II run the streets with cold cats, we perch and smoke fat We down like vogued 'Lacs, I'm calling my folks black Me 'n my potent crew is tighter than toes in shoes There's only a chosen few that I might be closer to We share clothes, hoes and never with closed doors On folks disclose cuz close folks will sure roll My partners will lie for me, take that dime for me My woman'll cry for me but they kill and die for me We all from the same trap, and all used to slang crack We all got game fat and scrilla remain stacked My folks is road dogs like Cain and Ok-dog Some of us is so cold, friends but don't dog So I shake the fake with faith and stay true Cuz me n my folks this close is way cool My folks It's a family a- It's a family affair (My folks) It's a family a- It's a family affair It's a family a- It's a family affair It's a family a- It's a family affair Whenever I'm doin' bad my folks they gimme' cash Look out for a nigga fast, and man when it's time to blast Never no compromise whenever the drama flies We make some mamas cry, cuz it's gon' be homocide So suckas they stay back cuz they know we stay strapped And man we go way back like Murray's and wave caps I've known 'em for hella kids they just like my relatives And that's what we tell our kids so this'll forever live My folks is dedicated, ghetto educated Some people really hate it cuz they know we can't be fated We just like the wu tang whenever we do thangs It's always a crew thang cuz that's how the crew swang So if you ain't knowin' me, my folks is royalty And all that they owin' me is love and loyalty Cuz we shake the fake with faith and stay true Me 'n my folks this close is way cool, my folks My folks My folks It's a family a- It's a family affair (My folks) It's a family a- It's a family affair It's a family a- It's a family affair It's a family a- It's a family affair