Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Released: July 29, 1997

Featuring: Mo Thugs

Songwriter: Krayzie Bone Gates Tombstone Sin Ken Dawg Cabrina Jhaz Cat Cody Layzie Bone Boogy Nikke Tony Tone Tre (Rapper) DJ U-Neek

Producer: DJ U-Neek

[Krayzie]
Yeah! Come on, come on, come on

This is my family
This is my family, my family (x2)

Mo Thug music (Sing-sing-sing, sing along, sing along) (x2)

It's all about Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, (sing along, sing along)
Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug
(sing-sing-sing, sing along, sing along) Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug

[Tré]
My family, oh, it means so much to me
Everywhere we go, playa haters gonna hate and that's for sure
My family tree recruited on this thugsta groove
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

[Tony Tone]
I love my family
And this Mo Thug family, you mean the world to me
Heaven's where we gonna be
Together...

[Boogy Nikke]
...Together we stand
Together we fall, ya'll
I never turn my back on y'all
I got my halo cocked, goin' out with y'all, ya'll

[Layzie]
Come look at this world that's ever so cruel
But the good Lord blessed us
Gave me true family I can depend on
500 Benz with the Synchro rims on
Now I can get off when the wind blow
But I'd like to thank you, Jesus Christ
For givin' for givin' up Your life for us
Now, I can think twice, 'fore roll the dice
Advice from a thug, tell mommy I love her everyday, think of her
Take a look at your thugs to the front of the line
Hear the thunder grind off in my mind
We done partied overtime
Destruction, terror, oh what an era!
Let's get it together 'fore it's over
Be a soldier like my Mo Thug family

[Cat Cody]
They never ever turned their backs on me (backs on me!)
When I was down (I was down!)
My Mo Thugs (Ohhhhh!) was always around
And if there comes a time to pick or choose (pick or choose)
My Mo Thugs won't never lose (Don't ya know your gonna lose!)
We are the thugs
Yeah, we be those children (Gotta be that child)
We gotta keep on thuggin', that's how we make our livin'
(Gotta make my money, man, it's still the same, yeah)

[Jhaz]
You know who I be, once again, comin' at you
It's Jhaz, megablast, top-class, black Jag, cream rag
Playa, better check your hand, look out for the New Breed

[Cabrina]
...Females comin' for you, Mo Thug family roots runs too deep
'Brina trippin' on these haters surroundin' us trues on a daily basis
Smiling faces, jealous of this Mo Thug flippin' on the risin' status

[Ken Dawg] (Tré)
Yeah, yeah! My family, (It's my family, Mo Thug)
Yeah my family, Mo Thug
Tell me who the coldest (the coldest) playa you know?
I know for sure, sure
Rollin' with Mo, rollin' with Mo (rollin'), you'll fall, gotta go
'Cause we survivin' these remainin' years
When the smoke clears, no fear
(No, no fear) No tears, no tears

[Tré]
When there's a problem I can't solve (I can't solve)
My family gets involved
We've been here through thick and thin
On my thugs I can depend

[Souljah Boy]
Been down from the getty-go, since any of yo'
Can you feel me though?
Mo Thug takin' over from the north to west
Wanna test?
Better come prepared with your Smith-n-Wess'
Now learn the lesson, stop stressin', be true to the game!
Mo Thug runnin' everythang, everythang, everythang

[Tré]
We are soldiers now (we are soldiers now!)
We want to thank you (we want to thank you!)
For the time you took (time that you took, heeeeey!)
To listen to our funky groove
We are soldiers now (we are soldiers)
We want to thank you (yeah)
For the time you took to listen to our funky groove (soldiers now)

[Sin]
I guess if it was not for them blessings
Weak evil thought would control my whole existence
We preach and speak true belief from within
This family tree would fall, crumble like Sodom, Gomorrah

[Tombstone]
Can't duck, can't run from the cut
Back up!
The wasteland field, peel for mine
The deal, how the clique be real with it
My family tree standin' strong

[Gates]
Natural born in the world of madness, no gladness
Leave a nigga insane
Gotta change my way 'fore the darkest day
Clickin' tight 'til the end with the gang

[Krayzie]
Come on, come on and swing this way (swing this way)
It got to be harmony
Evil be done wicked erased, erased
Humbly united gatherin' souls understood
Mo Thug, Mo Thug, love 'em like one of my own
Hold on, I bet you we'll never go wrong if
We stay strong against the evil that be tryin' to split ya
He, who gets conflict, must just be weak
It's gettin' clearer and clearer, clearer
Enemies want to break my family down, pinnin' it
If we ever needed the Lord, we need Him now
Amen, Amen! Bless the Mo Thug children
And could you watch over mine for me?
Get up, get pumped, do what ya want just don't insult my game
Nigga, this is a family thang
'Til I take one to the brain, I'll remain the same, same
You look out for me, I'll look out for you
This is what you do to unite your trues

It's all about Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug
Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug
Mo Thug, Mo Thug, Mo Thug (x2)

It's all about Mo Thug, Mo Thug

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

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