Client Who Wants to be Friends
Client Who Wants to be Friends lyrics
A song about the client who calls you bestie and still won’t pay
Lyrics
You call me “bestie” by mistake
Send me cats with human faces
Thumbs up, laughing, every day
Like we’re cousins at the same table
You said, “Come through on Saturday”
For your kid’s birthday by the lake
I don’t know your child’s middle name
But I know you know my pay
You got jokes in the group chat
You got time for a meme stack
You got room for my name
Just not room for my pay
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
Don’t call me like we’re close
If you still owe me the whole
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
I’m friendly, I’m not free
You can’t friend me into fees
Now you send “happy Monday” clips
And a reel with a dancing dog
You drop hearts on every pitch
Then go quiet when I log on
You say, “Lunch soon, let’s catch up”
Like we shared a prom night car
But the paper in your drawer
Still knows where my numbers are
You got jokes in the group chat
You got time for a meme stack
You got room for my name
Just not room for my pay
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
Don’t call me like we’re close
If you still owe me the whole
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
I’m friendly, I’m not free
You can’t friend me into fees
I don’t need a fake “family”
I don’t need your birthday plan
I need one clean transfer
And a little grown-up hand
One click, no drama
One note, “Thanks for your work”
Then we can be adorable
Without me chasing what I earned
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
Don’t call me like we’re close
If you still owe me the whole
Pay the February invoice
Pay the February invoice
I’m friendly, I’m not free
You can’t friend me into fees
Behind the Lyrics
I fired a client over three overdue invoices, and the part people find strangest is how calm I was. By then I'd done the full rotation: the reminders, the "let's not be difficult about this" waiting period, and a bit more on top. He had already told me, on a call, that sitting on invoices for months was simply how he worked. So when I wrote to say we were done, there was no anger left in it. Only arithmetic. I'd already made peace with never seeing that money. He didn't see it coming. He pushed back: all his other contractors were fine with his timeline. I told him his line of work was agricultural and mine wasn't, and the two don't share a payment calendar. He paid. All three invoices, right after I stopped being nice about it. I wish that surprised me more than it does. Amapiano is warmth with a slow, rolling log drum underneath: loose, friendly, the party you never want to leave. That's exactly the tone late payers love to borrow. Friendly enough that asking for your own money makes you feel like the difficult one. So the song keeps the groove, keeps the smile, and puts the invoice in the chorus.
LSLachezar, writing songs so you don't have to cry alone
Production credits
- Text
- Lachezar Simeonov
- Audio
- Lachezar Simeonov, AI-assisted production
- Voices
- AI personas built for Clicks & Swagger, some inspired by Lachezar's real voice
- Art
- Lachezar Simeonov, AI-assisted production
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