(What they do) (They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (back stabbers) (They smile 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 do) (They smile 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 do) (They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (Back stabbers) Low down, dirty (What they do) (They smile in your face) Smiling faces Smiling faces sometimes tell lies (back stabbers) (They smile in your face) I don't need low down Dirty bastards (back stabbers)
(What they do) (They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (back stabbers) (They smile 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 do) (They smile 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 do) (They smile in your face) All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers (Back stabbers) Low down, dirty (What they do) (They smile in your face) Smiling faces Smiling faces sometimes tell lies (back stabbers) (They smile in your face) I don't need low down Dirty bastards (back stabbers)
A música serviu como o lançamento inaugural dos O'Jays com a gravadora Philadelphia International.
O número alcançou o topo da parada Hot Soul Singles, onde permaneceu por uma semana.
Nas paradas de pop, a faixa atingiu o terceiro lugar no Billboard Hot 100 em outubro de 1972.
A letra alerta os homens sobre supostos amigos que sorriem para seus rostos enquanto secretamente planejam roubar suas esposas ou namoradas.
A composição foi inspirada pelo sucesso anterior da Undisputed Truth, "Smiling Faces Sometimes", cujo refrão é citado no final da música.
A canção foi incluída na trilha sonora do filme de 1977 "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" e foi amostrada por Angie Stone no single "Wish I Didn't Miss You" em 2002.
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