I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest Wyclef bats lead-off and Lauryn Hill comes through with the clean-up on the following verse, spitting " Produced by Fugees and Jerry Duplessis, the beat samples "Boadicea" by Irish musician Enya, who was prepared to sue the group over the uncleared sample, but settled out of court.
"Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide / Gonna find you and take it slowly," Lauryn Hill croons on "Ready Or Not," the third single released from The Score. "Family Business" may be unheralded in comparison to the massive hits featured on The Score, but remains one of the more memorable moments from the album that will whet any rap fiend's appetite. While all four rappers come with admirable performances, Lauryn Hill takes poll position with lines like "My circle it can't be broken open, cut-throatin', provokin' / Record promotin', tokin', chokin' on they words like smoke, and / Cause we soft spoken, doesn't mean that we've forgotten / Your booty smells rotten and one day you will be gotten," while John Forte closes out the proceedings with a stellar anchor a verse. Featuring John Forte and Omega, the latter kicks the track off, rapping "Where I was born, nothing is promised /My life is filled with less hope than the prophecies of Nostradamus / Omega marks the ending of predictability, birth of agility / Who will it be to test me and expose their futility," before passing the mic off to Wyclef, who also turns in a verse full of dexterous couplets. The Fugees keep the features to a minimum on The Score, but one cut that sees the trio outsourcing verses is "Family Business," a brooding selection that serves as a battle royal of rhyme spitters.
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