Reciprocation

I have a bone of contention with friendship in general
I know I gotta be specific
But right now it’s just not on what’s up with some of these 'friends'
Imagine how many people we call friends
Yet deep down we know they’re just acquaintances
Worse, how many call us their friends
and wish they'd see we're just acquaintances
And we don’t requite their friendship

It’s just not on
It’s not on
It’s all mixed up
At one time I feel cheated and another I’m the one cheating my friends
Relationships need work
All kinds of relationship, really
Once you’re acquainted with someone
The natural thing is to keep the tie
And things grow on this tie
And what do u know?
You just let them carry on growing
The next thing is that u wish you’d pruned all that stuff on that tie
It’s grown so much the bond is very much noticeable it’s undeniable

I need to cut some of these ties
They’re not worth the attention they get
They’re just burdensome for nothing
Maybe to someone I’m also such a branch
I pray they’ll cut me off sometime soon as well
It’s just taxing keeping all those contacts knowing you won’t contact them at all
They’ll only contact you when they want something from you
The ones I’ll keep are the one who check up on me
Just checking up to see how I’m doing
Such are the stuff of true friendship coz they miss u at some time
U also miss them sometime & just call to say ‘hi!’
When they ask for something u know they can do that for u also multiplied coz they care
The word why never comes up when u’re doing whatever for them
It’s just as good as doing it for urself
That’s when I know I’m doing it for friendship
When I feel obligated
I always look at the stuff on that line
Right now I’m reviewing a lot of those branches