listen to the song?
by leticia ampomah on 2/23/2011 12:23pm
hi i want us to make friens where did you live
by Scott sanders on 3/8/2011 4:23am
It was written during the cold war
by scott sanders on 4/20/2011 10:34am
carlos sucks
by bwahaha on 5/10/2011 3:09pm
lol we cant be friends because your creep.
by Messi on 5/12/2011 4:40pm
Lol imagine being called boob. what a bad name boob hahaha
by by jj on 5/22/2011 3:39pm
this song relly pulls my heart strings and it made me cry the frist time i herd it
by why arent we friends on 5/22/2011 10:58pm
haha
by Blahblah on 5/30/2011 1:23pm
Bella ur a fuckin retard!!!
by lj on 6/3/2011 12:54pm
this song is cool
by rockandroll on 6/7/2011 5:19pm
freak 101 you are so rude our world shold lissen to this song thank u SLY u are right it is bout racisim
by Johnny Befriends on 6/14/2011 3:27am
Bridge to Terabithia
by Wonka on 6/22/2011 8:54pm
Why can't we be friends? - sublime... no war
by Happy Thoughts Together on 7/26/2011 1:44am
I love this song... This song was included in the movie "Bridge to Terabithia" and it was my favorite book too... Thanks!
by Josh on 8/3/2011 10:40am
Wanna know why we can't be friends? Because you keep FUCKING REPEATING YOURSELF!
by Sarabear on 12/11/2011 8:00pm
Yeah this song annoyes me
by Dasha on 12/31/2011 6:51am
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by Imthatdudesogetatmeedoeee. on 1/11/2012 7:12pm
Hiya! Where's the love my friedssss!!!
by xoxscenexox on 1/19/2012 7:45pm
I like thissong
by alicia on 2/24/2012 2:21pm
i think this son g is the best and i would love to travel to see you sing in person
by swasalela on 3/29/2012 4:17am
the song's great
by nancy dalhber on 4/26/2012 3:33am
this is a greet songs, as greet as my relationship bstfriend
by Education Paid For on 5/5/2012 10:45am
To LOLer of the world your not a deep thinker are you. You need to REALLY look closely @ the lyrics and THINK about them.
by Mooooo I like cows on 5/31/2012 7:04am
Hi
by Athena on 6/21/2012 8:02pm
Love this song. :)
by jhoy on 6/26/2012 4:45pm
i really love dis song even doe its a legend
by jhoy on 6/26/2012 4:48pm
i really love the song although g its a legend
by Hanna moly on 6/27/2012 5:11am
Hey it's Hanna again I want to thank you again söooooö
by Gabriel on 7/9/2012 7:15am
I really like this song but the way they sang it Walt Disney's Bridge To Terabithia is way much better. That movie made my tough heart cry.
by Gabriel on 7/9/2012 7:22am
That movie made me feel sad for three days, it really touched my heart so I bought its original DVD.
by the lion king on 11/12/2012 1:24am
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh, saveeeeennnna
by sj on 1/8/2013 2:44pm
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by jh on 4/24/2013 8:34am
This is the kind of clap-trap crap that passed for "music" in the drug-addled '70's. Shameful.
by HELLO SOMEBODY ! on 6/14/2013 7:29am
GOODBYE SOMEBODY!
by WAR IS PEACE on 6/16/2013 6:45pm
"I know they sing this in the CIA, and also in the Ma-fa-ayyy!"
by sheepy on 7/14/2013 2:28pm
i LOVE this song i always cry when i watch this film its so sad when leslie dies but its so sweet however yess the song is very repetitive x
by JWADDD666 on 7/18/2013 7:58pm
sweetest song man this is the coolest lad all of the girls be lovin me when i sing this one
by Weirdos on 5/19/2014 3:19pm
weirdos
by Ana on 6/2/2014 3:10am
This song was in the Bridge to Terabithia








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