"War"
- Low Rider
- Why Can't We Be Friends
- The Cisco Kid
- The World Is A Ghetto
- Outlaw
- Slippin' Into Darkness
- Me And Baby Brother
"War"
Why Can't We Be Friends
автор:
War
жанры: funk, 70s, soul
альбомы: Why Can't We Be Friends, The Best of War and More, The Very Best Of War
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Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, ohLa, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, laWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsI seen ya around for a long long time I really remember you when you drank my wineWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsI'd seen ya walking down in Chinatown I called ya but you could not look aroundWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsI pay my money to the welfare line I see ya standing in it every timeWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsThe color of your skin don't matter to me As long as we can live in harmonyWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsI'd kinda' like to be the president So I could show you how your money's spentWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsSometimes I don't speak right But yet I know what I'm talking aboutWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsI know you're working for the CIA They wouldn't have you in the mafiaWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsWhy can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friends Why can't we be friendsWhy 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? is the seventh studio album by War.
Recorded in 1974 and released by United Artists Records on June 16, 1975. The title song reached number 8 on Billboard's Hot 100. The original LP edition came with a poster. Two singles from the album were released: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976.
All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where indicated. Note: CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.
"Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:59
"Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
"Heartbeat" – 7:25
"Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley)" - 6:36
"Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
"The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
"La Fiesta" – 2:10
"Lament" – 2:27
"Smile Happy" – 7:22
"So" – 4:58
"Low Rider" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:11
"In Mazatlan" – 2:45
"Why Can't We Be Friends?" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:49