Released: June 1, 1993

Songwriter: Layzie Bone Wish Bone Bizzy Bone Krayzie Bone

Producer: Bobby Jones

[Intro]
Flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow
I flow (flow) when I go (go) in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo

[Verse 1: Layzie Bone]
Layzie Bone is in the house, I'm gettin' it starrrted up
And it's my parrrt of the cut to let you know
That the harrrder the nuts, the harder you're stuck
I get the gauge, and let it blast and get you shot
And then you drop, you're popped
So now I got to free the block
I'm breakin' 'em, takin' 'em, makin' 'em
Fakin' 'em, shakin' 'em off to a new height
I rocks the mic, yes, I'm hype
I love to write, so don't you bite
Yeah, I'm the Bone, the nigga that's on the microphone
You shoulda known, you're fuckin' with me, yeah, it's on
'Cause I got Krayzie and Bizzy Bone without a doubt
Wish Bone, and my bigger brother Stan Howse
So call your posse, you gon' need 'em
When the Bone's approachin', 'cause I be doin' it flow motion

[Verse 2: Wish Bone]
We never get caught whenever we run because we throw bolo
I'm hypin' 'em up, and strikin' 'em up to keep 'em in flow mo
You step and you're stuck
Now, what in the fuck is up with this dumb shit?
I'm packin' a 9 most all of the time, now back up, bitch!
I'm locked down all the time because I might go psycho
For drinkin' that Cisco, and poppin' my pistol
You're claimin' you're rough, I'm callin' your bluff
So, what's up, sucka?
I'm callin' my niggas and pullin' them triggers
Quicker than a mothafucka

[Hook]
I flow (flow) when I go (go) in flow mo
I flow (flow) when I go (go) in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo

[Verse 3: Bizzy Bone, Layzie Bone]
A 187, a lesson, for niggas who think they get with the Bone
The weapon is kept in a trench and
So give me the gat, at once you're shown
There's nothin' flow like flow mo
I roll with the Bone, no, never go solo
Time and time again, think I'm gonna need for smoke 'em
So, so, no, no, 'cause I don't think that Biz will ever back down
You cross our ways, so you sing, then you chill in the background
I'm psycho and like Leatherface, ain't no one on my level
Let's meet at the cemetery, and no, don't forget the shovels
I'm diggin' a ditch
For the sucka who thought that they could fade me
Chillin' with my nigga Wish, Layzie and Krayzie
The gauge be pointed at your temple in our land
My F-L-O-M-O-T-I-O-N can

[Hook]
Flow, flow, flow, flow
Flow, flow, flow, flow

[Verse 4: Krayzie Bone]
Well, it's the nigga, the nigga, the nigga, the once again
And niggas they pick up the pen and they try to contend
See, all that they win is a MAC-10
It's blastin', pick up my gun
And you're runnin' now from the assassin
Pumpin' the clip and you askin'
"Who in the fuck was that masked man?"
The nigga that pulled the trigga
'Cause I'm slimmer they figured they bigger
But when you can see the real killer is peelin' your cap
Nigga that's runnin' the pack
They step, so pack the gat, tossin' your life
I proceed with the murders
Servin' off in a coffin, you're fucked
Because your niggas, they heard that I buck
So, don't think you'll win when I got my steel
And I'm feelin it, when you feelin' a pain
Well, like I'm insane
And know I can throw the gauge if you complain
There's never another to go with a brother
While smotherin' suckers been goin' undercover
We leave 'em in gutters, ain't goin' to get caught
But who was the sucka that's squealed on a murder?
Well, 187 the weapon is kept and
You step and get learned a lesson
I grab my Smith & Wesson for punks that run to test
And so punks get ready to drop
'Cause I'm on a roll and you'll get smoked, and
I'm kickin' a gangsta twist
Let's keep 'em movin' in flow motion

[Hook]
I flow (flow) when I go (go) in flow mo
I flow (flow) when I go (go) in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo
I flow when I go in flow mo
Flow, flow, flow, flow
Flow, flow, flow, flow

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a hip-hop group from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 1991 under the brief name, “Band Aid Boys.” Then they were B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e, consisting of Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Under this name, they released the 1993 album, Faces of Death. Then Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie’s brother, joined the group, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was solidified.

Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994. The group’s debut EP Creepin On Ah Come Up included two hits, “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” (#22) and “Foe Tha Love of $” (#41). In 1995, their full-length album E. 1999 Eternal followed featuring another top 40 hit “1st of Tha Month”. An updated version of “Crossroad” from the album, renamed as “Tha Crossroads”, became a Grammy-winning international smash hit, holding the #1 spot in the US for eight weeks and reaching the top 20 in eight countries overseas including the UK.

Over the next fifteen years, the group scored six more top 40 hits including the platinum-selling “I Tried” (featuring Akon), but it was a tumultuous time. Flesh-N-Bone served eight years in prison for assault. The group kicked Bizzy Bone out after a couple of years of issues, but took him back five years later. Krayzie Bone also quit for a few months. In 2010, Wish Bone told