Family Business

Family Business Lyrics

Song Family Business
Artist Fugees
Album The Score
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[00:09.92] Where I was born, nothing is promised
[00:11.65] My life is filled with less hope than the prophecies of Nostradamus
[00:14.40] Omega marks the ending of predictability, birth of agility
[00:18.09] Who will it be to test me and expose their futility
[00:20.98] Iron like a lion from Zion stop tryin' so hard
[00:23.58] I think I smell your brain cells fryin'
[00:25.48] The family's behind you if you're worthy
[00:27.52] Philosophies developed deep in the back streets of dirty Jersey
[00:30.47] Troops with scully hats and Timberland boots
[00:33.15] No more break-dancing for loot
[00:34.86] Niggas hustle and shoot
[00:36.03] In the Garden State, it grows stink weeds and criminals
[00:38.99] Government funds are minimal
[00:40.63] Oppression's subliminal
[00:41.70] These days its hard for we to find peace of mind
[00:44.04] Between insanity and sanity there lies a thin line
[00:46.64] Some dwell in hotels with Jezebels
[00:49.45] A stone age and fall a victim to the Plague
[00:51.99] Unclean bad dreams of Wyclef being a fiend
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[00:55.27] One last kiss from my sweet serpentine
[00:57.34] Eliminate then break
[00:59.08] Navigate to rejuvenate thoughts of suicide with my nickel plate
[01:02.65] Reconciliation came from my enemy-friend
[01:05.23] Who said family don't bend
[01:06.87] We stay silent till the end
[01:08.04] Now who would think that your best friend
[01:10.27] Would be your worst enemy and your enemy your best friend
[01:13.59] Stare into the air inspiration from the atmosphere
[01:15.66] I think of old ghosts, that ain't even here
[01:18.62] Like Alex Haley take notes on this Biography
[01:21.18] My family tree consists of street refugees
[01:24.12] A ghetto land, where we talk slang
[01:26.54] Stolen cars bang, like my chitty bang-bang sh-bang
[01:28.63] For the heads, we ain't sellin' cocaine today
[01:31.81] So refrain and let my family reign okay
[01:34.90] Just walkin' the streets death can take you away
[01:36.94] It's never guaranteed that you'll see the next day
[01:39.55] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[01:42.26] So defend the family that's the code to obey
[01:44.72] But if I fall asleep and death takes me away
[01:47.42] Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay
[01:50.28] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[01:52.78] So the family sticks together and we never betray
[01:55.64] Nah fuck that
[01:56.30] Fifty-two pick up, no cops around
[01:58.24] Fifty-two thousand in cash, I don't want no savings bonds
[02:00.84] Have the money ready, I smell something fishy
[02:03.53] Your wife's in my custody
[02:04.90] One false move and you'll find her body in the sea
[02:06.94] That's the voice of the kid, that's the kidnapper
[02:08.59] I do my work and then I catch my ticket to Jamaica
[02:11.60] Meet me in the alley, make sure you bring the money
[02:14.61] This ain't the seventies I'm far from a jive turkey
[02:17.05] My circle it can't be broken
[02:18.18] Open, cut-throatin', provokin'
[02:19.45] Record promotin, tokens chokin' on they words like smoke and
[02:22.10] Cause we soft spoken, doesn't mean that we've forgotten
[02:24.76] Your bootie smells rotten and one day you will be gotten
[02:27.20] See joker's is scatter-brained, their focus is unrestrained
[02:29.92] My army is trained, you never find us beefin' in vain
[02:32.58] Cause I've seen fire and I've seen rain
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[02:36.18] You claim fame, while modest niggas remain
[02:37.86] I can judge a character like Ito judge a verdict
[02:39.60] And if you bringin' threats I give you sex if I ain't heard it
[02:42.70] See poppin' shit's about your attitude and how you word it
[02:45.20] I've seen the biggest niggas on the block get murdered
[02:47.94] And they deserved it
[02:49.11] Or so the beast said when they served it
[02:50.85] That shit is nervous
[02:51.96] So what's my purpose?
[02:52.92] Family, we must preserve it
[02:54.05] Your number's retired
[02:54.86] I hope you like the hell fires
[02:56.54] You'll be screamin' Murder she Wrote like Chaka Demus and Pliars
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[02:59.28] Just walkin' the streets death can take you away
[03:01.62] It's never guaranteed that you'll see the next day
[03:04.13] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[03:06.83] So defend the family that's the code to obey
[03:09.69] But if I fall asleep and death takes me away
[03:12.08] Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay
[03:15.02] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[03:17.44] So the family sticks together and we never betray
[03:20.08] We used to jump rope
[03:21.67] But now we gun hope
[03:22.89] Bustin' shots off of project roof tops
[03:24.52] Sending signals with the blunt smoke
[03:26.35] Ock, don't talk a lot if you can't hold it in lock
[03:28.17] If you think lips sink ships
[03:29.59] Imagine full glock clips
[03:30.97] I hold a glass of Remy Martin
[03:32.50] Gettin' milks by the carton
[03:33.63] Extortin' the light weights for thinkin' they important
[03:36.08] The night pays and heavenly ways
[03:39.03] Ain't nothin' free ah
[03:40.56] Knowledge of your family and steppin' to your B.I.
[03:42.80] You see I, stay on top of shit like a fly
[03:45.29] My niggas reach when they got beef
[03:47.26] Then jet down to South Beach
[03:48.28] Yo mouthpiece is yappin'
[03:49.50] I hear it in your rap and
[03:50.88] My family is thick so that bullshit could never happen
[03:53.18] Just walkin' the streets death can take you away
[03:55.69] It's never guaranteed that you'll see the next day
[03:58.30] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[04:01.12] So defend the family that's the code to obey
[04:03.68] If I fall asleep and death takes me away
[04:06.06] Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay
[04:09.00] At night the evil armies of Shaton don't play
[04:11.44] So the family sticks together and we never betray
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