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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The O'Jays
Performer
Walter Williams
Vocals
Leon Huff
Electric Piano
Bobby Eli
Guitar
Norman Harris
Guitar
T.J. Tindall
Guitar
Reginald Lucas
Guitar
Roland Chambers
Guitar
Larry Washington
Congas
Earl Young
Drums
Norman Farrington
Drums
Karl Chambers
Drums
Eddie Green
Piano
Harold Williams
Piano
Lenny Pakula
Organ
Ronnie Baker
Bass
Anthony Jackson
Bass
Don Renaldo
Horn
Vince Montana
Vibes
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Whitehead
Songwriter
Gene McFadden
Songwriter
Leon Huff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kenneth Gamble
Producer
Lyrics
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 fellas who have someone and you really care, yeah, yeah
Then it's all of you fellas 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 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 out my back
(What they do?)
(They smilin' in your face)
All the time, they want to take your place
The back stabbers (Back stabbers)
Ha-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Low-down, dirty
(What they do?)
(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 bastards (Back stabbers)
(They smilin' in your face)
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da (Back stabbers)
Might be your neighbor (They smilin' in your face)
Your next door neighbor, yeah (Back stabbers)
Writer(s): Leon Huff, Gene Mcfadden, John Whitehead
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