[Intro: Lil Dap]

Straight like that

Brooklyn niggas

Bronx nigga

The 5 borough niggas

Group Home, son, Group Home



[Lil Dap]

I remember when respect was strong like a gun

If you said you were the one brothers would take you out, son

Yo these were the days, snap back and spin the gaige

The numbers agree, it's '99, it's time to get paid

They comin to our aid, now they wanna rock on stage

You didn't listen Chief, when we starvin on the streets

But don't you know, Brooklyn thirty below in the cold

Politicing with my niggas, plottin how to get dough

So Cormel, don't forget, I guess it's time to set it

These things go real, livin in the ghetto you see

They took care of me, gave me my credit cards for free

Why you cats be lying sittin back and cloning MC's

You studio corporate gangstas got the game fucked up

Now we'll redreat, pussy wanna speak the real nuts

I sing for important people who can understand me

I educate myself to visions and sights on the streets

And through my mind, I'm able to fight off anything

The story has been told, now it's time to pull of the stroll

Let's see what they know, about this Group Home flow

I make myself available for these young in the city youth

Slingin the truth, I rap around the train and shoot



[Chorus x4: Lil Dap]

You know it's the real Group Home



[Melachi The Nutcracker]

Aiyo, I gotta deal, this stuff is real for the massive bill

That's why people kill, this town is gettin ill, I have to take a chill

I gotta get away, don't have no time to play, at least not today

I'm out for the paper, trying to pull a caper

Do you know what I mean? I'm kickin new flavor

Because times has changed, and people act strange

New paths to gain, to see the whole frame

Gang Starr, you know we got it soul

So get with the flow, from the Group Home



[Chorus x4]



[Melachi The Nutcracker]

Just remain calm, as I drop the bomb

Word is bond, I'm a living phenomenon, affectivly

I express my concern, assist to the young

So they do not turn, in the wrong direction, affective protection

School and achievement is the selection

Encourage your kids to keep up the good work

Assist your child to not be a jerk

Solvin the problems in a relationship

Avoid the bad and negative conflict

Cuz valuable conflicts are worth the while

Impress with results, competative style

Therapy, is definetly the way

Avoid the snakes of the KKK

Avoid the jails, it only fails

Prevent the bad and the tricky trails

They crawl like snails, and yell for help

But don't be fool, just whach' ya melt



[Lil Dap]

In 1989 is when we openned up shows

With Gang Starr and Eric B and Rakim you know

Chillin in the club, with real thug showin us love

I was amazed, imagine how they used to get paid

Real recognize real, plus you knew your deal

Conceal the shit on track and watch me want to turn your world back

Coming with true facts and ready for the mortal combat

Damn it's a shame, but why it got to be like that

Flippin my lisp and shootin my verbal like a mack

Lil Dap, I've been away but now that I'm back

2001, my cats will be bombin on ya son

Like stains on ya brains, hopin you remember this one



[Chorus to fade]