[00:00:01] Family Business - Fugees [00:00:08] Ha ha [00:00:10] Where I was born nothing is promised [00:00:11] My life is filled with less hope [00:00:13] Than the prophecies of nostradamus [00:00:15] Omega marks the ending of predictability birth of agility [00:00:18] Who will it be to test me and expose their futility [00:00:21] Iron like a lion from zion stop trying so hard [00:00:24] I think I smell your brain cells fryin [00:00:25] The family's behind you if you're worthy [00:00:28] Philosophies developed deep in the back streets of dirty jersey [00:00:31] Troops with scully hats and timberland boots [00:00:33] No more break dancing for loot [00:00:35] Niggas hustle and shoot [00:00:36] In the garden state it grows stink weeds and criminals [00:00:39] Government funds are minimal [00:00:41] Oppression's subliminal [00:00:42] These days it's hard for we to find peace of mind [00:00:44] Between insanity and sanity there lies a thin line [00:00:47] Some dwell in hotels with jezebels [00:00:49] A stone age and fall a victim to the plague [00:00:52] Unclean bad dreams of wyclef being a fiend [00:00:55] One last kiss from my sweet serpentine [00:00:58] Eliminate then break [00:00:59] Navigate to rejuvenate thoughts of suicide with my nickel plate [00:01:03] Reconcilation came from my enemy friend [00:01:05] Who said family don't bend [00:01:07] We stay silent till the end [00:01:09] Now who would think that your best friend [00:01:11] Would be your worst enemy and your enemy your best friend [00:01:13] Stare into the air inspiration from the atmosphere [00:01:16] I think of old ghosts that ain't even here [00:01:19] Like alex haley take notes on this biography [00:01:21] My family tree consists of street refugees [00:01:24] A ghetto land where we talk slang [00:01:27] Stolen cars bang like my chitty bang bang sh bang [00:01:30] For the heads we ain't selling cocaine today [00:01:32] So refrain and let my family reign okay [00:01:35] Just walking the streets death can take you away [00:01:37] It's never guaranteed that you'll see the next day [00:01:40] At night the evil armies of shaton don't play [00:01:43] So defend the family that's the code to obey [00:01:45] But if I fall asleep and death takes me away [00:01:48] Don't be surprised son I wasn't put here to stay [00:01:51] At night the evil armies of shaton don't play [00:01:53] So the family sticks together and we never betray [00:01:56] Nah f**k that [00:01:57] Fifty two pick up no cops around [00:01:59] Fifty two thousand in cash I don't want no savings bonds [00:02:01] Have the money ready I smell something fishy [00:02:04] Your wife's in my custody [00:02:06] One false move and you'll find her body in the sea [00:02:07] That's the voice of the kid that's the kidnapper [00:02:10] I do my work and then I catch my ticket to jamaica [00:02:12] Meet me in the alley make sure you bring the money [00:02:15] This ain't the seventies I'm far from a jive turkey [00:02:18] My circle it can't be broken [00:02:19] Open cut throatin' provokin [00:02:20] Record promotin tokens choking on they words like smoke and [00:02:23] Cause we soft spoken doesn't mean that we've forgotten [00:02:25] Your bootie smells rotten and one day you will be gotten [00:02:28] See joker's is scatter brained their focus is unrestrained [00:02:30] My army is trained you never find us beefing in vain [00:02:35] Cause I've seen fire and I've seen rain [00:02:37] You claim fame while modest niggas remain [00:02:38] I can judge a character like ito judge a verdict [00:02:40] And if you bringin' threats I give you sex if I ain't heard it [00:02:43] See poppin' s's about your attitude and how you word it [00:02:46] I've seen the biggest niggas on the block get murdered [00:02:48] And they deserverd it [00:02:50] Or so the beast said when they served it [00:02:51] That s is nervous [00:02:52] So what's my purpose [00:02:53] Family we must preserve it your number's retired [00:02:56] I hope you like the hell fires [00:02:57] You'll be screaming murder she wrote like chaka demus and pliars [00:03:00] Just walkin' the streets death can take you away