The Foreign Exchange - Happiness

© The Foreign Exchange and BBE Records

[Phonte]
Ayo man, I don't ask for much
I just wanna chill at home and sip my drink out of my plastic cups
Even though my roommate have me mad as fuck
Nigga be acting crackish, fuckin up my money hustling backwards
Financially I took some hard blows
But shit I also rocked some hard shows
Niggas came to check us out by the carloads
Screaming my name like I scanned a million barcodes already
My squad flows till we all sweaty
We struggling to pay our bills so we really can't ball heavy
And God knows I be calling on him
Cause I be writing mad checks that might as well have Spalding on 'em
The shoulders of my team, I be falling on 'em
Providing support that help the pain go away
And helping me to see the light like Towa Tei standing by me
That's all I really need to satisfy me
It's just my peeps y'all, for real

[Big Pooh]
There's been nights I wanted to quit, broke, crying to God
It's kinda hard going far with a lot to carry
Waking up still tired from sessions
Going to class, dozing off, waking up, never learning the lessons
But thanks to my faith and blessings
Struggles pass and I go about life without half the stressin
I know who got my back, no need for raising the question
Cause when times get hard, it's to my brothers I call
Taking the weight, no matter large or small
I smile everyday, thanks to y'all, we gonna eat for real
Ease the mind so we can sleep for real
It took longer than we wished, but the blow meant I knew we could
Find the best way to live life, it's so right
We jail tight, ain't no strip stopping our move
We one nation all under a groove
Sending peace to that cat Nicolay, we gonna meet real soon
I'm so happy

[Phonte]
It's going out to mans Big Pooh and it
Is like this and it's just how we ripping it
Shouts out to my man named Infinite
And it's just the way got to begin with it
It's going out to my man For 10 and it
And it's just the way we gots to keep it on
For my man Big Dho and Chaundon, let's get it going y'all

[mostlynoble]

I can't believe this album is 20 years old

[jasonwilkerson]

Happy 20 years Foreign Exchange! 2004-2024! Thank you for keeping it real when radio couldn't. ✊🏼💪🏼

[cristiancuevas]

Hands down one of the greatest rap pieces ever produced. What a beat.

[lewystyles]

2005 and i was on the plane on my way to basic training with my whole life ahead of me listening to this track missing my home... will never forget that feeling with this song

[acaldwe]

Now this is progressive Hip-Hop. Sad that radio hasn't acknowledged this.

[MoonWaterX]

I've been going through a bout of depression. I've been listening to this album today and it has really lifted my mood. I feel so much better. Music therapy.

[johnnyalexander]

Words can't begin to describe how much I love this song. This is exactly the kind of hip hop I would love to hear bumpin in everyone's car. The album art just shows how great of a masterpiece they created.

[khemetbey]

there is nothing like music that expresses sincere emotions.

[stickinthemaster]

One of the best songs of all time. If you’ve been here, heard this, consider yourself one of the luckiest people on the planet. You’ve struck gold.

[PS-wuym]

tay and pooh can have me crying and have me feeling happy and motivated and everything else all in the same song for real

[jamalturnermusician]

Good people, good lovin, good music in my life it makes me happy.

[JayKanella]

When they played this on Hard Knocks on HBO, I almost lost my shit. Props to the music supervisor. Classic track on an incredible album.

[Cougheebrotha]

Never gets old. This album helped me through so much. <3 Good people.Good Music. I wish all us folks on here could get together hangout, maybe party have some beers to this album. hahaha. Humanity can't spell it without the U N I T Y.

[MartianMan]

Happy 17th anniversary to the one of the best albums I have ever heard. I was 26 when this came out. Nicolay, Phonte, FE, .. Thank you❤️❤️

[derekgornall]

This is the most realistic.... sound of all time. I can't really do it justice with words alone. For yeeears this track has just uniquely represented how I feel in the middle of my actual life. All other music I listen to is larger than life, but this.. the album cover shows it simply: it's just people in the middle of nowhere... living. Beautiful.

[seeowins]

One of many jams that got me through high school in the mid 2000's!

[missioncrowney]

This beat has that nostalgia feel. This is one of my favourites on the album (2005 good vibes). I remember listening to this driving in my car, my ex ex girlfriend was in the passenger side, she didn't appreciate this song playing and was ready to skip it. I was like this song consciously hits, how can you not feel this.❤

[UD]

Man I just want to thank the Foreigners Exchange for this song from the bottom of the moment. Its the theme song that got me through the first loss of a close family member and a divorce. God bless yall. No way you can know how far or deep your reach extends. Many thanks.

[All.hail.calisthenics]

"I just want to chill drinking my plastic cup" i felt this heavy 🔥

[ScottDigimon]

This entire album is nothing short of musical bliss, but this song especially hits me where it counts.