Family of the Underground

[2pac]
Aight

[Treach]
Yo, 2pac! Fuck's up?!

[2pac]
What’s up, Treach, nigga

[Treach]
What's up, there's a whole BUNCH of y’all just like the Flavour Unit, what's up with that?

[2pac]
Word, we all kinda deep, right

[Treach]
Yo, you should tell Shock to do a song with everybody, putting everybody down, you know

[2pac]
Shock would never do that..!

[Shock G]
People want to know about the Underground
And how the hip-hop rivers keep flowing
They want to know where we've been and where we're going
Straight dropping style after style
Let's take a look through the emcee file
Hmm, we've got the K down in Tampa Bay
We've got Mone in Oaktown, we've got Blocko in L.A
The list goes from Africa to down in Miami
Yeah (boy) time to introduce the family

[Blocko]
What do you know, our reunion, the family’s back
We went our own different ways, was broke, and now we’re living fat
A different journey and a path we took
Some strayed the wrong way but hey, that's okay
Blocko! The one to break up all the chitchat
Sit back, relax and max as we attack this wax
But it’s like that, that's the way we're living
A Puerto Rican brother with the gift for giving

[Mac-Mone]
Well, it's the ‘M’, the ‘A', the ‘C', the dash, the ‘M'
The ‘O', the ‘N', the ‘E', that's me and him
The two, the three, the four, the five, the six
The ‘I', the ‘A', the ‘M', the, hmm, the shit
The one you waited and waited, debated for
To rush and bust and crush and slam the door
To rip and kick and spit a funky rhyme
But I'm ‘O', the ‘U', the ‘T', the ‘O-F' time

[Kenny K]
Hiphop sound from the underground, family
Gather round, Zulu baby with the boots and crown
Slip in to give us a listen of what you're missing
Able and gifted enough to speak in geez while we're kicking
So listen, it ain't where you're from, it ain't where you're at
It's where you're going, if you didn't know before now you're knowing
The Underground family runs the show
We wrote a song about it, you want to hear it? Here it go

[Chorus]
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)

[Big Stretch]
Yeah, Big Stretch with the motherfucking Underground
Check the sound, it's a family ting running you down
And no question, wrecking from back in the days
With Shock G getting money in criminal ways
But now we're gold and microphone rolling
Sucker duck stolen, leaving the hoes cold drooling
Digital Underground with the Squad
Fuck around and get scarred, it's a family affair

[Master Mind]
Stepping to the mic as I recite a little line
You don't know who I am? I am the Master, the Mind
Sitting back relaxing as I tell a little story
Like in Wallalaley and Glory!
Met the homeboy December, yo, I do remember
The lyrics I spit make him high and dismembered
A tip of my lip is a hit so beware
I'm down with the ‘Ground, and it's a family affair

[Chorus]
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)

[Shassiah]
Feel the fire, Shassiah is running live kick it
Like a luxury line with the tube of precision
The way we flow the rhythm hits the party from top
We got the sunshine rhyme so hype air drops
Coming straight from the bridge and going beyond
With the capital ‘P' and the magical wand
Inch one in effect, St. Ides forty beers
Shassiah and I'm out of here, ‘cause it's a family affair

[Omar Everett]
Through audio, video and even in stereo
Walking down the street while niggas try to peep
Our style, I'm telling you it's wild
Brothers looking out for one another
Writing and reciting our poetry
Chilling while you're illing, making cash money
But step to one hass if you dare
And then you know it's a family affair

[O.B.]
And here comes P.B.C., O.B., Rakeem

[D-Love]
And D-Love

[O.B.]
And don't forget my man T.F.E
Cause we're wrecking ‘em

[D-Love]
Wrecking ‘em

[Rakeem]
Wrecking ‘em, adversaries to none
All parts of the body

[O.B.]
Don't step to them

[D-Love]
We swing this ep for the pep
So step while you sweat

[Rakeem]
Here comes the breath and control

[O.B.]
Of the dookie dope concept

[Rakeem]
Flex, the time to rhyme, another Jackson hit

[D-Love]
A funky skit?

[O.B.]
Yeah, G, we're taxing it

[Rakeem]
We roam through the Bronx

[D-Love]
And then we jet from Queens

[O.B.]
And then we stalk in Strong Island
Where the family breeds

[D-Love]
Where you'll get vic'd for your props

[Rakeem]
We'll take the heart of your block

[O.B.]
You get snatched for your gots if you half-step, hops

[D-Love]
B-Allah, Earl Weed, Kent, Kush, Shock G

[Rakeem]
My brother Sean, my man Nat

[O.B.]
La Jazz and OG

[D-Love]
The 85s

[Rakeem]
And the gods

[O.B.]
Peace for eternity

[All]
A tribe? Knowledge-Ciper, THAT'S A FAMILY!

[Chorus]
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (yeah!)

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus]
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)
It's a family affair (yeah!)
It's a family affair (family)
It's a family affair
It's a family affair

*Woman sings to fade*