The O'Jays Back Stabbers Lyrics

(Leon Huff/Gene McFadden/John Whitehead)

What they doin'
They smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers back stabbers
They smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers back stabbers

All you fellows who have someone
And you really care, yeah, yeah
Then it's all of you fellows
Who better beware, yeah yeah
Somebody's out to get your lady
A few of your buddies they sure look shady
Blades are long, clenched tight in their fist
Aimin' straight at your back
And I don't think they'll miss

What they doin'
They smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers back stabbers
I keep gettin' all these visits
From my friends, yeah, what they doin to me
They come to my house
Again and again and again and again, yeah
So are they there to see my woman
I don't even be home but they just keep on comin'
What can I do to get on the right track
I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back

What they doin'
They smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
The back stabbers
Back stabbers
Low down, dirty

What they doin'
They smilin' in your face
Smiling faces
Smiling faces sometimes tell lies back stabbers
They smilin' in your face
I don't need low down
Dirty b______s back stabbers