[Lateef] I gotta say that it's a pleasure now to be with you and greet you Me and D would like to welcome you to our mixtape We got some things for you the old and new Latyrx to Maroons And everything that's in between that we can fit on the plate We got obscurer tunes and twists, remixes Singles that were spine-tingling but limited in release For those that's late into the game and just came in and have a seat We gonna fill in all the blanks up to Lateef and The Chief New Maroons sh** Let me give a shot out to those with whom without It wouldn't be possible to do this Most collaborations on the tunes which led to this musical movement Now let me run it down the line We got Talib Kweli and Chali 2NA from crew J5 Soul stylings from Keke Wyatt We got Bink, El-P of Company Flow Tajai and Phesto from the crew Hiero, Souls of Mischief Of course we got my folks Blackalicious in the house Chief Xcel and Gift of Gab spittin' My man Lyrics Born with the voice that sounds tinted And DJ Shadow who makes the tracks hittin' And my man Vursatyl, big shout to the Lifesavas movement No doubt we get wild and higher Got a little rare joint featuring Latyrx done by the Herbaliser Got my man Herve's fire Sure to get the party jumping like a live wire 'til ya'll retire so The last shout's to my homegirl Joyo exercising our Quannum control She's the picture perfect example Of the soul reflected in the song coming up next and the song goes