Digital Underground — 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*