“Friend Like Me” by Burna Boy featuring Shank arrives as an intriguing early chapter in the Afrobeats talent’s story, a track grounded in loyalty and the kind of friendship that shapes you.
In the lyrics, you sense pride and disappointment intertwined. Someone he trusted, someone he leaned on, feels changed. The tone isn’t accusatory so much as reflective. Burna weighs the past and considers the cost of growth.
“Friend Like Me” becomes more than an ode to friendship but a quiet admission that some bonds endure, others change, and what matters most is how you move forward.
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[Chorus: Burna Boy]
And she saying she never had a friend like me
Friend like me, no no
Every minute, every hour she won't let me be
No, no, no, no oh
[Verse 1: Shank]
My girl you are ride pony cap
Oh baby so talk like abodi
Me I sniff pon your neck like a donkey
You know me I'm flunting
I'm certain guarantee never make you cum
Before your call thirty
Man na dirty, big bakka la conda
May she get high like body
[Pre-Chorus: Shank]
Wa, say you wanna go down?
Spin it back like a merry-go-round
Pick it up, then take it back down
Cause I'ma beat it up till it making that sound
[Chorus: Burna Boy]
And she saying she never had a friend like me
Friend like me, no no
Every minute, every hour she won't let me be
No, no, no, no oh
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[Post-Chorus: Burna Boy]
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
[Verse 2: Shank]
We the one that worrying gyal
Shoot fit your back like squadding gyal
Make an African girl some courage
See me, I pass babes, vibes I carrying
Match am but me can do none
But you ah just fitness gat no fun
Gyal, whine if you want to
Baby come make me see what you can do so
[Pre-Chorus: Shank]
Do you wanna go down?
Spin it back like a merry-go-round
Pick it up, then take it back down
Cause I'ma beat it up till it making that sound
[Chorus: Burna Boy]
And she saying she never had a friend like me
Friend like me, no no
Every minute, every hour she won't let me be
No, no, no, no oh
[Post-Chorus: Burna Boy]
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
[Bridge: Burna Boy]
Now she's telling everybody
Now she's telling everybody
Now she's telling everybody
[Chorus: Burna Boy]
And she saying she never had a friend like me
Friend like me, no no
Every minute, every hour she won't let me be
No, no, no, no oh
[Post-Chorus: Burna Boy]
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
Balance the thing, I'm ready ready
[Outro: Burna Boy]
No, no
Every minute, every hour she won't let me be
No no no
Uploaded by: Precious • Upload date: 10/30/2025
